Lead the Way
Explore career paths that put your lived experience to work.
Prevention / promotion
Treatment
Recovery support
Behavioral Health Careers
Substance Use Disorder Prevention Specialist
Support families, schools and communities by providing prevention education about substance use and misuse and mental wellness.
Substance Use Disorder Professional
Help individuals on their path to recovery with assessment and treatment services to assist them in overcoming their dependency on alcohol and drugs and becoming self-sufficient.
Certified Peer Support Specialist
Share your unique story and serve as an advocate by helping individuals and families identify services and activities that promote recovery and lead to increased meaning and purpose.
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Counsel patients on mental health needs (including children, families and those with behavioral health disorders) and develop and implement impactful treatment plans.
Behavioral health workers create healthier communities.
Joining the workforce provides care for:
- 1.4M Washingtonians experiencing mental illness
- 500K Washingtonians with substance use disorder
- 1 in 3 Washingtonians suffer from severe depression
People of color represent less than 20% of the behavioral health workforce
Research shows that patients experience better health outcomes when they are connected with a provider who has a similar cultural or ethnic background. By narrowing the diversity gap in the workforce, we can better support mental health access in Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities. (Source)
Learn more about the benefits of working in behavioral health.
Find out which career path is right for you.
There’s a lot of people struggling in the Hispanic community… Having this opportunity, I believe that I can help them change their life around”
Oswaldo Herrera
Certified Peer Counselor