BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES Brochure - HDS Pittsburgh Brochure - HDS Westmoreland
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In collaboration with Mercy Behavioral Health, HDS provides behavioral and mental health services for the deaf and hard of hearing in southwestern Pennsylvania. All Behavioral Health therapists are fluent in American Sign Language and skilled at eliminating communication barriers, as well as providing psychiatric help. These professionals recognize the unique behavioral health needs of individuals who are Deaf or hard of hearing. The small, specialized mental health team responds to clients’ needs through several different approaches: psychiatric evaluations, medication management, individual, family and couples’ therapy, group therapy, personal assistance, and casework support. Through treatment and support, BHS encourages as much independence as possible for clients.
Services Offered
Psychiatric Evaluation
An initial interview with a psychiatrist to discuss problems and recommendations.
Therapy – Group, Individual, Family, or Marital
Counseling to treat specific behavioral problems once symptoms are identified.
Current Groups Offered: Co-Occurring Mental Health & Substance Use Group - beginning Jan 7, 2010
Support Group for Parents of Deaf Children - beginning Feb 17, 2010
Medication Therapy
A licensed psychiatrist prescribes medication and evaluates their effectiveness.
Referral Sources
- Physicians
- Social workers, Teachers, Nurses
- Audiologists, Speech Pathologists
- Employers
- Court, Attorneys
- Self, Family
Payment Sources
- Private insurance
- Medical Assistance
- County
- Self/Family
Signs that you might benefit from an appointment with a BHS therapist:
Are you feeling:
- Sad
- Alone
- Hopeless
- Upset
- Confused
- Overwhelmed
- Angry
Are you having trouble:
- Communicating
- Sleeping
- Eating
- Working
Call or [Click Here] to schedule an appointment at HDS Behavioral Health Services today: 412-281-1375 (v/tty)
SAVE THE DATE...
OPEN HOUSE - Drug & Alcohol Services for the Deaf, Deafblind, & Hard of Hearing
at
The Center for Hearing & Deaf Services
June 12, 2009
from
noon-2:00pm
Please RSVP by June 8, 2009 to GHoffer@mercybh.org
Mercy Behavioral Health - Job Posting
Full Time
11/20/09
Team Leader/Mobile Mental Health Therapist
Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc.
5th Avenue
Downtown
Monday - Friday
37.5 hours per week
Master's Degree in Human Services AND 1 year of paid experience working with deaf population. American Sign Language fluency REQUIRED. Requires Act 33/34 Clearances, valid PA driver's license and access to a vehicle.
Oversight of the OP component at HDS including clinical supervision of all the OP services. Coordination of community outreach activities (including networking and marketing of available services to the community at large), service coordination as well as ancillary services such as OVR, housing and peer support services. Maintain strong working relationships with internal (MBH and HDS) and external partners and resources. In addition, the Team Leader/Mobile MH therapist will provide community-based mobile mental health individual and group psychotherapy to an adult behavioral health population that includes mental health disorders with the deaf, hard of hearing, and/or deaf/blind population. The Team Leader/Therapist is responsible to evaluate, plan and provide clinical services across the continuum of care within the community in a variety of settings. The Team Leader/Therapist will also provide oversight of clinical documentation and charting at HDS according to Federal, State, County and Organizational polices and procedures. The Team Leader/Mobile MH Therapist will coordinate Treatment Team meetings including collaboration with psychiatric and other organization staff.
For questions, please contact Karen Tarasenkov at KTarasenkov@mercybh.org
or to complete an application on-line, go to www.pmhs.org.
