{"id":417,"date":"2025-02-25T17:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dsamh\/screenerscorner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:30:22","slug":"screenerscorner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dsamh\/screenerscorner\/","title":{"rendered":"screenerscorner ~  Screeners Corner  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n     <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsamh\/screenerscorner.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Mental Health Screener Credentialing<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Substance Abuse and Mental Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dsamh\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dsamh\/about.html\">About DSAMH<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dsamh\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Classes will go live in DLC during the following months: September, November, January, March, May and July.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div helvetica=\"\" segoe=\"\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family:\" ui=\"\" web=\"\" west=\"\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><b>Participants will have 90 days to complete the training modules.\u00a0 If the participant fails to complete the courses within the 90-day\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14.67px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><b>window<\/b><\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><b>, the classes will be removed from the transcript in DLC and the participant will be required to\u00a0<u>re-apply<\/u>.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div helvetica=\"\" segoe=\"\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family:\" ui=\"\" web=\"\" west=\"\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p open=\"\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 15px; direction: ltr; font-family:\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\"><b>Each Credentialed Mental Health Screener (CMHS) shall be required to re-new their credential every two (2) years. \u00a0Each CMHS shall submit an updated application, a\u00a0 copy of active license or certifications, and an updated job description and resume, if applicable, to meet the renewal requirements.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p open=\"\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 15px; direction: ltr; font-family:\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\"><b>Renewal applications shall be submitted to the MH Screener Resource Mailbox:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(139, 5, 5);\"><b><a class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" data-linkindex=\"2\" href=\"mailto:DHSS_DSAMH_MHSCREENER@delaware.gov\" id=\"OWA6900e52c-c243-86d3-ce57-02f42a6fca9e\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">DHSS_DSAMH_MHSCREENER@delaware.gov<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: \" segoe=\"\" ui\",=\"\" \"segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" web=\"\" (west=\"\" european)\",=\"\" ui\",blinkmacsystemfont,=\"\" roboto,=\"\" \"helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" margin:=\"\" 0px=\"\" 10px;=\"\" padding:=\"\" 0px;=\"\" vertical-align:=\"\" baseline;=\"\" color:=\"\" rgb(36,=\"\" 36,=\"\" 36);=\"\" direction:=\"\" ltr;\"=\"\"><span open=\"\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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