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 Youth
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Youth
Emergency Services
Provides crisis intervention services to
families or caretakers experiencing a crisis with a child. The purpose
of the service is to provide clinical intervention focused on stabilizing
the situation, provide support and guidance to the caretaker and assess
the need for further services. Program features include:
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For children age 2 – 17
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Provided in the home, school or residential settings such as shelters,
group homes or the detention center.
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Includes on-site crisis intervention counseling, training on various
mental health topics, telephone consultation, linkage and referrals.
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Available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week including holidays.
Case
Management Services
Case
Management Services
utilize the best practice model called “Wraparound.” Children
and their families participate in the process of creating and updating
a service plan based on their unique strengths, needs, culture, and preferences.
A relationship is established with each child, family and support system.
Case Managers advocate and access services for youth and families to address
their identified needs.
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Connections:
Case Management for children up to the age of
18, or 21 if enrolled in school, who are experiencing
behavioral health problems and/or are at risk
of of home placement. The youth are typically
served by many systems including: welfare, mental
health and substance abuse providers.
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Family Resource
Team: provides
Case Management to families referred by the
Broward Sheriff’s Office following an
abuse or neglect allegation. The goal is to
help family’s reduce parenting stress
and prevent subsequent abuse or neglect.
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Placement Partnership
Program: provides support and
linkage to avoid disruptions in foster home
placements and prevent other youth from entering
the foster care system. In addition, the program
supports children transitioning from an out
of home institutional placement, back into the
community.
Clinical
Services
Henderson
Mental Health Center provides a full array of clinical services for
all residents of south Florida. Psychiatry and nursing services include
evaluation and treatment, psychological services and mental health/substance
abuse team services. Services are available in-home or at an outpatient
facility.
OUT-PATIENT
SERVICES
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Medical
Services
include psychiatric evaluation and medication management services,
as needed.
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Out Patient Services provide twelve (12)
weeks of office-based, individual, family and group therapy.
COMMUNITY
AND IN-HOME SERVICES
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Family Counseling Services provide twelve
(12) weeks of office-based and home-based, individual, family and
group counseling.
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Overlay Services
assist youth who are experiencing serious emotional and behavioral
difficulties. This is an intensive, individual and family therapeutic
service is provided to youth in the home setting.
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Family Intervention Team provides therapeutic
services to children at risk of psychiatric hospitalization or immediately
following hospitalization to promote stabilization and strengthen
child and family integration.
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Family Preservation Program
serves families at risk of child abuse/neglect. In-home therapeutic
services support the child and family to prevent a child’s removal
from their home.
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Multi-Systemic Therapy
is an intensive 4-6 month community-based
treatment model directed at youth involved
in criminal activity and/or exhibiting severe
behavioral concerns at home, school, and in
the community. Information about this treatment
model is available at www.mstservices.com.
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BRIDGE Project services are for 12-17
year olds who are experiencing emotional/behavioral and substance
use problems. A unique set of services including assessment, case
management, day treatment, residential treatment and in-home therapeutic
interventions are combined to provide an alternative to long-term
residential treatment.
Residential
Services
Henderson
Mental Health Center provides residential services
to boys 11-18 years of age who are in the foster care system. Henderson
operates two group homes. Each home houses six youth. This is a long-term
program where most youth will reach the age of 18 before moving on to
independent living. All referrals for this program are received from ChildNet.
 
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 Reasonable Accommodations Statement
"Henderson Mental Health Center is an eeo/affirmative action employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. Persons requiring a reasonable accommodation under the ADA must notify the Director of Human Resources at (954) 486-4005, and/or the Director of Quality Management at (954) 777-1673. Any report as defined above can be reported to Henderson Mental Health Center at (954)486-4005, Department of Children and Family Services at (850) 487-1901, or the Department of Health and Human Services at Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at (800) 699-4000. Notification to the Director of Human Resources must be made 5 days in advance to allow for providing the accommodation."
updated
10/19/09
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 Non-Discrimination Policy: In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as well as other
applicable local and state regulations, ALL HMHC programs
and services are available to all persons without regard
to race, color, national origin, disability, or age.
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