Description and Challenges of the Frontline Workforce
A Report from The Southeastern Pennsylvania Behavioral Health Industry Partnership (2007)
This report, commissioned by The Partnership, was designed to provide its members with a current update on the status of the direct support professional workforce in the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse (MH/DD/SA) service deliver systems.
Workers Who Care: A Graphical Profile of the Frontline Health and Health Care Workforce (2006)
This chartbook provides comprehensive employment data on frontline health and health care workforce occupations. The data offer a profile of the frontline workforce at the national level, as well as a more nuanced description of the ways in which the frontline occupational outlook varies across states and regions. This chartbook was produced by Health Workforce Solutions, LLC, and published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Community Health Worker Advancement: A Research Summary, by Geri Scott and Randall Wilson (2006)
Community health workers are essential to the U.S. public health system. They work in diverse settings and under myriad titles to improve access to health care for underserved populations using culturally appropriate methods. Despite their importance, community health workers are often not well rewarded, and their job tenure is unstable. Well-defined career paths are lacking, as are systematic skill sets and credentials recognized across work settings and usable for higher education. With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, SkillWorks: Partners for a Productive Workforce asked JFF to recommend adaptations of the SkillWorks Workforce Partnership model in order to apply that approach to career advancement for community health workers. As the basis for these recommendations, JFF conducted research on the challenges to and national best practices for the advancement of community health workers.
Invisible No Longer: Advancing the Entry-level Workforce in Health Care, by Randall Wilson (2006)
To deliver adequate care, hospitals, nursing homes, primary care centers, and home care providers need a well-trained workforce and a reliable “pipeline” of workers to fill vacancies and address shortages in critical areas. Invisible No Longer explores a wide variety of workforce development practices that respond to this challenge, with a focus on entry-level health care workers and their quest for jobs leading to rewarding careers. It reports on where there is progress, where further investments would pay dividends, and what lessons are emerging.
Defining the Frontline Workforce (2005)
This research report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on enhancing the understanding of the frontline healthcare and human services workforce, as well as the challenges that may obstruct their ability to work effectively.
