24 Miss. Code. R. 2-20.1 - Mental Health Community Support Services - General
A.
Community Support Services provide an array of support services delivered by
community-based, mobile Community Support Specialists. Community Support
Services are only provided by certified DMH/C and DMH/P providers. Community
Support Services are directed towards adults, children, adolescents, and
families and will vary with respect to hours, type, and intensity of services,
depending on the changing needs of each person. The purpose/intent of a
Community Support Specialist is to provide specific, measurable, and
individualized services to each person served. Community Support Services
should be focused on the person's ability to succeed in the community; to
identify and access needed services; and, to show improvement in school, work,
family, and community participation (Excludes IDD).
B. Community Support Services should be
person-centered and focus on the person's recovery and ability to succeed in
the community; to identify and access needed services; and, to show improvement
in home, health, purpose, and community. Community Support Services shall
include the following:
1. Identification of
strengths which will aid the person in their recovery and the barriers that
will challenge the development of skills necessary for independent functioning
in the community.
2. Individual
therapeutic interventions that directly increase the acquisition of skills
needed to accomplish the goals set forth in the Individual Service
Plan.
3. Monitoring and evaluating
the effectiveness of interventions, as evidenced by symptom reduction and
progress toward goals.
4.
Psychoeducation on the identification and self-management of prescribed
medication regimen and communication with the prescribing provider.
5. Direct interventions in de-escalating
situations to prevent crisis.
6.
Assisting a person in accessing needed services such as medical, social,
educational, transportation, housing, substance use, personal care, employment,
and other services that may be identified in the Recovery Support Plan as
components of Health, Home, Purpose, and Community.
7. Assisting the person and natural supports
in implementation of therapeutic interventions outlined in the Individual
Service Plan.
8. Relapse prevention
and disease management strategies.
9. Psychoeducation and training of family,
caregivers, and/or others who have a role in addressing the needs of the
person.
10. Facilitation of the
Individual Service Plan and/or Recovery Support Plan which includes the active
involvement of the beneficiary and the people identified as important in the
person's life.
C.
Providers of Community Support Services must, at a minimum:
1. Have a designated Director of Community
Support Services to supervise the provision of Community Support Services;
position requirements outlined in Chapter 11.
2. Assign a full-time, DMH Credentialed
Community Support Specialist for each person enrolled in the service; position
requirements outlined in Chapter 11.
3. Maintain a list of each Community Support
Specialist's caseload that must be available for review by DMH
personnel.
4. Maintain a current,
comprehensive file of available formal and informal supports that is readily
accessible to all Community Support Specialists.
5. Electronically maintained resource
information is encouraged. This resource file must include at a minimum:
(a) Name of entity.
(b) Eligibility requirements (if
applicable).
(c) Contact
person.
(d) Services and supports
available.
(e) Phone
number.
D. The
following priority groups must be offered Community Support Services within 14
days of the date of their initial assessment. Community Support Services must
be provided within 14 days of the initial assessment unless the person states,
in writing, that they do not want to receive the service.
1. People discharged from an inpatient
psychiatric facility.
2. People
discharged from an institution.
3.
People discharged or transferred from Crisis Residential Services.
4. People referred from Crisis Response
Services.
E. People with
serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance not included in these
priority groups should be assessed to determine the need for Community Support
Services within 30 calendar days of their initial assessment. Community Support
Services must be provided within 30 calendar days of the initial assessment if
the assessment indicates a need for such, unless the person declines the
service, and such is documented.
F.
Caseloads of Community Support Specialists must not exceed 80 people receiving
services.
G. Frequency of the
provision of Community Support Services should be based on the needs of the
person receiving the service.
H.
The Recovery Support Plan must clearly state and justify the frequency of
contact.
Notes
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