• Mental & Behavioral Health Career Pathways Interactive Career Exploration Tool
• NEW!  Behavioral-Mental Health Pathway Tool Kit
  • Would you like more information on the BMH Tool Kit or would like to share what you are doing at your school?   Please contact us at:BMHPathways@gmail.com or share your story here
• Awareness Virtual Symposium
• Professional Development
• Behavioral/Mental Health Statewide Workgroup Advisory
• Peer Support Services/ Specialist

CAREER MAPS:

Click To Download Individual Graphic

Behavioral Health License Comparison Chart

CAREER EXPLORATION:

• The Mental Health Professions Career Test

  • This career test developed by Dr. Jospeh H. Hammer, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology can help you explore the possibilities for careers in Mental and Behavioral Health. 

  • This test is free and can be taken anonymously. 

  • Over 22,000 people have taken it thus far.

  • You can download a document of results at the end. 

• A Degree with a Guarantee
  • This site provides the user answers and resources for Associate Degree for Transfer from the California Community Colleges to the California State Universities.  
• Explore Health Careers
  • a collaboration between today’s health professionals and leading health care associations designed to help people like you start down the road toward a career in health. Here you’ll find the latest health career information and tools to guide you as you prepare for a future in health care.
• Salary Surfer
  • This tool allows you to surf programs of study that link up to programs at the Community Colleges and salary information projections.

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR YOU OR OTHERS:

• Caring for you: Mental Health resources
• Psychological First Aid Training Resources
• California Institute for Behavior Health Solutions - The Working Well Together Technical Assistance Center

GRANT PROJECT:

This grant funded by the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (Kaiser Permanente Mental Health and Wellness (MHW) Initiative Strategic Partnership Grant 16040) in the amount of $300,000.00 for a two-year funding period beginning January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2022, to develop and scale the Behavioral-Mental Health Pipeline. 

GRANT PURPOSE:

• Develop and disseminate a Mental Health Pipeline

GRANT OBJECTIVES:

Improve and build the current and emerging mental health workforce to meet community mental health needs by:

• Conducting five mental health career awareness conferences in Ventura. Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside. San Bernardino. and San Diego Counties for high school and community college students
• Developing and disseminating a mental health career pathway to high school and community college programs
• Providing two professional development workshops for licensed mental health professionals on cultural competence to increase the capacity of the currently licensed workforce and two Paraprofessional/Licensed Professional Mental Health Summits

This event was produced pursuant to a grant from Kaiser Permanente Mental Health and Wellness (MHW) Initiative Strategic Partnership Grant (16040) and by the Health Workforce Initiative (19-156-001) powered by the California Community College Chancellors Office, hosted by Santa Clarita CCD- College of the Canyons.