My project aims to provide access to Countywide therapy groups for adults suffering from severe mental illness. Monterey County Behavioral Health (MCBH) Adult System functions within regional silos composed of 4 different regional clinics in Salinas, Marina, Soledad, and King City. Currently, a behavioral health client can only obtain therapy group services offered by a regional clinic actively serving the client.
My project will create a cohesive network of therapy group services that can be offered to any behavioral health client within the Monterey County adult care system- regardless of which region serves the client. The referral form will be a simple cloud-based excel sheet on Microsoft Teams application. Every MCBH regional office already utilizes the same electronic health record system (AVATAR) and the same billing codes; thus, offering county-wide group therapy services to all Monterey County behavioral consumers is a no-brainer!
By utilizing a network of shared group resources, our adult behavioral health system will achieve the following goals:
- Strengthen inter-regional collaborations.
- Provide MCBH client’s a diverse list of available therapy groups across all regions.
- Leverage the expertise and creativity of our master-level clinical staff/social worker team acrossMonterey County Behavioral Health.
Monterey County residents already view our entire agency as one large entity- it’s time we (MCBH) actually as one cohesive adult care system.
