TARRY HOUSE, INC.

 

Subject: 

Individual CPST Services

Procedure Number:  C.P. 08

Site: Administrative

 

Issued By: Executive Director

Effective: 3/22/10

Approved By: The Board of Trustees

Revised:

Reference Policy: C.P. 09

Reviewed:

 

Standards Reference:

CARF: Section 3.C.

ODMH: 5122-30

 

I.                    Purpose

 

The Tarry House, Inc. Individual Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) service coordination programs provide an essential service to adults with mental illnesses living in the community.   This service is goal-oriented and provides individualized supports focusing on improved self-sufficiency for the persons served through assessment, planning, linkage, advocacy, coordination, and monitoring activities.  Successful service coordination results in community opportunities and increased independence for the persons served. Programs may provide occasional supportive counseling and crisis intervention services, when allowed by regulatory or funding authorities.

 

CPST Services will be provided by qualified “case managers/coordinators” as part of a CPST Team. 

 

 

II.                Policy, procedures and definitions.

 

A.     The persons served will be linked to services and resources to achieve objectives as identified in their individualized recovery service plans.

B.     CPST Workers who provide services will have a working knowledge of the services that are appropriate for the needs of the persons served. And the support systems that are relevant to the lives of the persons served.  The CPST workers will have, through training, experience and/or education knowledge of health care, social services, employment, housing, recreational opportunities, and other services and systems available in the community.

C.     Based on the needs of the persons served, CPST services coordination may include:

1.      Activities carried out in collaboration with the persons served.

2.      Outreach to encourage the participation of the persons served.

3.      Coordination of, or assistance with, crisis intervention and stabilization services, as appropriate.

4.      Assistance with achieving goals for independence as defined by the persons served.

5.      Optimizing resources and opportunities through community linkages, enhanced social support networks.

6.      Assistance with accessing transportation, securing safe housing that is reflective of the abilities and preference of the persons served.

7.      Exploring employment or other meaningful activities.

8.      Provision of, or linkage to, skill development services needed to enable the person served to perform daily living activities, including, but not limited to:

a.       Budgeting.

b.      Meal Planning.

c.       Personal care.

d.      Housekeeping and home maintenance.

e.       Other identified needs.

9.      Linkage with necessary and appropriate financial services, medical or other health care and other community services.

D.     These CPST activities are carried out in partnership and collaboration with the persons served.  All the elements listed in this standard are present in the delivery of case management services.

E.      Not all services available may be provided to every person served.  It will often depend on medical necessity and based on goals established in the Individualized Recovery Service Plan (IRSP). 

F.      The CPST service include assisting as appropriate with medical or other health care focusing on the  coordination of the health care of the persons served.

G.     CPST services will provide services and activities in locations that meet the needs of the persons served. 

H.     Services, such as assessment, planning, coordination, and monitoring, can be provided in any setting that provides the best access to the persons served and is preferred by the persons served.

1.      Such locations may include residences, correctional settings, shelters, community resource sites, hospitals, schools, medical, or other service sites.

I.        The intensity of CPST Service is based on the needs of the person as identified in his or her individual plan.  The intensity of case management and the frequency of contact are individualized and clearly defined and there is a clear relationship between how often individuals are served and their specific needs.

J.       When multiple CPST providers exist in the county of the person served, a primary CPST worker and team is identified and there is coordination to facilitate continuity of care and reduce duplication of services.

K.    With the permission of the persons served, Tarry House personnel provide advocacy by sharing feedback regarding the services received with the agencies and organizations providing the services as well as designated family members identified by the person served..

 

 

 

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Executive Director                                                                                                        Date