The Le'Chris Community Support team provides support and
services to adults with mental health and substance abuse
diagnoses who are in need of an intense level of service.
Consumers entering this service must have a mental health or
substance abuse diagnosis and must have had difficulties
with some of the following:
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Homelessness
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Multiple psychiatric hospitalizations
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Medication difficulties
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Non-compliance with psychiatric follow-up
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Educational, vocational, or legal issues
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Recent suicidal thoughts
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Threats to others
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Dual
diagnoses of mental illness and substance abuse
The goal for the consumer is to achieve and maintain
stability in their mental health treatment and/or meet their
sobriety and recovery goals.
Additionally, the goal is
to assist the consumer with having decreased crisis episodes
and increased community tenures.
Services will be
provided at various locations including home, shelters,
schools, streets, etc. and can be provided for four (4)
hours or more per week.
The role of the Community Support Team is to:
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Assist the consumer in learning to manage the symptoms
of their illness; medication monitoring; medication
compliance; self-medication and self-management of
symptoms; and, education to the consumer about their
diagnosis
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Assist the consumer in identifying their aspirations,
goals, strengths and needs
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Provide individual therapy
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Teach
coping skills for dealing with depression, anxiety, and
anger
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De-escalate crisis and teach the consumer coping skills
should a crisis arise in the future
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Assist in the development of independent living skills
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Case
management functions of assessing needs, linking to
needed services and monitoring the provision of these
services
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Family education
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Peer
support building
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Self-advocacy training
Each consumer is seen by the
members of the Community Support Team. The leader of the
team is a licensed counselor, and all other team members
have experience, education, and training in working with
adults with mental illness or substance abuse problems.
If you would like additional
information regarding Community Support Team services,
contact:
If you live in the New Bern, NC area
and are interested in receiving services,
please call the Greenville office for more information.
