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The ASPIN Opioid Workforce Expansion Program trains 70 Certified Community Health Workers annually for three years, with a new specialty designation in Substance Use Disorder -Opioid Use Disorder treatment. The target for this program is: Paraprofessional students already working in the healthcare field who wish to improve their skill set to address the opioid crisis in Indiana via in service training and students entering the health care field who wish to learn the skills necessary to help address the opioid crisis in Indiana. Students will attend the State of Indiana, certified 40 hour Certified Community Health Worker core online training program. The Student will then receive an additional 12+ hours online addictions related training
Some of the topics to be developed will include; An overview of The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), The CHW role in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Social Determinants of Health Effects on Addiction, Naloxone Administration, Multi-generational problems affecting the Opioid Crisis, and Opioid Treatment Options.
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This training program addresses the opioid crisis in 10 Indiana rural counties: Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Marion, Putnam, Sullivan, Decatur, Henry, Jefferson, and Howard. These counties were chosen because nine are designated health professional shortage areas, six are medically under-served areas, and three are medically under-served populations. These nine counties averaged only five certified CHWs, with two counties having zero certified CHWs. In 2017 there were 294 fatal opioid deaths, 2,593 non-fatal ER opioid visits and 1,774 consumers screened for OUD in these counties.
Section One – Week One
Modules:
1. An Introduction to the Online Community Health Worker Course
2. Core Community Health Worker Skills
3. Ethics and the CHW
4. Diversity and Cultural Competency in the Workplace
5. Conflict Management for Community Health Workers
6. Technology and the CHW
Section Two – Week Two
Modules:
7. Communication Skills for CHWs
8. Practices that Promote Health and Wellness
9. Physical health and Chronic Disease Overview
10. Behavioral Health Overview
11. Substance Use Disorders
12. The Integrated Care Model
Section Three -Week Three
Modules:
13. An Overview of Motivational Interviewing
14. Coaching for Positive Health Outcomes
15. Tobacco Treatment
16. CHWs and Group Facilitation Skills
17. Advocacy, Collaboration and Teamwork
18 – COVID-19 and the Role of Community Health Workers
19. Securing Employment as a CHW
Opioid Training Topics
Modules:
1. The Opioid Epidemic
2. Opioid Treatment options
3. Addictions Overview: Co-Occurring Disorders and Recovery
4. The CCHW Role in Medication Assisted Treatment and Naloxone
5. Working with Referrals
6. The Role of Peer Support
Section Five – Week Five
Modules:
7. Wellness Recovery Action Plan Overview
8. Keeping Patients in Recovery
9. The Scope of Work for CCHWs
10. Home Visits
11. The Career Ladder
12. Course Wrap -Up and Test Preparation
13. Jail Placement Module ( Pre-Placement)
Field Placements/Job Credit
The students will then either enter placements, in-service training, or be evaluated for appropriate job credit. Experiential sites placements will consist of eight hours at a CMHC in a medically under-served area and/or a placement in an area with a Facility Mental HPSAs score of 16 or above. Additionally, students will have a four-hour placement in an Indiana county jail that deals with justice involved individuals with OUD and SUD. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual placement has been approved for this program.
Student may be given job placement credit if their current employment qualifies.
Huntington, Kosciusko, Marshall, Marion, Putnam, Sullivan, Decatur, Henry, Jefferson, Howard
For all questions regarding the CRS ( Peer) Program contact:
https://peernetworkindiana.org/
“This project: ‘the ASPIN Opioid Workforce Expansion Program – Paraprofessional (AOWEP) is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $900,000.00 with 0% percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.”