Recruiting Resources

Behavioral health clinician compensation is more complex than it appears. The choice between salary-based models, productivity-based models, and hybrid structures has significant implications for both recruiting competitiveness and retention — and the...

The first 90 days of a new behavioral health clinician's employment are the most critical period for retention. Research across professional service sectors consistently shows that a significant portion of voluntary turnover occurs within the first 90 days — and...

Employer branding in behavioral health is not about marketing. It is about the genuine, specific story of who your organization is, what it believes about mental health care, how it treats the people who work there, and why a clinician should choose to spend their...

The decision to work with a behavioral health staffing or recruiting agency is one of the most common questions practice owners and HR leaders raise when facing a difficult clinical hire. It is also one of the most frequently misunderstood — both by practice owners...

One of the most common sources of frustration in behavioral health hiring is the gap between how long practice owners and HR leaders expect a search to take and how long it actually takes. Unrealistic timeline expectations lead to rushed decisions, poor hires, budget...

The shortage of bilingual behavioral health clinicians is one of the most consequential and most persistent access gaps in the American mental health system. More than 67 million Americans speak a language other than English at home. The majority of these individuals...

The single most cost-effective behavioral health talent strategy that most group practices are not using is building a formal internship and practicum program. Every social work, counseling, and psychology graduate program in the country requires students to complete...

Federally Qualified Health Centers are the safety net of the American healthcare system — providing comprehensive primary and behavioral health care to underserved populations regardless of ability to pay, in communities ranging from urban neighborhoods with high...

Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) and partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) for substance use disorder occupy a critical position in the addiction treatment continuum — providing structured, intensive treatment for individuals who need more support than weekly...

Residential treatment centers (RTCs), therapeutic group homes, and therapeutic boarding schools provide intensive behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults who cannot be safely or effectively treated in outpatient settings. This level of care —...

The expansion of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and the growth of mobile crisis response as an alternative to law enforcement for mental health-related calls has created significant new workforce demand in crisis behavioral health. The 988 system — which received...

Perinatal mental health — the behavioral health of pregnant and postpartum women and birthing people — is one of the most underserved and fastest-growing specialty areas in behavioral health. Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are the most common...