HR Consulting for Mental Health & Behavioral Health Organizations
The only HR firm built exclusively for behavioral health, IDD, and community health. We find the gaps, build the systems, and stay until they run.
Behavioral health breaks generic HR
Clinical documentation, supervision ratios, credentialing, 42 CFR Part 2, Medicaid billing tied to staffing, and turnover that runs double the rest of healthcare — an HR firm that treats you like any other client will miss all of it. The numbers are not theoretical:
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES; National Council for Mental Wellbeing; The Wilkinson Firm Market Intelligence. See the open dataset at hr.thewilkinsonfirm.com/data.
Seven programs, one methodology: SCAN. BUILD. STAY.
Each is a defined engagement with a scoped deliverable — not open-ended advice. Combine them or start with one.
Compliance Confidence
HR compliance audit, handbook, and regulatory infrastructure built for CARF, Medicaid, HIPAA, and 42 CFR Part 2.
Explore Compliance Confidence →Retention Reset
Turnover analysis, stay interviews, and compensation benchmarking to stop the churn that drains behavioral-health teams.
Explore Retention Reset →Talent Magnet
Recruiting pipelines and employer branding built for hard-to-fill clinical and direct-care roles.
Explore Talent Magnet →Foundation First
Complete HR infrastructure for growing organizations — policies, systems, and structure from the ground up.
Explore Foundation First →Leadership Launchpad
Supervisor and manager training for clinical leaders who were promoted for clinical skill, not management.
Explore Leadership Launchpad →Multi-State Mastery
Multi-state compliance management for organizations operating across jurisdictions.
Explore Multi-State Mastery →PlacementCare
Direct-hire recruiting backed by an 18-month placement guarantee.
Explore PlacementCare →Built for the organizations others find too complex
The depth a generalist can't match
Built only for HHS
Not a generalist firm with a healthcare page. Behavioral health and human services is the only sector we serve.
A counsel bench that has sat on the other side
Our advisory bench includes a former EEOC administrative law judge and practicing employment attorneys.
SHRM-certified leadership
Senior, credentialed HR leadership on every engagement — not junior generalists.
We publish the data
Open workforce data for 24 Southeast metros, sourced from federal labor statistics. Cite us — most firms gate everything.
The 18-month guarantee
Direct-hire placements are backed for 18 months. If a placement leaves, we replace them.
Minority-owned, founder-led
Direct CEO accountability on every engagement.
Across the Southeast, with data for 24 metros
North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, and Alabama — headquartered in Greenville, NC and Atlanta, GA.
Metro pages: Atlanta · Charlotte · Raleigh · Durham · Greenville NC · Nashville · Richmond · Jacksonville · Birmingham — and 15 more across the workforce dataset.
HR consulting for behavioral health, answered
What does HR consulting for behavioral health organizations include?
It spans HHS-specific compliance infrastructure (HIPAA, CARF, 42 CFR Part 2, Medicaid), turnover and retention systems, clinical and direct-care recruiting, supervisor training, multi-state compliance, and fractional HR leadership. The Wilkinson Firm delivers these as defined programs rather than generic HR advice.
How is The Wilkinson Firm different from a generic HR firm?
We are built exclusively for health and human services. Our counsel bench includes a former EEOC administrative law judge, our leadership is SHRM-certified, we publish open workforce data for 24 Southeast metros, and we back direct-hire placements with an 18-month guarantee. Generic HR firms treat behavioral health as one vertical among many; it is the only sector we serve.
Do you work with IDD, SUD, and CCBHC providers?
Yes. We serve behavioral health and mental health clinics, IDD and developmental-disability providers, substance-use and addiction-treatment programs, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, community health organizations, residential and group homes, and nonprofit human-services agencies.
Which states do you serve?
North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, and Alabama, with published workforce data for 24 Southeast metros. Headquartered in Greenville, NC and Atlanta, GA.
What does it cost?
Every engagement is scoped and priced before the work begins. A Rapid Consult is a fixed $250 for one targeted problem and a written action plan; larger program and retainer pricing is published on our pricing page. There are no hidden fees.
How fast can you start?
Most engagements begin within days of a discovery call. We respond to new inquiries within 2 hours.