CATI (Survey) Employment for Consumers and Family Members at WIMHRT
WIMHRT employs mental health Consumers as Telephone Interviewers to conduct telephone surveys using the Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) System. Click here for more information
Mini-Grants
Washington State's Mental Health Transformation Project started the Consumer and Family Evaluation Mini-Grant Program in 2006. Consumer/family/youth-run evaluation is critical to consumer-directed services and to achieving true system transformation. Short-term grants are awarded and include technical assistance and training, as well as a comprehensive tool-kit. WIMHRT administers this program until the end of the MHTP (2009-2010). For more information, contact Cindy Willey at ckw4@u.washington.edu.
Peer Support
Beginning in 2005, in cooperation with DSHS/DBHR, WIMHRT developed a 40-hour peer counselor training program. This interactive training prepares participants to take the state certification test and to obtain employment as a certified peer counselor in a mental health agency or other provider organization. Eligible applicants must be self-disclosed consumers of mental health services who are in recovery. Peer counselors draw from their own life experiences and provide an array of supports to other consumers and/or families who are working towards recovery. Courses are free to accepted applicants and are currently offered several times a year in Tacoma and occasionally in other locations.
For more information, contact Cindy Willey at ckw4@u.washington.edu.
To obtain an application, contact Bonnie Staples (Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery) at Bonnie.Staples@dshs.wa.gov or (360) 725-1883.
Clubhouse Assistance
In 2008, the Washington State Legislature approved additions to the WA Admin Code (WAC) that established standards for clubhouses that provide psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery services to adults with psychiatric disabilities. More information on Clubhouses can be found at the International Center for Clubhouse Development website: http://www.iccd.org/
WIMHRT provides technical assistance and consultation to clubhouses seeking to become certified throughout the State, and continues to provide support to clubhouses in their organizational and program development efforts. Click here to go to the Resources page to view Clubhouse Curriculum and/or to download materials.
For more information, contact Jonathan Beard, LICSW, CPRP, at progressivestrategies@comcast.net.