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“Case management means support through good times and bad. Case management
helps the clients with their different problems and helps them help us in
the best way to become independent.” --- SCM client
Clubhouse of Suffolk operates Supportive Case Management Services for all
adults eligible with serious mental illness who live in Eastern Brookhaven and the five East-End Townships. These services are coordinated centrally by the CAMERA unit under the
aegis of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Division of Community
Mental Hygiene Services (631-853-2995). Clubhouse of Suffolk is one of five SCM programs operated in Suffolk County; programs operate within catchment areas coordinated
by the CAMERA program.
Program Objectives:
To assure that people with mental illness
living in the community have access to the services
and supports necessary to enhance or maintain their level of functioning ands
sense of personal satisfaction in the roles and environment of their choice.
The goals of Clubhouse of Suffolk’s SCM program are:
- To improve access to the appropriate use of mental health
treatment, rehabilitation, and self-help services;
- To ensure access to and appropriate use of primary health
care services
- To improve access and linkage to public entitlement
programs such as Social Security, Public Assistance, Food Stamps, etc.
- To assist people to identify and achieve rehabilitation
outcomes – such as employment, education, and social roles -- as they relate
to specific interests and environments of each person; and
- To facilitate coordination and accountability among
the service recipient’s providers of health care, mental health treatment
and rehabilitation, his/her family, social supports, and other values community
services.
Eligibility
To be eligible for Supportive Case Management
Services, the person must:
- Have a diagnosed serious mental illness
- Require interventions to help them obtain and maintain
services which will permit or enhance one’s functioning and recovery
Clubhouse of Suffolk and Synergy Center staff of all programs can assist people with such needs to complete a
CAMERA application for SCM services. All eligibility and assignment determinations
for these services are made by the County’s CAMERA unit.
Supportive Case management services are paid
for by Medicaid and State net deficit funds. There is no fee for services
to service recipients deemed eligible by CAMERA.
Types of Services
Clubhouse of Suffolk currently offers three levels of service
through our Supportive Case Management services:
- Intensive Case Manager/Supportive
Case Manager Blended Teams
One Intensive Case Manager and
two Supportive Case managers work together in a team format to serve
72 clients.
- Supportive Case Manager
One case manager serves up to 30 persons
with at least two face-to-face contacts each month
- Adult Home Case Management
One case manager serves up to 30 persons
with at least two face-to-face contacts each month
Beginning in late 2004, Clubhouse was awarded a special contract by New York State Office of Mental Health and Suffolk County Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services to reach out to persons with
psychiatric disabilities who live in State-certified adult homes in Suffolk County. Three SCMs work with three part-time peer specialists to engage people in these facilities to connect with community services and resources that can assist them to enhance their lives.
Service Dollars
The State Office of Mental Health recognized
that there are situations when a person needs specific funds to support a
person in recovery to develop or maintain living, working, residential resources
necessary for their growth and independence. There are two categories of such
funds:
- Emergency Purchases – such as shelter, food, clothing,
utilities, or un-covered medical care;
- Client Specific Services – for anticipated expenses
such as for work, education, transportation, housekeeping, and security
deposits;
Each require the
collaboration by the recipient and the assigned case manager in a planful way.
Contact Information
Clubhouse of Suffolk Supportive Case Management Program
1380 Roanoke Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901
Ph: (631) 369-4418
FAX: (631) 369-4421
Program Director: Kate Scope-Burggraff, CRC
e-mail:
kate.scope@clubhouseofsuffolk.org
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