CAROLINA OUTREACH, LLC, has developed clear principles for effective mental health treatment, along with core values and policies that correspond to these treatment principles.
CAROLINA OUTREACH MISSION STATEMENT AND CORE VALUES
- We will provide our services in a way that reinforces the dignity of every person and the right of people to chart their own course in life.
- We will live up to the trust clients and families bestow in us, and will promote their individual and family strengths.
- We will always communicate with clients and families in open and direct ways, embracing them as partners in their mental health care.
- We will be flexible in the way we provide services, tailoring what we do to the specific needs of each individual and family.
- We will honor cultural differences, recognizing that we can learn important lessons from every person with whom we have contact.
- We will provide services to, and advocate for, clients and families who have been marginalized in society.
CAROLINA OUTREACH TREATMENT PRINCIPLES
- Families facing multiple stressors need interventions that address all of their needs.
- Children belong with their families. Every effort should be made to keep families intact while ensuring safety for all family members.
- Treatment plans should be developed to address the needs of the client and family.
- Services must be culturally appropriate, with staff and family relationships based on equality and respect.
- Services should promote individual and family competence, building on family strengths and the client's own resources.
CAROLINA OUTREACH POLICIES
- Services are primarily home-based.
- Services promote family competence.
- Workers help families address both therapeutic and concrete needs.
- Workers are available to each family 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Workers receive specialized training in the provision of in-home services.