The Hiring Crisis in HHS

Traditional Staffing Agencies Place Bodies. We Place Careers.

Behavioral health organizations lose an average of 42% of clinical staff annually. The standard recruitment model (post, screen, place, invoice, disappear) ignores the retention problem entirely.

Industry Reality
90
90-day industry guarantee
The standard. Then you’re on your own.
0
Zero post-placement monitoring
No one checks if the hire is thriving.
42%
Average annual turnover
Every departure costs 30-50% of salary.
THE REAL COST

Every Bad Hire Costs You More Than a Salary

When a clinician leaves in 90 days, the real damage goes far beyond the recruiting fee.

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Direct replacement cost: 30-50% of salary

Recruiting fees, onboarding time, training hours, administrative overhead. For a $65K clinician, that is $19,500 to $32,500 per departure.

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Client continuity collapses

Clients get reassigned. Therapeutic relationships break. Some clients disengage entirely. In behavioral health, that is not an inconvenience. It is a clinical risk.

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Team morale craters

Remaining staff absorb the caseload. Burnout accelerates. The next resignation follows the last one. Turnover compounds.

Credential gaps create liability

Rushed hires skip thorough credentialing. Licensure verification gets deprioritized. One missed check becomes a regulatory finding.

THE PLACEMENTCARE™ GUARANTEE

18 Months of Active Placement Support

Every clinician we place is backed by 18 months of proactive monitoring, intervention, and replacement if needed at no additional cost.

18
months of active
placement support
the industry
standard guarantee
$0
replacement cost
if placement fails
91%
retention through
guarantee period*
Industry Standard
90 Days
  • No post-placement monitoring
  • No engagement tracking
  • Replacement fees apply
  • No flight-risk detection
PlacementCare™ by TWF
18 Months
  • WEI™ monitoring at 6 checkpoints
  • Proactive engagement tracking
  • Free replacement if needed
  • Early warning intervention
WORKFORCE EMOTIONAL INDEX™ (WEI™)

6 Checkpoints. 18 Months. Zero Surprises.

Every placement is monitored through TWF’s proprietary WEI™ instrument, measuring engagement, alignment, and flight risk before problems become departures.

30
Day 30
Onboarding
Check
60
Day 60
Integration
Assessment
90
Day 90
Performance
Baseline
180
Day 180
6-Month
Deep Dive
365
Year 1
Annual
Review
540
18 Months
Guarantee
Complete
What WEI™ Measures at Each Checkpoint
Engagement & Alignment
Role satisfaction, culture fit, manager relationship
Flight-Risk Indicators
Workload stress, compensation equity, growth perception
Organizational Health
Team dynamics, onboarding quality, burnout signals
WHAT YOU GET

Every Placement Includes

PlacementCare is not a recruiting fee with a handshake. It is a full talent acquisition and retention system.

SOURCING

Custom Role Analysis

Market-benchmarked job descriptions, credential mapping, compensation analysis, and culture-fit profiling. Not a generic job board post.

SCREENING

Clinical Competency Vetting

Credential verification, licensure confirmation, clinical interview, and behavioral health network sourcing. Every candidate is vetted for competency and alignment.

OFFER

Offer Engineering

Compensation benchmarking, offer letter structuring, and onboarding plan design. The hire experience starts before day one.

MONITORING

18-Month WEI Tracking

Six structured check-ins measuring engagement, alignment, and flight risk. If a problem surfaces, we intervene before it becomes a resignation.

GUARANTEE

Free Replacement

If a placement does not work out within 18 months, we replace the clinician at no additional cost. No caveats. No fine print.

REPORTING

Retention Analytics

Quarterly retention reports showing WEI scores, engagement trends, and early warning indicators across all active placements.

Want to see the professionals we place? Browse our Candidate Spotlight series to meet top-tier candidates we've successfully placed in behavioral health and HHS roles across our service areas. Or browse our active placements to see current opportunities we're filling.

THE PROCESS

From Search to Retained: End to End

1

Role Analysis & Market Mapping

We define the role against market data, credential requirements, and your organizational culture. Job descriptions are rewritten to attract, not just inform.

2

Targeted Sourcing & Screening

We source clinicians through behavioral health networks, credential databases, and professional communities. Not just job boards. Every candidate is screened for clinical competency and cultural alignment.

3

Offer Engineering & Onboarding

Compensation is benchmarked. Offer letters are structured. Onboarding is planned before day one. Not improvised on arrival.

4

18-Month WEI™ Monitoring

PlacementCare™ activates. Six checkpoints over 18 months measure engagement, alignment, and flight risk. If a problem surfaces, we intervene. If a placement fails, we replace at no cost.

THE SHIFT

What Changes When Clinicians Actually Stay

Before PlacementCare
Clinicians leave within 6 months
Clients get reassigned repeatedly
Recruiting feels like a revolving door
No visibility into why people leave
Staffing agencies disappear after 90 days
After PlacementCare
91% retention through 18 months
Client continuity stabilizes
Each hire is monitored proactively
WEI data shows engagement in real time
TWF stays for 18 months after placement
BUILT FOR

Organizations That Cannot Afford Another Bad Hire

Behavioral Health
Licensed Clinician Roles
LCSW, LPC, BCBA, Psychologists, Psychiatrists. Roles where credential verification is non-negotiable and cultural fit determines whether they stay past 90 days.
Common pain: 4-6 month vacancy cycles, credential gaps, rapid turnover in first year
IDD & Disability Services
Direct Support & Clinical Leads
DSPs, program managers, BCBA supervisors, and clinical directors who need specialized training and compassion-driven retention support from day one.
Common pain: 60%+ DSP turnover, training investment lost, staffing ratio compliance risk
Community Health
Care Teams & Outreach
Community health workers, care coordinators, and outreach teams where mission alignment matters as much as qualifications. These roles require trust, not just credentials.
Common pain: candidates who interview well but disconnect from mission within months

We had been through three staffing agencies in two years. Every time, the clinicians would leave within four months and we would start over. PlacementCare placed two LCSWs and a BCBA for us. All three are still here 14 months later. The WEI check-ins caught a compensation issue with one clinician early, and we fixed it before she started looking.

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Terrance Nguyen, MBA
VP of Operations, Horizon Community Behavioral Health
*Representative client scenario. Details reflect typical engagement outcomes.

Ready to Hire Clinicians Who Stay?

Tell us about the roles you need to fill. We’ll tell you exactly how PlacementCare™ works for your organization.

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