The SAMHSA-Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) engaged the Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce to develop core competencies for the integrated behavioral health and primary care health workforce. An organization can use the report’s nine competencies (i.e., interpersonal communication, collaboration and teamwork, screening and assessment, care planning and coordination, intervention, cultural competency and adaption, systems-oriented practice, practice-based learning and quality improvement, and informatics) to shape workforce training, inform job descriptions, recruit ideal candidates, orient staff to the integrated care model, and complete performance assessments.
Core Competences for Integrated Behavioral and Primary Care
Year: 2014