{"id":391,"date":"2023-05-16T02:53:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T02:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/swvmhi\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:53:12","slug":"staff-development-and-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/swvmhi\/about-us\/departments\/staff-development-and-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Development and Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Departmental Objective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Staff Development and Training Department supports the facility\u2019s vision of serving as the region&#8217;s center of excellence in the treatment of serious mental illness and its mission of assisting people in their recovery by developing and sustaining a well-trained, highly competent workforce.&nbsp;The Training Department works&nbsp;collaboratively with departments across the facility to provide quality educational and learning experiences to assure continuous staff development.&nbsp;The Department directs, organizes, and provides orientation and in-service programs to facility staff, other state employees, and the public at large.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"86\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/swvmhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/Moorer.Matthew-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1545\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7435897435897436;width:164px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a data-type=\"mailto\" href=\"mailto:merle.obregon@dbhds.virginia.gov\">Matt Moorer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Director of Staff Development and Training<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">276-706-3304<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/swvmhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/DBHDS-favicon-416px.png\" alt=\"DBHDS favicon\" class=\"wp-image-1155\" style=\"width:139px;height:178px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/swvmhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/DBHDS-favicon-416px.png 416w, https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/swvmhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/DBHDS-favicon-416px-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/swvmhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/DBHDS-favicon-416px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a data-type=\"mailto\" href=\"mailto:patricia.evans@dbhds.virginia.gov\">Vacant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Executive Assistant to Staff Development and Training <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">276-706-3450<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Departmental Objective The Staff Development and Training Department supports the facility\u2019s vision of serving as the region&#8217;s center of excellence in the treatment of serious mental illness and its mission of assisting people in their recovery by developing and sustaining a well-trained, highly competent workforce.&nbsp;The Training Department works&nbsp;collaboratively with departments&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":166,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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