Section 3830 - Workforce Needs Assessment(a) The County shall conduct an assessment of the education and training needs of its Public Mental Health System workforce and prepare a written Workforce Needs Assessment that identifies and evaluates the identified needs. (1) The County shall conduct the Workforce Needs Assessment at least once every five years.(b) The Workforce Needs Assessment shall include all of the following: (1) A list of occupations in the Public Mental Health System within the following categories and the number of individuals in each occupation. (A) Licensed mental health staff who provide services to clients of the Public Mental Health System.(B) Mental health staff, not required to be licensed, who provide services to clients of the Public Mental Health System.(C) Other health care professionals who provide services, such as physicians, rehabilitation therapists and traditional cultural healers.(D) Managerial and supervisory positions. (i) A position shall be counted as managerial or supervisory if more than 50% of the individual's time is spent managing or supervising others.(E) Personnel who provide support to staff providing services to clients in the Public Mental Health System. (i) Only include staff employed within the Public Mental Health System.(2) For each occupation in (1) above, estimate the number of additional positions needed and the number of positions the County determines to be hard-to-fill or for which it is hard to retain staff. (A) If a position is either hard-to-fill or a position in which it is hard to retain staff in certain areas of the county, the specific area(s) shall be identified.(3) For each occupation in (1) above, the number of positions, including job title and/or job description, for which recruitment priority is given to clients and/or family members of clients.(4) For each occupation in (1) above, an estimate of the number of personnel within each racial/ethnic group, as identified through voluntary self-reported data.(5) The estimated number of clients and family members of clients within each racial/ethnic group that the Public Mental Health System will serve during the time period addressed in the Workforce Needs Assessment.(6) A list of the languages in which staff proficiency is required to ensure access to and quality of public mental health services for individuals whose primary language is not English. For each language listed, the County shall indicate: (A) The number of staff who are proficient in that language.(B) The estimated number of additional staff necessary to meet the need.(7) The number of employees and volunteers in the Public Mental Health System in each of the following categories: (A) Those employees, volunteers and/or individuals under contract who are directly supervised by County staff.(B) Those employees, volunteers and/or individuals under contract who are directly supervised by contract agency staff.(8) Additional workforce needs identified through the Workforce Needs Assessment.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 3830
1. New section filed 11-4-2009; operative 12-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 45). Note: Authority cited: Section 5898, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5813.5, 5820, 5822 and 5848, Welfare and Institutions Code; and Section 3, MHSA.
1. New section filed 11-4-2009; operative 12-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 45).