Direct Services Overview

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04afd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome to the Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission, Inc. web site!</B></FONT><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to the Mercer County Behavioral "><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Who We Are"><B>Previous Page</B></A><B>  </B></div> <div> <B>  </B><A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><B>Next Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=21.875% BGCOLOR="#808080" TEXT="#080000" background="04bd2b03.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>MCBHC Location:</B></div> <div> <B>8406 Sharon-Mercer Road Mercer, PA 16137</B></div> <div> <B>Administration Case Management, Prevention: Phone: (724) 662-1550</B></div> <div> <B>Central Intake & Evaluation, Crisis/Emergency, CASSP, Wraparound Monitors:  Phone: (724) 662-2230</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Direct Services Overview</B></div> <div>      General administration of publicly funded substance abuse, mental health, and mental retardation services in Mercer County is achieved through fiscal, information management and quality assurance functions within the Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission (MCBHC). Specific consumer services offered directly by MCBHC includes:</div> <div> <A HREF="id46_the_central_intake_unit_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central Intake"><I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Central Intake, Evaluation and Emergency Services</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Prevention Programs"><I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Prevention</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Case Management"><I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Case Management</I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46_cassp.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central Intake"><I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CASSP</I></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="the_central_intake_unit_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The Central Intake Unit <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services Overview">i</A>s the point of contact for individuals seeking publicly funded drug and alcohol, mental health, and/or mental retardation services in Mercer County. The CIU is responsible for client screening, intake, assessment, level of care determination, and referral for services. </div> <div> The CIU provides 24-hour mental health emergency services seven days per week for individuals in need of crisis stabilization and/or emergency evaluation for psychiatric hospitalization.</div> <div> Employees of the CIU monitor Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services in Mercer County.  The Child and Adolescent Service System Program Coordinator <A HREF="id46_cassp.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central Intake">(CASSP) i</A>s also located at the CIU to assist in the coordination of services for children and adolescents and their families.</div> <div>  <A NAME="crisis_interventionemergency_services"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><B>Crisis Intervention / Emergency Services</B></div> <div> Central Intake is responsible for providing 24-hour services for mental health crisis/emergency.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A crisis is an immediate stress-producing situation which causes acute problems of disturbed thought, behavior, mood or social relationships that requires immediate intervention.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An emergency is a situation or condition which appears to threaten the life or well-being of the individual or others that requires immediate inpatient assessment and treatment.</div> <bR> <div> 24-Hour Services include:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Immediate telephone intervention</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Screening</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Disposition</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Referral</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Follow-up service</div> <bR> <div> When the situation is warranted, mobile crisis intervention and delegate services are conducted at the site where the crisis is occurring.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cassp"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><B>CASSP (Child and Adolescent Service System Program) </B>works to coordinate services to children and families through an integrated, multi-systems approach by engaging representatives of all service systems that are serving the child.  CASSP monitors and improves the degree to which services are child-centered, family-focused, community-based, multi-system, culturally competent, and least restrictive / least intrusive.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="bhrs"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><B>(BHRS) Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (Wraparound Programs)</B></div> <div> BHRS services are available in Mercer County for children and adolescents with an emotional disturbance and or mental illness. BHRS or "Wraparound" programs, are intended to provide intensive services to children and adolescents at  home or in the community in order to prevent more restrictive placements. Two MCBHC Wraparound monitors participate in interagency service planning meeting to ensure that all mental health and other community-based options are explored for each client.</div> <bR> <div> County designee staff of the MCBHC attended 1,396 Interagency Service Planning Team (ISPT) meetings in fiscal year 2002-2003. ISPT numbers reveal that meetings were  held for 946 male and 450 female clients. The average age of children and adolescents receiving services was 11.5 years.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cirt_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><B>Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT</B>)</div> <div> The MCBHC Critical Incident Response Team serves the Mental Health needs of Mercer County in times of disaster. This Mental Health response team is comprised of 39 members, each having the minimum five-day National Organization of Victims Assistance (NOVA) Basic Crisis Response Team training. Twenty-two members have also received the three-day Advanced NOVA training. The team is comprised of school psychologists, mental health therapists, psychiatric nurse, mental health delegates, domestic violence counselors, probation officers, clergy, school personnel, drug and alcohol prevention specialists, case managers from both mental health and mental retardation departments, and program administrators. The team is part of the Pennsylvania Region 13 Metropolitan Medical Response System, and maintains mutual aid agreements with the American Red Cross and Mercer County Emergency Management Agency.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Who We Are">Previous Page</A>     <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services">Next Page</A></div> </td> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#808080" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>