SCOE mental health career pathway employing peer specialists, graduate clinical interns, and associate clinicians

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Description

To address a shortage of available mental health clinicians, SCOE built a career pathway using peer specialists, graduate clinical interns, and associate clinicians in paid positions. The brief states these roles "provide career support while establishing a professional pathway for school-based mental health service providers." Internships for undergraduate and graduate students are available, and associate clinicians with graduate degrees can earn clinical hours while employed full-time. Recent partnerships also nurtured the School Based Mental Health and Wellness Path, one of SCOE's Career Pipeline Paths.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Paid positions for peer specialists, interns, and associate clinicians to sustain the pipeline

Constraints

• Designed to address the clinician shortage in SCOE's region

Target Learners

• Undergraduate and graduate students and aspiring school-based mental health professionals

Learning Goals

• Building a professional pathway into school-based mental health careers

Claims

Related Designs

• SCOE centralized school-based mental health services through an FQHC-eligible Medi-Cal billing model
• Coordination of Services Teams (COST) link students to mental health supports within a multi-tiered system of supports
• YMHC member training and support framework (preservice training, site integration, ongoing development, career coaching, credentialing)

Examples

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Key Sources

• Sacramento County Office of Education: Transforming Schools Into Centers of Wellness. (2024). WestEd. https://www.centersofwellness.scoe.net/our-work#collectiveimpact

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title	SCOE mental health career pathway employing peer specialists, graduate clinical interns, and associate clinicians
description	To address a shortage of available mental health clinicians, SCOE built a career pathway using peer specialists, graduate clinical interns, and associate clinicians in paid positions.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-09
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