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| In 2007, following the tragic murder of Marty Smith (a Designated Mental Health Professional in Kitsap County), the Washington State Legislature passed into law Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1456, an act relating to home visits by mental health professionals. This law, which went into effect in July 2008, requires all community mental health workers who have direct contact with mental health consumers to undergo annual training on safety and violence prevention (per RCW 49.19.030).* SHB 1456 also directed the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to develop the training curriculum in collaboration with community providers and employee organizations representing community mental health workers in Washington State. In 2009, the DSHS Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) and the Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training (WIMHRT/UW) began conducting training for licensed community mental health agency staff using this new curriculum. The curriculum consists of a set of 8 compact disks (CD's) and is disseminated to agencies via a "Train the Trainer" model. Free Online Version Now Available These training CD's, and accompanying materials, have now been adapted for online training through Essential Learning. |
