Centers of Excellence/Strategic Framework

Center for Adult Rehabilitation Services

The Center for Adult Rehabilitation provides rehabilitation and support interventions for persons recovering from serious mental illnesses, including those with co-occurring mental illness and substance addictions.

 
Center for Adult Development Services

Region Ten Adult Developmental Services promotes full societal inclusion and participation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We advocate for equality, individual dignity and other human rights and seek to expand opportunities for choice and self-determination. We try to influence positive attitudes and public awareness by recognizing the contributions by, of and for people with intellectual disabilities. We do that by offering a quality array of supports for people we serve. As we work toward these values, we understand the importance of establishing partnerships and strategic alliances with organizations that share our values and goals.

In our service delivery we pay attention to the specialized needs of our consumers. We strive to assist our non-ambulatory consumers by furnishing program locations with specialized equipment and assistive devices. We also recognize the need of those who are medically fragile and train staff in specialized medical procedures. Residents and Meadowcreek members must be at least 18 year of age, have a diagnosis of mental retardation, must be able to be safely supervised and supported in the staff client program ratios, and must have a funding source.

All Adult Developmental Services staff complete rigorous training. We also have a licensed psychologist who provides staff with therapeutic behavioral consultation services. Additionally, consumers have access to psychiatric services provided by Region Ten.

Specific services include: Congregate Residential Services - 24 Hour group homes located through our Charlottesville City and Albemarle County. Supported Living Service - Intermittent supports for adults living in their own home or apartment. This service is designed to promote independence and a healthy lifestyle. Sponsored Placement - Individuals are offered supports by living with a family or provider in the providers home. This is a Medicaid Waiver service. Day Support - Offered at the Meadowcreek Center to offer challenging and interesting daytime activities for adults with intellectual disabilities. Supported Employment - Component of Meadowcreek that offers an opportunity for a paid employment experience to consumers. Therapeutic Consultation - Offered to residence of Region Ten Residential Services and participants of Meadowcreek by a licensed Psychologist. Positive Behavioral Support - Assists individuals through functional assessment and teaching positive behavioral interventions to providers and caregivers.Click here to view flyer. (pdf)

 
Center of Excellence: Psychiatric/Medical Services

This center provides an array of medical and associated nursing services that focus upon pharmacological evaluation, treatment, management, and monitoring of DSM-IV disorders. This service is provided in conjunction with case management/care coordination. It is not a stand-alone service. Psychiatric services for children are available on a limited basis for persons younger than 18 years having DSM-IV disorders needing pharmacological evaluation, treatment, and/or monitoring.

Specific services include: Psychiatric assessment Psychiatric medication management Laboratory and ancillary services Provision of medication education and obtaining informed consent Delivery of medications Other activities related to medication services

The Medical Director, in conjunction with the Director of Nursing and Medication Services, supervise all staff in this program. All staff are supervised according to appropriate position supervision plan.

Psychiatric Services staff consists of licensed and board-certified or board -eligible psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, and one nursing support staff. Specific staff roles and minimal qualifications are outlined in the job description of each position. Prescribers may also include psychiatric residents working under the supervision of a psychiatrist. Nursing staff includes licensed practicing nurses (LPN's) and/or registered nurses (RN's).

 
Center of Access and Case Management

The primary focus of the Center of Access and Case Management is to provide a central point of entry to services for persons with addiction, mental health and mental retardation needs. As the front door to the agency, the Center works to assure that the people we serve have access to appropriate services. The services provided by this Center include:

 
Center of Excellence: Quality Improvement and Standards

The Center for Quality Improvement and Standards oversees quality improvement, legal compliance, and standards in the areas of service delivery, training, and workforce development.

Service Quality and Compliance: Overall quality improvement of service delivery is the focus of this department. The department handles quality of agency programs managing all licensure, Medicaid, Human Rights, and CARF andates for the agency. Staff handle quality assurance in records as well as managing record keeping, centralized processes, medical records and peer reviews for the agency.

Training: This department is responsible for all training functions of the agency including mandated trainings, quality improvement, annual re-certifications, new initiatives internally and externally. In addition, the training department evaluates new programs and promotes available trainings for staff, manages the training budget, and ensures that all staff are kept on the cutting edge of information and evidence based practices in the field. Within available resources, the training department will be expanding over time into family and community trainings that will enrich the general knowledge of mental health, substance addiction and intellectual disabilities in the local communities and partner with local and state initiatives.

Workforce Development: Through our Human Resources Department, we provide the full array of human resources to our staff including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, orientation and on boarding, employee compensation and benefits, and employee relations and staff appreciation. The department is responsible for initiatives in employee hiring, satisfaction, and retention as well as ensuring legal compliance with all employee programs.

VHST Virginia Human Services Training Center: an innovative statewide Consumer-Provider Training Program assisting mental health consumers to obtain education and certification as a human service worker with assured employment as Peer Specialists in their home communities.

 
Rural Services

Rural Services brings service to individuals in Nelson, Greene, Fluvanna and Louisa counties as well as the town of Crozet in an effort to meet the needs in the communities.

 
Center for Child and Family

The Child and Family Center is dedicated to the mission of keeping children in their own families and communities. Services are provided within a Systems of Care philosophy that embraces the value of community-based services over restrictive residential services.

 
Adult Clinical Service

The Adult Clinical Services Center provides comprehensive, evidence-based, outpatient mental health and substance abuse individual and group counseling services as well as residential substance abuse services.