AuSable Valley CMHA Workforce Retention Initiatives
Healthcare Industry
Community Mental Health
Organizations Involved
AuSable Valley CMHA
Occupations Involved
Social Work students; Occupations Requiring an MSW
Workforce Development Focus
Increasing number of healthcare workers AND healthcare workforce retention
Workforce Issues Addressed
Training individuals to work in a healthcare profession; Providing a benefit or incentive that encourages individuals to pursue a healthcare profession; any activity or implement that addresses reducing healthcare professional turnover; improving staffing shortage; Increasing wages and/or expanding benefits for current healthcare professionals; Increasing work and/or workplace flexibility for current healthcare professionals; Recognizing and/ or rewarding healthcare professionals at their places of work
Description
AuSable Valley CMHA offers several incentives to increase the recruitment of healthcare professionals through an internship program in partnership with SVSU, Spring Arbor, MSU, Wayne State, and UM, that compensates BSW and MSW interns and their supervisors. AuSable Valley also offers current staff retention incentives, including additional PTO days, a competitive 12-step wage scale, hybrid work schedule flexibility, and recognition, appreciation, and inclusion activities through an engagement committee.