Staff Training and Development Staff Training and Development Standard Staff training and development in the areas of cultural competence and Native American mental health should be implemented at all levels and across disciplines, for leadership and governing entities, as well as for management and support staff. The strengths brought by cultural competence serve to enhance total system performance rather than detract or formulate separate agendas. Implementation Guidelines 1. Recommendations are as follows. Specific requirements should be established for the credentialing of Native American Mental Health Specialists.
Recommendations are as follows.
It is important to note that in rural and frontier settings, it may be very difficult to require the demonstration of cultural competence criteria. The Health Plan's clinical workforce should include and make special effort to recruit and retain at least a representative percentage of Native American mental health professionals from primary tribe or tribes being served. Career ladders for the development and advancement of Native American staff should be established for clinical and administrative supervisory and senior positions. Specific continuing education requirements and performance based standards should be established for the development, maintenance, and continuance of clinical and cultural competence as mental health provider. The Cultural Competence Plan should develop clinical performance evaluations and promotion opportunities which reward cultural competence among all staff.