SPECIALIZED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
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Specialized behavioral health services encompasses a resident’s whole emotional and mental well-being, which includes, but is not limited to, the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders
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Psychosocial supportive services delivered in individual or group setting by a licensed mental health professional (including but not limited to LICSW, LADC, LMHC) to help achieve highest level of psychosocial well being
RECOVER/IMPACT/SERVICE/EMPOWERMENT
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Provide resident centered clinical Social Work services in the context of substance use disorder assessment and interventions.
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Focus on relapse prevention, harm reduction, and recovery.
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Provide group and individualized treatment interventions to include motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and wrap around continuity of care.
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Social work documentation of individualized session occurrence in collaboration with facility contracted ancillary psychiatric services.
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Collaborate with the facility interdisciplinary team to coordinate SUD recovery and resource access as part of the care plan and discharge process.
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Support the facilities process of facilitating additional behavioral health support from contracted psychiatric and behavioral health services for 1:1 psycho-therapy and medication monitoring and management.
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Encourage Therapeutic Activities program.
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Explore treatment options with the resident in the context of Strength Perspective and resident centered care.
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Provide Resources in the resident’s geographic area to include service as appropriate such as:
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Inpatient/Residential Support Services
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CSS, TSS, Half-Way House
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Sober Living environment (Mass Alliance of Sober Housing)
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Intensive Outpatient Program
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Medication management including psychotropics and MOUD (Suboxone, Methadone, Vivitrol)
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Outpatient services for SUD and co-occurring psychiatric disorders
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AA/NA meeting options.
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locations in the community and Online/Virtual resources.
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Homeless prevention and intervention resources.
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