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The current shortage of skilled and highly trained workers requires immediate planning and action to ensure that Ohio can meet current demand, adapt to consistently growing behavioral health needs, sustain access to a full continuum of care, and provide quality services across the state.
For all social workers, the national median annual wage is $64,3605, and $57,680 in Ohio.6 Organizations face challenges in recruiting and retaining providers, due to low reimbursement rates, lack of training to serve diverse populations, barriers to enter the workforce, and shortages that increase burnout.7
To this end the State of Ohio commissioned a series of exploratory analyses of the historical, current and projected workforce supply and demand for behavioral health services. Detailed in this report are the forecasted supply and demand for BH services over the next 10 years.
JobTest.org analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics data compiled by the Chamber of Commerce to illustrate the current state of Ohio’s ongoing labor shortage based on a national analysis.
The four-year grant, from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been providing specialized training for social work, psychiatric nursing and doctoral psychology students.
ASHTABULA, Ohio — An already short-staffed position prior to the pandemic, the demand for social workers has been growing in recent years as stress and widespread labor shortages put a...
A massive social worker shortage is looming over the United States. Now, state governments are stepping up their funding in hopes of getting more people to look at college social worker...
Demand spiked again in 2021, with providers reporting a 70% hike in need for adult and youth mental health services and a 60% increase in need for addiction services.
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects a 12% growth in the social work career field through 2030. With the need to replace thousands of social workers, some are going the extra mile to recruit and steer more students to the field.
Staffing shortages are impacting industries throughout Ohio, but it is especially concerning for the behavioral health sector.