Mental Health Counselors at Work

Assessment of Non-Traditionally Trained Mental Health Workers and Implications for Manpower Utilization

1st Edition - January 1, 1969
Authors: Thomas M. Magoon, Stuart E. Golann, Robert W. Freeman
Editors: Arnold P. Goldstein, Leonard A. Krasner
Language: English
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Mental Health Counselors at Work features the assessment of mental health workers, who are non-traditionally trained, as well as the implications for work force utilization of this study. This book first introduces the pilot training program, and then describes the settings in which mental health counselors (MHCs) were employed, as well as the characteristics of their work. MHCs expectations regarding future job functions are then presented. This text also looks into the evaluation of work of the featured MHCs, as well as into the reflections of the MHCs on their fieldwork experience. This book concludes by presenting the implications of the assessments made regarding the work of the featured MHCs. This text will be invaluable to those in the field of mental health counseling, including trainers and practitioners.

Preface

Chapter I. Introduction

The Pilot Training Program

Chapter II. Descriptive Material Concerning the Mental

Health Counselors (MHCs) During Three Years of Employment

Settings

Characteristics of the MHCs' Work

Vocational Aspirations

Summary

Chapter III. Evaluations of Mental Health Counselors

During Their Initial Three Years of Employment

Introduction

Supervisor Evaluations of the MHCs' On-the-Job Performance

Co-workers' Evaluations of the MHCs' On-the-Job Performance

Co-workers' Final Questionnaire

Judgments of Tape Recorded Interviews

Comparison with Traditionally Trained Groups on Measures of Information, Attitude, and Clinical Judgment

Evaluations of Job Function and Service Capabilities

Employability of MHCs as Evaluated by Agency Directors and Directors of Professional Training

Summary

Chapter IV. Reflections of the Mental Health Counselors

Sources of Satisfaction

Sources of Stress

The Future

Reactions of Family and Friends

Self-Evaluations

Summary

Chapter V. Implications

An Overview

Training Programs

Manpower

The Role of the Non-Traditionally Trained Mental Health Worker

Questions

Conclusion

References

Appendices

A. A Comparison of Therapist Characteristics Sort Items of First Year Supervisors with a National Sample of Out-patient Clinic Directors

B. The Inventory of Job Functions (IJF): Development and Item Characteristics

C. Inventory of Job Functions (IJF): Items and Administration

D. Items From IJF Which All MHCs Responded to Similarly All Three Years

E. MHCs' Time Distribution among Job Functions

F. Monthly Report and Client Termination Form

G. Brief Descriptive Listing of Range of Problems Among MHCs' Clients

H. Characteristics of the Supervisors Who Provided Ratings of the MHCs' Performance During the Three-year Follow-up Study

I. Supervisors' Rating Scale

J. The Supervisors' Final Report

K. Co-Worker Interview Forms (Initial and Post-Termination)

L, The Co-Worker Final Questionnaire

M. The Therapist Characteristics Sort

N. Therapist Orientation Questionnaire

Chapter. Filmed Interview Rating Form

P. Employability Survey: Samples Used

Q. Employability Survey: Instruction Form and Response Form

R. MHC Final Questionnaire

Index