Company Profile
StarCare Specialty Health System
Company Overview
With almost 500 employees and serving people and providers from the panhandle all the way to El Paso, StarCare is the mental healthcare provider of West Texas. Headquartered in Lubbock, we support people living with intellectual disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders, as well as provide services for the aging population and veterans.
Covering psychiatry, occupational therapy, residential support, mental health, skilled nursing, social work, operations, administration, and more and with a hospital, clinic, day habilitation facility, group homes, and more, we have something for people whose passion is empowering individuals to make choices about their lives.
As an equal opportunity employer, we have a commitment to the principle of diversity. We welcome applications from all individuals.
Browse our open position postings and apply today!
Company History
Like our 38 sister centers across the state, StarCare’s beginning is founded in President John F. Kennedy’s signing into law the Community Mental Health Act (also known as the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963), which authorized federal grants for construction of public or nonprofit community mental health centers to provide inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, emergency care and consultation/education services. This law helped people with mental illnesses who were “warehoused” in hospitals and institutions move back into their communities. [1]
As services offered to people with mental illnesses became more diverse and comprehensive, it also became clear that helping people function at optimal levels would require the addition of treatment services for addiction disorders. This coordinated brand of service was labeled as “behavioral healthcare” — and providing comprehensive mental health and addictions services is the goal of community-based behavioral health organizations today.
In 1964, the Lubbock Community Planning Council created the South Plains Guidance Center, known today as StarCare Specialty Health System, in response to the identified need for services for people living with mental illness and mental retardation within the Lubbock community. [2]
For more than 50 years, StarCare has provided specialty healthcare services that are driven by community partnerships and by partnerships with the people served and their families and support groups.
Benefits
Flexible work schedules, wellness program, employee assistance program