A position in a vocational service means you would work at job sites and at facilities such as Northwest Employment Center, Jackson Street Fairweather Lodge or Pyramid House, to name only a few. As a member of the vocational services team you will offer employment and psychosocial services. These programs enable learning or relearning of skills that have been affected by the individual's mental illness or mental retardation. Vocational programs encourage members to re-enter the mainstream of community living. As a member of an outreach program, you may work in major downtown shelters, visit consumers' homes or travel in vans to serve the homeless.
Staff provide assessment, psychological evaluations, and case management services.
At the Crisis Center, staff provide emergency evaluation and stabilization of person experiencing a mental health crisis. In the clinic environment, you will be involved in the provision of diagnostic and treatment services including medication evaluation and management, individual and group therapy, and psychosocial programing. Children are also provided with services at the Juvenile Detention Facility Building. The Forensic services offered at the jail include screening, treatment, and court ordered evaluation. Children, ages 10 through 17 years, under the jurisdiction of the Harris County Juvenile Court System, are provided psychiatric, psychological and family assessments.