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C. 34

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services
Date:	October 4, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Add one Mental Health Community Support Worker II and one Substance Abuse Counselor position in the Health Services Department

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/04/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	925-957-5267
cc:	Jenny Nguyen Stacey Tupper Jo-Anne Linares Cheri Shipley Kathi Caudel Faye Ny

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 4, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26043 to add one (1) Mental Health Community Support Worker II (VQVB) position at salary plan and grade TC5-0968 ($3,710-$4,509) and one (1) Substance Abuse Counselor (VHVC) position at salary plan and grade TC5-1436 ($5,896-$7,167) in the Health Services Department. (Represented)

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval, this request has an annual cost of approximately $248,871 with $54,341 in pension costs already included. These positions will be fully funded by the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

BACKGROUND:

The addition of these positions will be assigned to the Behavioral Health Division’s Housing Services Program which provides mentally ill adults with a continuum of housing care and mental health services from the least restrictive to locked facility settings. The Housing Services Program offers a spectrum of resources ranging from an inpatient psychiatric setting, where medical necessity drives the decision-making process – to community placements that include crisis residential treatment, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and homeless shelters. The Mental Health Community Support Worker II will perform intensive support, crisis intervention, and stabilization from a peer-to-peer perspective. The Substance Abuse Counselor will provide substance use counseling and stabilization. The addition of these positions will provide necessary mental health support to clients which will help to prevent and address mental health crises as well as link clients to appropriate behavioral health services in a timely manner.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this action is not approved, the Behavioral Health Division's Housing Services Program will struggle to provide the necessary intensive behavioral health and substance use services to their clients in a timely manner.