An employee perk that pays off: Continuing Education
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Continuing Education is not unique to mental health clinicians. Continuing Education is a term that is understood as a post-secondary learning or program to maintain licensure or certification and expand your knowledge on a certain subject matter.?
Continuing Education is available for all types of professions. But we all know we are here to talk about one industry / profession in specific: mental health.?
Continuing Education for mental health clinicians is more than building up expertise in the field, it is also about building up stamina and sustainability as a therapist. And different from other professions, Continuing Education is required for all mental health clinicians in order to keep your license. Clinicians are required to have a certain amount of CE credits depending on the state.?
This means the clinicians at your company or in your practice have to devote time out of the workday or weekend towards Continuing Education. These credits can be consumed in a variety of ways from multi-day conferences, one-off seminars, and other events.?
One conference we are particularly excited for is the Black Mental Health Symposium (shout out to LaTonya Summers ) that kicks off today and one where our Chief Clinical Officer, Carla Smith, PhD LCSW LMFT is going to be speaking on mental health access and equity. Two days of expert panels with up to 12 CE credits available if you attend all of the sessions.?
However… these conference opportunities don’t happen all the time, especially one with such an important focus.?
For big picture reference, social workers in Georgia need a minimum of 35 CE credits within the two year license renewal cycle.?
Because of these requirements, Continuing Education is sometimes seen in the same light as clinical supervision - checking a box. We want clinicians to be excited about Continuing Education and excited about supervision, to see these requirements as an opportunity to learn. We want to check that box with vigor!
We know this topic isn’t new. We hear clinician’s frustration and exhaustion of having to attend CE courses that aren’t relevant or just aren’t captivating.?
But what is more frustrating is that clinicians are required to do these hours on top of their other responsibilities - taking time out of their weekend or after the workday to just get it over with.?
So what is the solution?
These are just a few of our ideas. Plus one big idea we have been working on… Motivo Learning, our very own Continuing Education program!?
Motivo Learning launching this Fall - sign up to receive updates as they come.
More on that at a later time, we want to bring it back to the important and often missing piece in Continuing Education: intention. Clinicians want to go into the CE courses with the intention to learn, grow, and evolve.
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