Service Description:
Mental Health Skill-Building Services provides individuals with an opportunity to work one-on-one with a mental health provider in development of goals and objectives for the following trainings and reinforcements:
- independent living skills - taking care of the home, personal hygiene and belongings
- paying bills and budgeting money
- keeping important medical and psychiatric appointments
- medication management
- coping skills for mental illness diagnosis
- accessing community resources (e.g., health, food, educational, vocational, recreational), socialization opportunities and social skills
Service Office Locations:
Roanoke, Abingdon, Danville, Lynchburg, South Boston
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Program Hours: Services appointment time are flexible and arranged with the provider.
Eligibility: Individuals must have a current or recent mental health occurrence resulting in significant functional impairments in major life activities.
Additionally, the individual must have the following:
- History of residential psychiatric services, which includes temporary and short-term crisis residential services;
- History of medication prescribed for the mental health diagnosis or occurrence.
AND
- Must meet at least two of the following criteria:
- Difficulty in establishing or maintaining normal interpersonal relationships that puts them at risk of hospitalization, homelessness, or isolation from social supports.
- Exhibits inappropriate behavior that requires repeated interventions by the mental health, social services, or judicial systems.
- Difficulty in recognizing personal danger or recognizing significantly inappropriate social behavior.
- Require help in basic living skills that puts their health or safety in jeopardy.