With clinician burnout levels hovering at 40%, the challenge for managers and supervisors is what to do about it. Recent research – Potential Agency & Supervisor Solutions To Address Burnout: Insights From Clinicians In Community Mental Health (CMH) Agencies Across Washington State – provided some options based on interviews with workers in community mental health organizations.

Six types of strategies were identified by the research: client-related, structural support, team functions, emotional support, supervisor non-emotional support, and self-care. The client-related strategies identified included having more manageable caseloads and also tending to those with more manageable symptoms.

Structural support and team function strategies included initiatives like having flexible working arrangements and time off, connecting and collaborating with colleagues, and receiving…