NNews April 2024

38 April 2024 Boost your Careers and Strengthen your Organizations with the New Jersey Mental Health Institute Leadership Academy for Behavioral Healthcare Professionals! The New JerseyMental Health Institute Leadership Academy for Behavioral Healthcare Professionals presents opportunities for aspiring leaders in themental healthcare, substance use disorder and intellectual/ developmental disabilities services fields to build themanagement skills that they and their organizations need. Participation in this cost-effective, year-long programalso helps improve staff retention, which reinforces behavioral healthcare organizations’ long-termviability, and improve the quality and consistency of services. The Leadership Academy is open to mentees and mentors who are working (and, in the case of some mentors, have worked) in various roles of the behavioral healthcare field, including clinical, administrative, legal, finance, human resources and information technology. It is also open to coaches in other industries whose different expertise and experience add to the value of this program. Click here formore details and testimonials, and to access application forms, which are due July 1, 2024 for the next cohort that will begin in September. “ I learned strategies to improve different areas of my department, help people do their jobs and boost morale. My mentor and coach also helped me recognize my strengths and stay away from thoughts that aren’t helpful. ” Adiba Saleem, LCSW, 2022-23 Leadership Academy Mentee andManager, Acute Partial Hospitalization, AtlantiCare “ Mentees uncover beliefs, values and experiences that shape them as leaders. Discovering their best selves as leaders builds the capacity to support and value each individual, lending to much-needed retention. ” Valerie Ortense, BS, MBA, Leadership Academy Mentor and Director of Grants and Development, Preferred Behavioral Health Group