Diversity & Inclusion

This Charter outlines Discovery Behavioral Health’s approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, our beliefs and mission in this key area. 

• Diversity acknowledges and celebrates all the things that make employees unique. 
• Inclusion provides a platform to embrace, empower and expound upon those differences, providing a channel to participate as one’s true authentic self in any setting. 
• Equity is the glue that binds diversity and inclusion together. Equity is access, rooted in the pursuit of fair treatment, opportunity and support, and works to identify and eliminate barriers that may prevent employees from being wholly authentic.

These three tenets under an umbrella of intentionality will bring about meaningful change and improvements through candid examinations of personal beliefs, training and development with the goal of ensuring employees feel welcomed, valued and respected.

To achieve this, we are committed to promoting environments that are welcoming and affirming of race, ability, gender identity, experience, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and faith. 

Scope 

• To recruit, hire and retain a diverse professional workforce on the basis of merit. 
• To provide cultural competency focused training programs designed to facilitate greater diversity consistent with core values and commitment to excellence. 
• To create a safe space for what may be uncomfortable conversations between managers and employees.

We like to lead with transparency about who makes up our organization, so here are a few graphs to show what our population is compared to the United States: