Q&A
Recruitment strategies for B-HEARD staff
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Council Member Lee inquires about strategies for recruiting B-HEARD staff, given past challenges in hiring. Representatives from NYC Health + Hospitals discuss their recruitment efforts.
- Staffing challenges are part of a nationwide trend in difficulty finding mental health providers
- Recent ad campaigns in subways and on social media aim to attract social workers to Health + Hospitals and specifically to the B-HEARD program
- The number of B-HEARD clinicians has increased as a result of these efforts
Linda Lee
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Right.
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Personal.
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Yep.
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And what are your strategies for recruitment?
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Because I know that you have, you know, according to you have enough teams to respond to the current calls, but I know in the beginning, it was challenging to onboard and hire staff.
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And so just wanting to hear what the strategies are for recruitment and as well as what funding you would need to make your recruitment goals achievable?
Jason Hansman
1:32:51
Absolutely.
1:32:52
So I'll just say that, you know, there are struggles with staffing are part of, I think, a nationwide trend in trying being difficult to find, you know, mental health providers, you know, globally.
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So I would say it's not unique to be heard that we're having, you know, some difficulty finding socialities.
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What I will say is that what we have done is a lot of different campaigns to bring social workers to housing hospitals generally.
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So we just did some recent ad campaign.
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You might have seen it in the subways.
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I see it on my right home most days to to attract social workers to health and hospitals to include be heard.
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And we've done some very specific be heard related social media AND OTHER AD CAMPAIGNS TO BRING IN SOCIAL WORKERS INTO THE B.
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HARD PROGRAM AND HAVE Really INCREASED THE NUMBER OF B.
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HARD CLINicians THAT ARE A PART OF THE PROGRAM.
Laquisha Grant
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WE WOULD WELCOME COUNCIL SUPPORT AND amplifying those messages.
