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Step 1: OCCUPATIONAL ENDORSEMENT- 16 credits
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The RHS Occupational Endorsement is a 16-credit concentrated
course of study
focused on rural behavioral health. This endorsement
coursework provides students
with basic entry level training in behavioral health
services and meets the training
requirements for an entry level, professionally recognized
Behavioral Health Aide I credential as developed by the
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. The
endorsement can also serve as a "stepping stone" to the 32
credit RHS certificate
degree. All sixteen credits of the endorsement can directly
be applied to the RHS certificate. The RHS endorsement has
been developed in direct response to currentindustry efforts to identify and define levels of
competency-based credentials in
behavioral health services. Both the Alaska Division of
Behavioral Health and the
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium are currently
developing and defining
competencies and credentials for Alaska behavioral health
care workers. The make up
of the occupational endorsement directly parallels the entry
level competencies
training required under these new systems.
The RHS Occupational Endorsement can also provide a
credentialing option for
service providers who work in related fields and would like
additional training in
rural behavioral health services. Providers who may want
such training could include
health aids, family service workers, correctional workers
and teachers.
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