MODIFICATION
B -- Psychiatric Leadership: A Report on the Knowledge Gap and Training Requirements for Effective Medical Directors in Community Behavioral Healthcare Organizations
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- SAM93161
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2012
- Point of Contact
- Darnese M. Wilkerson, Phone: 3014436557
- E-Mail Address
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darnese.wilkerson@psc.hhs.gov
(darnese.wilkerson@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Background. The Department of Health and Human Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), through the Center for Mental Health Services has recognized that psychiatric leadership is essential to meeting the complex needs of the adults, children and families served by the mental health and substance use systems. The psychiatric workforce receives minimal training in the realities of community-based, recovery-oriented practice. Psychiatric residency training continues to be primarily inpatient-focused when the majority of adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disorders and families can and are being served in community settings. Recovery, evidence-based practices in community settings, quality improvement processes, leadership and management of empowered teams of clinical and paraprofessional specialists, collaboration across human service systems and knowledge and understanding of public sector financing are covered only briefly, if at all, in psychiatric residency programs. As a consequence, promising young psychiatrists are often overwhelmed and disillusioned when faced with the challenges of practice and leadership in the public sector. Recently, CMHS developed a curriculum for community psychiatrists that is designed to develop and enhance the effectiveness of community psychiatrists in public sector policy and service settings. The curriculum builds on the existing knowledge and practice in established government, university and business leadership development programs. The curriculum presents a series of didactic, case based, mentorship, and skills-based interventions over the course of year. Participants meet regularly with fellow participants, faculty, and program alumni both in person, and online in order to maximize the acquisition of new skills, as well as opportunities for application. In addition, participants are asked to identify a relevant performance improvement project that, with the assistance of faculty coaching calls, they implement at their agencies. Three cohorts of psychiatrists have been trained in this curriculum and participated in the performance improvement and leadership offerings presented. All of the psychiatrists enrolled in the program voluntarily applied and all program participants work in a community-based mental health and/or substance abuse setting and have the support of their employer. Participation in the program does not exceed one year and is structured to allow enrollees to continue in their current position with the employer granting limited time for participation in the project. This contract supports and enhances the training for a cohort of 8 psychiatrists to participate in the year-long training program. Anticipated period of performance. The period of performance for this requirement will from date award on or before September 30, 2012 through September 29, 2013. Other important considerations. None. Capability statement /information sought. All interested potential offerors should respond in writing and provide the following information: a. Staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training b. Technical approach and capacity to perform the work c. Prior completed projects of similar nature d. Corporate experience and management capability e. 3-5 examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information;
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