TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT
Navigating your way through life and the mental health system can be overwhelming at times. The flexible nature and recovery oriented approaches of the Targeted Case Managers at Lakeshore will help you face the challenges of living with a serious mental illness and get you back on the road to recovery.
Lakeshore has been providing mental health services for about 15 years.
Lakeshore began Intensive Case Management in 2003 and transitioned to Targeted Case Management in 2007. Targeted Case Management allows a consumer to have the same case manager across all levels of need, rather than having to switch case managers because your needs changed.
Lakeshore rests its reputation on its flexibility and creative approach to providing supports to persons in critical need. Lakeshore firmly believes that individuals in recovery need a resource that is willing to mold itself to a person's changing needs. Lakeshore's Targeted Case Management program provides access to and advocacy for appropriate mental health services. It assists persons in treatment planning, developing systems of supports, accessing appropriate medical services and obtaining and maintaining basic living needs and skills.
Targeted Case Managers are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Targeted Case Management is a perfect fit for Lakeshore's service delivery efforts and more importantly for individuals in the Erie Community.
Any individual seeking Targeted Case Management services simply needs to call the intake specialist at Lakeshore Community Services. The intake specialist will briefly ask the caller about mental health issues and schedule the caller for a face to face intake. Lakeshore provides in-home intakes to avoid transportation difficulties for the individual.
During the face to face intake, the Lakeshore intake specialist will gather information from the individual about current treatment, past treatment, family history, medical issues and other areas. This information is used to verify a person's eligibility for Targeted Case Management services. The potential consumer will also be asked to sign Releases of Information which also aid in verifying eligibility for services. The intake specialist also uses this meeting to further explain TCM services and answer any questions the individual has about Targeted Case Management.
The number to call for the Intake specialist is 814-456-9962, extension 1184.
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