Mental Health
Skill-Building Services
Overview
Potentials In Life will provide person-centered and recovery oriented psychosocial rehabilitation services to individuals with mental health problems, severe psychiatric problems, and other mental disabilities. Potentials In Life will provide Mental Health Skill Building Services in any setting in which client needs can be addressed, skills training applied, and recovery experienced. These services include: skills training, education in accessing individual needs, and effectively utilize services and supports that are essential to meeting the needs identified in the individual service plans. Our clients will work toward their development of environmental supports necessary to sustain active community living with self-efficacy.
Eligibility
Individuals qualifying for Mental Health Skill-building Services must be age 21 and older and demonstrate a clinical necessity for the service arising from a condition due to mental, behavioral, or emotional illness that results significant functional impairments in major life activities.
The individual shall have one of the following as a primary diagnosis of:
Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder as set out in the DSM-5
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar I; or Bipolar II Disorder
Any other mental health disorder that a licensed physician or licensed mental health professional has documented specific to the identified individual within the past year
The individual shall have a prior history of a psychiatric hospitalization
The individual shall have had a prescription for antipsychotic, mood stabilizing, or antidepressant medications within the 12 months prior to the assessment date.
The individual shall require individualized training in acquiring basic living skills such as symptom management; adherence to psychiatric and medication treatment plans; development and appropriate use of social skills and personal support system; personal hygiene; food preparation; or money management.
About Us
Our Mission
To maximize the potential of individual’s suffering from mental illnesses that put them at a disadvantage with life skills.
To increase life skills and to assist those in need to take full advantage of the opportunities available.
Our Goal
Our goal is for mental health Skill Building clients to achieve and maintain stability and independence.
We train individuals in activities of daily living as well as the use of community resources.
Each individual will be coached, educated, assisted, and encouraged by Mental Health workers on improving behaviors related to health, safety, nutrition, physical condition, and medication adherence.
Our Staff
The enrolled provider of mental health skill-building services shall have a Mental Health Community Support license through DBHDS. Individuals employed or contracted by the provider to provide mental health skill-building services must have training in the characteristics of mental illness and appropriate interventions, training strategies, and support methods for persons with mental illness and functional limitations. MHSS shall be provided by either an LMHP, QMHP-A, QMHP-C or QMHPP. The LMHP, QMHP-A or QMHP-C will supervise the care weekly if delivered by the qualified paraprofessional.
Contact Us
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522 S. Independence Blvd. Ste. 102D
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Office Phone: (757) 497-8702
Office Fax: (757) 497-8736
Email: donitapeterson@potentialsinlife.com