article thumbnail

A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

KVC

For more than 50 years, KVC Health Systems has provided heart-centered service to children and families. These services strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help both children and adults achieve mental health wellness.

article thumbnail

KVC Health Systems Ranks in Top 1% of Employers Nationwide with 77 Work Wellbeing Score

KVC

As of July 2023, KVC Health Systems ranks High or Above Average in 14 of the 15 categories. This means KVC is outperforming its peers in child welfare and mental health, its peers in healthcare more broadly, and even most for-profit companies across all sectors.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

Relias

While the Human Resources Department plays an obvious role in recruitment and hiring practices, don’t forget about the less obvious roles and departments that indirectly affect DEI. How to meet diverse needs of patients with disabilities and cognitive or mental health impairments. Bring everyone in.

article thumbnail

Native Americans and Opioid Addiction: Understanding the Problem

Relias

Perhaps even more concerning for the future, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) estimated that over 5% of the total AI/AN population in 2019 struggled with opioid misuse. Lack of focus on behavioral health care creates gaps Many Native Americans rely on health care provided by the federal government.

article thumbnail

Inspiring Occupational Wellness Among Direct Support Professionals

Relias

Occupational wellness is the balance between personal and professional well-being that promotes overall positive mental health. Next, work with your human resources department to create career paths for every role in your organization. But what steps can organizations take to help their DSPs achieve occupational wellness?

article thumbnail

How the journalism of child welfare fails

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Of there’ll be the usual expressions of shock and outrage, maybe legislative hearings, and perhaps some more money thrown at the state family policing agency, the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to hire more caseworkers to take even more children. Yet this perspective is, again, entirely lacking in the stories.

article thumbnail

Save on All NASW Press eBooks: 15% Off!

Social Work Blog

It is an excellent resource for social workers, counselors, and mental health professionals in education. A practical guide to stress management and approaches to self-care, this book includes narratives gathered from both students and practitioners in the field.