Program areas at North Oklahoma County Mental Health Center
Oklahoma children's services (ocs) project is a comprehensive, integrated statewide approach to services for families and children impacted by abuse and neglect. Comprehensive home based services and parent aid services are components of the Oklahoma children's services project. Chbs and pas are provided by northcare through contracts with the Oklahoma department of human services (okdhs). Families are referred for services by local okdhs child welfare staff. Chbs services are intensive, in-home interventions designed to preserve, strengthen and restore the family. Chbs service goals include the prevention of further incidents of child abuse or neglect and family reunification. Case managers provide comprehensive services suited to each family's needs, including: child Health care, parent-child bonding, home safety, budgeting assistance and problem solving, crisis management, parent-child visitation and family reunification. Chbs case managers and supervisors are available 24/7 via pager for emergencies or to provide crisis intervention. Northcare's ocs program provides services in 42 of the 77 counties.
Other various programs and services
Northcare's adult outpatient counseling program serves individuals with emotional, co-occurring or behavioral Health conditions through individual, group, family and couples counseling. The various therapeutic modalities used include cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, client-centered and reality therapies. Our focus is to help consumers achieve a better quality of life, by addressing various issues such as depression, anxiety, grief, loss, sexual or physical abuse, traumatic life events, and thought disorders. Therapy works toward a resolution, recovery of the interpersonal conflict, and improves decision making ability. Adult case management provides linkage and advocacy services for adults with advanced Mental Health issues. Service goals of case management include: assisting consumers in attaining and maintaining their optimum level of functioning in the community, enabling consumers to adjust to community living by increasing their independence and decreasing psychiatric hospitalization through the provision of support services. Services provided are based on the preferences and needs of each individual. Different skills and recovery based classes are offered each week to participants. Services are provided with the belief that individuals with Mental Health and substance abuse disorders have the right and ability to take charge of their lives and lead valued roles in our society. The class's goals are to increase each participants potential for occupational achievement, goal setting, skills development, and to increase their quality of life. Northcare's medication clinic provides psychiatric evaluations and a medication clinic. Scheduled appointments are available monday-saturday.