Children's Team
The Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), Children's Team works with families, systems
(Mental Health; Mental Retardation; Juvenile Justice; Education; Children, Youth
& Families (CYF); Managed Care; and Drug & Alcohol) and providers to
ensure the needs of children and adolescents are addressed through a coordinated
continuum of care. The Children's Team offers consultation in a variety of
settings, including:
- CYF Liaisons - Provides linkage between CYF, the Office of
Behavioral Health, service providers and families to promote understanding
of systems, services being provided, aid in accessing services and problem
solving.
- School Based Liaisons - Serves as a link between the schools in
Allegheny County, City of Pittsburgh and the child serving systems, ensuring
comprehensive services to children, adolescents and families in need.
- Homeless Liaison - Collaborates with homeless shelters that
accommodate children and families to discuss appropriate levels of mental
health services.
- Education Specialist - Negotiates between Allegheny County schools
and the child serving system to ensure the needs of challenged students are
being met.
In addition to the Community Based Staff, the Children's Team offers other
services, including:
- Juvenile Court Services - Coordinates mental health commitments for
juvenile consumers, and coordinates between The Court of Common Pleas,
Family Division, Juvenile Justice and the Department of Human Services.
- SAP Coordinator - Provides coordination between schools and providers
ensuring compliance with state regulations related to SAP. Also monitors
development and maintenance of programming in the schools.
- Early Intervention Coordinator - Monitors programs providing services to
families with children (birth to 3) who have developmental delays.
- Parent Professional - Is available as a resource to caretakers to help
navigate the system, access services, and answer general questions regarding
the child serving systems.
- Disaster Response Team Member - Participates in the development and
implementation of the Department of Human Services response to critical
incidents.
- Interagency Review - The interagency review process is used when
traditional methods of intervention have failed. The interagency review is
used to strengthen efforts to reduce fragmentation or discontinuity of
services and conflict/ competition over resources.
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