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NACO ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)
JobsInSoCal.com - JobsInSoCal is an online niche job board launched in September 2013 and
sponsored by the Southern Counties Regional Partnership as part of its commitment to develop
a maintain a diverse and culturally competent behavioral health workforce.
The purpose of the
job board is to provide a resourceful, user-friendly and informative job board to increase the interest and workforce
with Behavioral Health, Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Mental Health Services. Job seekers are able to search for
available positions, post current resumes for potential employers to review and can view videos to learn more about
jobs such as peer support, social worker, marriage and family therapists and psychologists to help strengthen their job
seeking skills.
Loma Linda University Medical Center Psychiatry Resident Rotation Program—Employment and Training - A shortage
of psychiatrists in the County was identified during a behavioral health workforce needs assessment. In 2013, in
partnership with Loma Linda University Medical Center, the Department of Behavioral Health hosts a fourth-year
Psychiatry Resident. While at DBH the resident reports to 3 attending physicians and their programs, including 2
community outpatient clinics and one specialist forensics program. The Medical Director spends the first day with the
resident to discuss the importance of community mental health. The success of the program is evident in that DBH has
already hired 3 residents which is equivalent to 50% of the residents that have completed the program to date, to work
as psychiatrists in DBH clinics.
Magnolia at 9th - Senior Apartments Housing Project - The Magnolia at 9th Senior
Apartments Housing Project is a collaborative permanent supportive housing project for
individuals with serious mental illness who are homeless or at significant risk of becoming
homeless. The Project is an affordable senior housing development containing 119 one -
and two-bedroom units. The developer has allowed 10 of the one-bedroom units for
occupancy by Mental Health Services Act-eligible older adults. The remainder of the units
will be affordable to low and very low income senior tenants 62 years and older.
Prevention and Early Intervention: Family Resource Center (FRC) - The Family Resource
Center program consists of multiple “one-stop” centers across the County that address diverse
community needs in a culturally and linguistically competent manner. FRC services include:
prevention and leadership programs; mental health education workshops; community
counseling; adult skills-based education; after school youth projects; and parent/caregiver
support and education. These services are delivered to children, youth, adults and older
adults in non-critical natural settings that are culturally specific to the needs of the respective
community.
Screening Assessment and Referral Center (SARC) - The Department of Behavioral Health SARC serves as a uniform
point of assessment, referral and linkage to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment within the County.
The SARC
filled a gap in the availability of existing services by serving as a access point for referrals and linkages to appropriate and
lowest level of care needed for those meeting criteria for SUD treatment services. SARC enhances the level of citizen
participation in government programs by providing education on available treatment options, linkages to resources and
brief case management to minimize barriers to accessibility.
Proven measurable results include improving
intergovernmental cooperation by partnering with CFS to address needs of clients serving multi-layered County
services.