Our Mission: Delivering compassionate care to enhance lives and improve communities. Southwest Behavioral & Health Services employs over 1,000 full-time staff and an additional workforce available from part-time positions and contracts. Staff and volunteers reflect the broad perspective of the community.
We are committed to creating a workplace where unique perspectives are valued, personal journeys are respected, and every individual is empowered to bring their whole self to a shared mission of delivering compassionate, life-changing services to the communities we serve.
Through our Empowered Belonging program, we’re committed to:
•Voice & Visibility: ensuring every team member’s ideas, experiences, and contributions are recognized and heard.
•Fair Access: fostering openness and fairness in opportunities for growth, leadership, and advancement, while honoring the different journeys people take.
•Culture of Connection: building authentic, meaningful relationships across backgrounds, roles, and experiences, knowing that fresh perspectives strengthen our work.
•Learning & Growth: providing opportunities for ongoing development, empathy, and leadership that reflect the many experiences within our teams.
•Wellbeing & Safety: prioritizing the mental, emotional, and psychological safety of every person, recognizing that belonging means something different to each of us.
SB&H provides compassionate primary care, substance abuse, and mental health services. Services include outpatient mental health treatment and psychiatric services including medication monitoring; assistance for persons with addictions; intensive inpatient care for persons in crisis; residential housing and supported housing services; prevention services, community outreach and school-based counseling; services throughout the lifespan for individuals with ASD; and four opioid replacement clinics. SB&H serves communities in Maricopa, Gila, Mohave, Coconino, and Yavapai counties.
New Directions Behavioral Health, founded in 1995, is dedicated to helping people find a healthy balance and improve health through positive change. We offer managed behavioral healthcare, employee assistance programs, organizational consulting, and health coaching programs.
As behavior change experts, we provide a full range of proven practices to help individuals attain healthier and more balanced lifestyles. In fact, we serve the behavioral health needs of millions of people across the nation.
New Directions is one of the fastest growing behavioral health care companies in the nation. Our services have earned national recognition and awards for innovation and best practices. And we are accredited by NCQA as an MBHO and by URAC for health utilization management and case management.