San Mateo County Workforce Development and Prevention Early Intervention

Linking Efforts to Improve Care and Create a Recovery Oriented System of Care

kdempsey@smcgov.org

San Mateo Workforce Development and Education

Smchealth.org/bhrs/wet

Workforce Development Priorities

▪ Lived Experience Workforce Development

▪ Workforce of the Future – Diversity and Youth

▪ WRAP

▪ Trauma-Informed Care

▪ Treatment of Co-Occurring Conditions

Suicide Prevention

▪ People with co-occurring conditions account for 69% of completed suicides in San Mateo County

▪ Applied Suicide Prevention Skills Training – funded via PEI – Technical Assistance and Capacity Building. Trained four trainers, one more trained via Cal MHSA funding.

▪ Mental Health First Aid – WET funding to address cultural competence. MHFA brings early intervention to diverse communities and reduces health disparities.

Suicide Prevention

▪ Campus presentations on suicide prevention has resulted in student contact with behavioral health staff and has increased interest in the field.

▪ Training embedded into the Suicide Prevention Monthly Meeting and regional Bay Area Suicide and Crisis Intervention.

Trauma-informed Care

▪ Some early funding of Transformative Life Skills

▪ PEI funding to provide Seeking Safety to Youth – training provided by Dr. Najavits and through in-house trainers and consultation

▪ Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics – Building a trauma-informed youth system of care using the work of Dr. Bruce Perry▪ Funded through PEI – Technical Assistance and Capacity Building▪ Thirty eight in Phase 1; Will have ten trainers in Phase 2 –

Create sustainability

Prevention and Recovery in Early Psychosis

▪ Train our Prevention and Recovery in Early Intervention (PREP) in NMT

▪ PREP staff have trained BHRS and contract staff in some basics of CBT for psychosis. Staff skills in recognizing early psychosis has improved as referral pathway between PREP and programs/clinics and agencies have improved.

Lived Experience in the Workforce

▪ Lived Experience Trainers have participated in prevention efforts in ways which have provided additional perspective for clinicians and community members training in prevention topics▪ Suicide Prevention Programming – SP Forums▪ NMT – the impact of trauma on youth▪ PREP – Important of early intervention▪ Mental Health First Aid – People with Lived Experience

have become trainers.

Media

▪ Digital stories and Photo Voice created by people with lived experience as PEI efforts for the community are also being used by trainers to educate on client-centered responding around topics such as suicide, depression, eating disorders, sexuality, and immigration, among other topics

Intention:

Build a comprehensive continuous system of care which addresses complexity among our communities by supporting recovery and wellness in prevention,

early intervention and treatment.