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Working Conditions
Fraud/Abuse
Trends of Employment
Pros & Cons
Job Requirements
100
Private offices
What physical space is required to maintain confidentiality of each client?
100
What does FCA stand for? Fraud Claims Abuse False Claims Act Facebook Claims Act False Counters Act
False Claims Act
100
4 out of 10 counselors
What is the number of mental health workers employed by state and local governments?
100
Personal fulfillment
What intrinsic reward do mental health workers recieve?
100
Case Managers -- Bachelors; Therapist/counselor -- Masters; Psychiatry -- Doctorate
What education is required to work in the mental health career?
200
40-hour week
What is the required schedule for most mental health workers?
200
What President was responsible for this law? Washington Kennedy Lincoln Roosevelt
Lincoln
200
increased 153%
What is the percentage of increase of mental health job opportunities since 2009? (source: Simplyhired.com)
200
Vicarious trauma and career burnout
What can happen to a mental health worker due to witnessing or hearing about a great deal of trauma and abuse of their clients?
200
Depends on the individuals they serve and on the settings in which they work.
What are the duties of a therapist/counselor?
300
Private practices, outpatient facilities, inpatient clinics, medical offices, residential facilities, schools, hospitals, daycares, group homes, jail/prison, nursing homes, substance abuse treatment facility.
Mental health workers can work where?
300
Tuition reimbursment
How a mental health worker can further their education at lower cost?
300
Evidence Based Practices
What are approaches to prevention or treatment in mental health that are based in theory and have undergone scientific evaluation?
300
Seeing a patient make no improvement or, in the very worst cases, decline.
What can cause a mental health care professional to question the value of his work and raise deeper, often unsettling questions about life as a whole?
300
Variety of theraputic techniques used to address a wide variety of issues.
What is a therapist/counselor trained in?
400
personal, family, educational, mental health, career, and substance abuse.
What is the type of people mental health workers assist?
400
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
What is a way mental health workers can get help with the stress of witnessing or hear about a great deal of need and suffering?
400
soldiers
What is the largest population of people needing mental health assistance for PTSD?
400
Family reunification, empowerment, and personal growth
What are the positive rewards of seeing a client improve their mental health?
400
Graduate studies, workshops, continuing education credits, personal studies
What does a mental health worker need to maintain their certificates and licenses?
500
24/7
What are the hours you can get mental health assistance in an emergency.
500
Become supervisors and or administrators in the agency
What is the promotion opportunities for a mental health worker?
500
Prevention and intervention
What is the proactive approach used by mental health workers to encourage positive mental health?
500
Networking and collaboration
What do mental health workers gain by being part of a multidisciplinary team to promote positive mental health for clients?
500
Personal liability insurance
What is important for a private mental health worker to have to protect them in case of legal action?