Recruitment & Retention

Career Class

Using aspects from the Career Exploration group, which was created last year, we will create career classes that can go into schools during health classes or gym classes that will allow us to provide information to students. We will market it as a relief to teachers from the curriculum. Implement after winter break.

• Explore Careers in mental health. Explore what to do with various levels of degrees in mental health/psychology.

• Briefly review what a career is and the possible timeline for schooling.

• Geared toward Middle/H.S. students

• Hand out QR code cards to sign up for resources.

• Look into Possible college fairs or introductory classes in colleges.

Career Fair

In this Career Fair, members of the lab-created booths presented at a career fair that was tailored towards 4 mental health fields: School Counseling, Psychiatry, Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and School Psychology. These booths were designed to be interactive, where viewers are able to have a "hands-on learning experience." This past May, we were able to implement a career fair at Hoge Memorial Church in Columbus, OH, while partnering with West High School. Currently, we are working on continuing to develop and implement this curriculum.

Job Retention Focus Groups

We are conducting research on the Barriers and Facilitators of job retention in mental health professions in the Southwest and Central regions of Ohio.

This qualitative study invites perspectives from all mental health professionals to answer the following research questions 

What is keeping you in your job?
What has made you leave your job?

This research has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).