.
VCIS
- Victim Crisis Intervention and Support.
Mental Health Recovery Training
VETAA - Veterans Action Assistance.
Community Health Awareness and Education.
Renewed Minds Program - for Adult Literacy.
Pastoral Care Management.
includes ongoing care and treatment :
AUA –
Alcohol and Urinalysis Monitoring
AMP
– Anger Management Program
BDVP
- Batterer and Domestic Violence Program
SAP - Substance Abuse Program
FEC – Family Empowerment and Connecting
THP - Transitional Housing Program
ORR – Offender Recovery and Rehabilitation
SOAC – Sex Offenders After Care program
STAC – Sexual Trauma After Care program
PSS - Peer Support Services
QIM – Quality Improvement Monitoring
SBI – Individual and Group Skills Building
.
PC
- Pastoral Counseling
.
Pastoral Counseling, including faith-based specific counseling and treatment offers a trauma informed
approach, and is faith-based counseling provided by a Pastor or Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist, provided to
any person who specifically request pastoral counseling including faith based [spiritual or religious] guidance or counseling.
Such counseling may include spiritual or religious guidance, counseling, mental health, substance abuse, and support counseling
and referral based on biblical principles, social awareness education, and training. We do not charge a fee for Pastoral
Counseling services.
CIP
- Crisis Intervention and Planning program
The CIP program is designed for a crisis counselor informed in trauma, trauma
informed care, and crisis training , to intervene and address individual and family crisis, including recognizing and
responding to individuals experiencing a mental health problem or crisis, and planning collaborative strategies to decrease
additional current or future crisis situations through the development of short and long term recovery strategies.
.
Needs, Risk and History Assessment and Service Planning
.
Pastoral Care Management Specialist
administer screening, and a battery of assessments. These specialist are ordained clergy whose training includes, specialized
education and training in analyzing behavior, recognizing and responding to mental health crisis, advocating for trauma victims
and survivors, working with offenders, assessing individual, home and community risk, administering a battery of assessments
that analyze behavior while screening and assessing Trauma histories, Alcohol and Drug consumption, Batterer and
Domestic Violence, Sexual Behavior Analysis, Survivor/Victim Abuse and Neglect.
All assessments are administered by a trained and certified pastoral care management specialist,
who can provide key information relative to gaining in-depth insight and understanding of issues regarding the person under-going
assessment, all assessments generally progress into the development of a personalized service plan or recommendations for
recovery specifically designed for that individual or family unit.
An
Individual Assessment also known as the Service Planning Assessment, is a screening interview designed to collect personal
and detailed information in specific target categories detect and identify indications of risk, examine those risk indicators,
and assess risk using a Risk Rating Scale. The assessment is conducted in the form of a private and confidential interview
with the individual, and may include written input from the individual, family, school, employer or other agency.
.
The assessment
may be completed in one interview or may be completed over two or more interviews until adequate information is obtained to
complete the assessment. Interviews may take up to 2 to 4 consecutive hours and may be conducted at any location. Upon completion,
information identified in the assessment is used to assist people in need of services in the development of a service plan
or recommendations designed to provide care, treatment and recovery.
Individual or Family Service
Plan
.
Following the assessment, the certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist works
directly with the person to receive services to develop recommendations or a comprehensive individual or family service plan
for management of care, treatment and recovery based on the outcomes of the screening assessment. The service plan or recommendations
targets low to high-risk problem behavior that is causing or has caused, distress, or may cause distress, life disruption
or functional impairment. Our goal is for the improvement of the quality of life, decreasing indicated risk behavior, and
creating sustainable short and long-term goals in the specified target categories.
.
Evaluation Treatment and Professional Referrals
.
We
may contract with credentialed professionals to provide professional services that we offer and if necessary, we refer person’s
in need of services and consumers for Evaluation and Treatment when it is determined that the client consumer requires an
evaluation and treatment we cannot provide.
.
Systems Navigation and Designated Advocate
.
Certified Pastoral Care Management
Specialist' fulfill a critical role for people in need of services and consumers in traveling with and assisting the client
and consumers to navigate, system processes to assist the client or consumer in becoming aware, acquire knowledge and skill
to be able to self advocate for their own needs, and advocate on their behalf as needed. A Certified Pastoral Care Management
Specialist has training to be a designated advocate, including but not limited to, Child Advocate, Sexual Trauma Advocate,
and Domestic Violence Advocate for any person in need of services in personal life matters as directed by the individual client
receiving services.
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SBI - Skills Building Inventories
.
‘SBI’ Skills Building Inventories are trauma
informed oral and/or written workshops or exercises that help to identify individual Strengths, Weakness and Needs and help
to increase individual awareness, and develop healthy recovery skills, encourage self-empowerment, increase accountability.
Inventories are tailored to the individual person, and individual receptiveness and may include character workshops and exercises
whose focus includes, Accountability, Respect, Honesty, Trustworthiness, Fairness, Integrity, Courage, Citizenship, Conflict
Resolution, Substance Use, Anger Management, Sexual Addiction Management, Finance Management, Social Interaction and Responsibility.
These workshops may include Respect: for authority, others and property of others, Responsibility, Honesty, Self Control,
Self Management, and independent Living Skills. SBI's are also scripted based on specific needs of each client.
.
Resource Referrals
.
PCMS
will assist person’s in need of services to identify and locate community resources to help people in need of services
or consumers meet their housing, employment, education, mental health and health-care needs.
.
Description of Program Services
.
VCIS
- Victim Crisis Intervention Support program
Trained VCIS counselors
have been educated in trauma, and trauma informed care, crisis intervention and support, provide certified emotional, social
and advocacy support for victims of, or witnesses to, a violent crime or trauma experience. This includes but is not
limited to assistance with coping with daily life events and distress caused by trauma. Services provided include:
.
Partner with survivor to build
a connection or bond for genuine trust, rapport.
Providing information about individual victim rights and available
options.
As needed will assist with advocacy support with other agencies; attending with client at meetings,
hearings and appearances, assist in the filing of desired documents, including stalking, harassment and domestic violence
no contact orders.
Collaborate with local organizations, agencies, as needed to facilitate client needs.
Connect victims and witnesses with community resources to meet short and long term needs.
Coordinate intervention,
and follow-up.
.
MHRT – Mental Health Recovery Training
.
We provide Mental Health
Recovery education and training, using the certified Mental Health Recovery and WRAP- Wellness Recovery Action Plan curriculum,
while assisting any person who wants to develop a Crisis Plan or {WRAP} Wellness Recovery Action Plan. We also include
Co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.
.
Goals The goals of
Mental Health Recovery and Wrap are to teach participants recovery, self-management skills and strategies for dealing with
mental health difficulties that allow them to:
.
• Promote higher levels of wellness, stability and quality of life.
• decrease the need for
costly, invasive therapies
• decrease the incidence of serious mental health difficulties
• decrease
traumatic life events caused by severe mental health difficulties
• increase understanding of these mental health
difficulties and decrease stigma
• raise participants' level of hope and encourages their actively working toward
wellness
• increase participants' sense of personal responsibility and empowerment.
Objectives
.
The following topics are covered
using a workshop style, including presentations, demonstrations, interactive discussion and related activities:• Hope,
personal responsibility, self-advocacy, education, support.
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• Accessing good health care and managing medications
• Self-monitoring using WRAP: A Wellness Recovery Action Plan (an individualized system for monitoring and responding
to symptoms to achieve the highest possible levels of wellness)
• Wellness tools include finding and keeping a
strong support system, peer counseling, focusing, relaxation exercises, diet, light, exercise, sleep, journaling, music, etc.
WRAP assist consumers to:• deal with the effects of trauma.
• suicide prevention
• build self-esteem
• change negative thought patterns to positive
• building a lifestyle that promotes wellness
.
VETAA - Veterans Action Assistance
.
VETAA
is designed to help connect veterans, and their families to local resources that will help them meet short, and long term
needs. This includes, collaborating with local organizations and agencies that provide information that will assist
in the connecting and navigation of systems. When resources are available, we connect veterans and their families with
veteran specific counseling, housing, clothing and food assistance options.
.
CHAE - Community Health Awareness and Education
program
.
CHAE is a program to provide awareness and health education to the public on issues of public
health and safety concerns. We promote awareness and education the following:
.
•
Trauma, and Trauma Informed Care
• US Against Atherosclerosis Awareness
• Domestic Violence, Abusive Relationships,
and Violence in Teen Relationships
• Mental Health Recovery
• Mental Health Anti Stigma
• Recognizing
and Responding to Mental Health Crisis
• Suicide Prevention
• Homelessness
• Adolescent Substance
Abuse
.
RMP
- Renewed Minds Program for Adult Literacy
.
The purpose of this program is to teach reading and numeracy
skills to participants, teach problem solving skills through the acquisition of coping skills and to mentor participants as
they educate themselves.
This program is instructed by trained educators and will focus on the following
instruction:
.
• Adult Basic Education - ABE classes
• General Equivalent Diploma - GED classes and Pre- GED.
The scope of this program is for any adult
person living in the community whose literacy skills are below standard; and includes offenders re-entering the community
whose literacy level is below standard.
.
PCM - Pastoral Care Management
.
We offer ‘Care Management’ for individuals needing
to be seen on a regular and continuing basis for ongoing recovery care needs to include quality improvement monitoring,
counseling, and case management-like services to include the below listed services or service programs:
.
AUA - Alcohol and Urine Analysis monitoring
.
We
accept people in need of services required to submit to mandatory Alcohol or Urine Analysis monitoring. A certified field
representative may conduct Field test. Field test results are immediate, and an agency notification is made to the referral
source regarding those results. Substance abuse field monitoring are spot field checks with immediate results.
.
AMP - Anger Management
Program
.
The Anger Management program is a 12 to 24 week program that uses a direct approach in confronting Batterer
and Domestic Violence by the offender, requiring that participants be held accountable for their behavior, discuss the behavior
in individual and group sessions, develop and practice skills that produce clear and specific outcomes to stop the behavior.
The Anger Management program uses
curriculum designed and developed by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration and uses a participant workbook. The
workbook is designed to be used by participants in a group treatment with curriculum specific for substance abuse and with
mental health needs. It provides individuals participating in a 12-week treatment with a summary of core concepts, worksheets
to complete homework assignments, and space to take notes for each of the sessions. Trained staff facilitates this program.
This program will help participants develop the skills that are conducive to successfully manage anger. We emphasize
that our program model requires that participants be held accountable for their abusive behaviors, and confront their tendencies
to batter or commit domestic violence, and must actively participate in programming and develop skills to stop the behavior.
Participants must accept accountability and must meet and cooperate with program expectations.
.
IAM
- Individual Anger Management Classes
.
Individual Anger Management Classes are individual classes usually of one (1) hour duration designed to introduce,
practice and review anger management concepts, for managing anger for general and topic specific areas.
.
Batterer and Domestic Violence Staff Training
for the Batterer and Domestic Violence program.
The Batterer and Domestic Violence program has a three fold purpose.
.
1.
To provide approved training for staff, clergy and the community.
2. For the Batterer and an
individual who is determined to be at risk of battering to be confronted and be held accountable for their behavior, discuss
the behavior in individual and group sessions, develop and practice skills that produce clear and specific outcomes to stop
the behavior.
3. To work with and advocate for victims, survivors and their families who
have been affected by trauma.
.
Objectives of workshops.
.
Define what Domestic Violence is
Forms of Domestic Violence
History
Victimization
Types
Theories
Cycles
Gender Differences
Managing interaction with offenders
Workplace violence awareness,
and training
.
Abusive Relationships Workshop
.
The Abusive Relationships workshop is designed bring awareness
to abusive relationships, and educate those in abusive relationships, where and how to get help, and build a support group
to support others.
.
Objective of Workshop
.
a. Understanding Abusive Relationships
b. Learn the Warning Signs of Abusive Relationships
c. The
differences in Healthy vs. Abusive Relationships
d. What are the Effects of Abusive Relationships
e. Putting the
Anger and Raging in context.
f. Personality Traits in Abusive Relationships
g. Support group creation and facilitation
SAP - Substance Abuse Program
.
The Substance Abuse Program
and Individual Substance Abuse classes are 12 to 24 week programs designed to provide regular classes for individuals who
need to participate in support group therapy, designed and operated by using the organization standard curriculum, for AA,
and NA, and offers a period for participants to discuss individual concerns and stories. These include participation
in individual workshops and exercises usually of one (1) hour duration designed to introduce, practice and review Substance
Abuse concepts, for the education, awareness, abstinence, and harm reduction of participants. Participants are required to
accept accountability and confront their consumption of alcohol and drug abuse.
.
'FEC’ Family Empowerment and Connecting
.
'FEC' is Pastoral Care Management Services method designed to provide individual and family intervention and
treatment, structured to encourage family communication and family mediation following a conflict, or absence.
.
FEC is structured for a Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist to partner with the individual and their
family to help the Individual and Family explore paths to re-connect with each other, Individual to individual, individual
to family, and family to individual, PCMS partners with the family unit to facilitate family mediation. Emphasis is placed
on the roles and needs of the individual, and the persons involved in the individuals immediate family circle, the accountability
of those roles, and how those roles interact and how interaction can be improved. We facilitate communication and observe
interaction, coach, observe interaction, plan and follow up on plan. With this model, FEC can be effective even for parent
to child, child to parent, and parent-to-parent communication building. Both methods are dependant upon the cooperation of
the individual roles.
.
Program Goals and Objectives
.
The goals and objectives for FEC are to:
.
Build and mediate effective family communication.
Model, Discuss, and practice skills for building positive relationship patterns.
Building individual
and family accountability;
Advocacy, as needed, Systems Navigation, Resource Referral, and Quality
Improvement Monitoring as needed.
.
FEC is a process generally conducted through contact with the
individual. Receiving services as part of the individual or family service plan. FEC requires the participation, cooperation
and willingness of the individual client and family members, respectively.
.
Outcomes
.
Regular participation in FEC will help the individual achieve the following:
.
1)
Build and mediate effective family communication
a. Encourage open and honest discussion among family members
b.
encourage family interaction and activities
c. Increase knowledge and awareness of individual needs, and respecting
those needs.
d. Develop individual and family accountability
e. decrease in incidence of family conflict
f.
creates sustainable life practices for healthy family communication.
.
2) Model, discuss and explore positive relationship patterns
a. increase effective parenting skill
b. create sustainable life practices for effective relationships.
.
3) Advocacy, Systems Navigation, and Resource Referral
a. Advocating for family and family needs
b. Provide information, and assistance with systems process for meeting needs
c. Helping clients with linking and connecting
to local resources to meet mental health needs.
d. Helping clients increase knowledge of systems and system resources
to be able to independently advocate for personal needs.
.
4) Quality Improvement Monitoring
.
A Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist conducts FEC. FEC is generally conducted at the
residence of the individual or approved family member’s residence and each session is usually conducted over one (1)
to two (2) hours in duration, or as needed.
.
ORR – Offender Recovery and Rehabilitation
.
The Offender Recovery and Rehabilitation program lays focus on working with offender’s
community re-entry, and person's at risk of offending, and offender referral. This program works with offenders who have committed
low to high risk crimes.
.
ORR is designed to provide prevention, and intervention strategies to promote recovery and rehabilitation.
.
SOAC – Sex Offenders
After Care
.
SOAC offers participants structured and monitored care management that begins with a signed supervision and
monitoring agreement, completion of a a battery of screening and needs assessments, including sexual behavior assessment.
We then provide recommendations for the Individualized Service Plan with the objective to provide continuous care management
through out the term of agreement, continuous quality improvement monitoring according to assigned level for a minimum 24
month period, assist in the development of short and long term living skills, and coping skills, towards supported housing,
employment and education, and to require personal responsibility, while creating an outlet to encourage independence,
recovery and personal accountability.
.
STAC – Sexual Trauma After Care
.
In the STAC program we connect each person with a Victim Crisis
Intervention Support Counselor, and offer participants an intervention program to provide ongoing encouragement and
support. Trained VCIS counselors provide certified emotional, social and advocacy support for
victims of, or witnesses to, a violent crime or trauma experience. This includes but is not limited to assistance with coping
with daily life events and distress caused by trauma. Services provided include: Providing information about individual
victim rights and available options. As needed will assist with advocacy support with other agencies; attending
client at meetings, hearings and appearances, assist in the filing of desired documents, including stalking, harassment and
D/V no contact orders. Collaborate with local organizations, agencies, as needed to facilitate client needs. Connect
victims and witnesses with community resources to meet short and long term needs. Coordinate intervention, and follow-up.
.
Quality Improvement
Monitoring
.
Quality Improvement monitoring is a part of the individual or family service plan for the Certified Pastoral
Care Management Specialist to conduct a contact visit with a client to discuss, observe or monitor progress in residential
or community settings. Quality Improvement monitoring is generally an announced and scheduled telephone call or visual contact
visit at the residence of the individual or family or at any public place in the community. If specified in the service
plan, Intense monitoring of quality improvement will include both announced and scheduled; and unannounced and unscheduled
contact.
.
SBI
- Skills Building Inventories
.
‘SBI’ Skills Building Inventories are oral and/or written workshops or exercises that help
to identify individual Strengths, Weakness and Needs and help to increase individual awareness, and develop healthy recovery
skills, encourage self-empowerment, increase accountability. Inventories are tailored to the individual person, and individual
receptiveness and may include character workshops and exercises whose focus includes, Accountability, Respect, Honesty, Trustworthiness,
Fairness, Integrity, Courage, Citizenship, Conflict Resolution, Substance Use, Anger Management, Sexual Addiction Management,
Finance Management, Social Interaction and Responsibility. These workshops may include Respect: for authority, others and
property of others, Responsibility, Honesty, Self Control, Self Management, and independent Living Skills. SBI's are
also scripted based on specific needs of each client.
.
Evaluation Treatment and Professional Referrals
.
We may contract with credentialed professionals to provide professional
services that we offer and if necessary, we refer person’s in need of services and consumers for Evaluation and Treatment
when it is determined that the client consumer requires an evaluation and treatment we cannot provide.
.
Peer Support Service
.
We provide peer support services, which are a wide range of
scheduled activities to assist people in need of services or consumers in exercising control over their own lives and their
own recovery process (e.g., promoting socialization, self advocacy, developing natural supports and maintenance of community
living skills). Peer support services may include but are not limited to self-help support groups, telephone support lines,
drop-in centers, and sharing of the peer’s own life experiences.
How Services
are accessed Any individual
or referral source may access the program by contacting the program and submitting a Request for Services and Assessment on
the form designated for that purpose. A Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist will contact the individual or
referral source for a interview to gather personal information, and begin an initial intake assessment with the individual
to determine the needs of the individual. Upon acceptance into the program a Service Plan is completed. * a request
form is attached to the end of the disclosure
Service
Disclosure Statement
All person’s receiving services are required to receive and sign acknowledgements for having received
the following documents:
•
Notice of Privacy Practices
• Disclosure Statement of the Certified Pastoral Care Management Services providing
services
• Consumer Rights and Responsibilities Statement
• Pastoral Care Management Services Description
• Agreement for Treatment and Expectations
Confidentiality Policy Statement
In accordance with our own policy, and any state and federal laws, information maintained about any
person who is receiving or who has received services with the Pastoral Care Management Services will be protected from
unauthorized disclosures.
No information will be disclosed unless we have authorization or informed consent from
the client.
Disclosure of protected information is permitted by law for situations which may be applicable to people
in need of services such as:
• In
the interest of public safety.
• In response to a valid subpoena or court order.
• When state
laws require the information to be disclosed (example: child/adult abuse or neglect )
All PCMS staff are required to report suspected abuse or neglect, when they have reasonable suspicion
that any person is being abused or neglected.
Billing
Practices Statement
Pastoral
Care Management Services, is a charitable nonprofit ministry whose primary objective is to provide a recovery service and
credentialing certification, and to encourage wellness and recovery. We may bill for extended services that are
beyond the scope of Charitable program operations. All extended service billing is set by a schedule of fees,
as approved by the Programs Administrator.
The
client is responsible for the cost and fees for services received, unless otherwise arranged and agreed in writing. PCMS will
not bill the client insurance company or other third party payer for payment of services. Clients are encouraged
to seek reimbursement from their insurance provider, or voluntarily give donations to the program to cover cost of services.
Clients approved as low income, may be charged a reduced or discounted flat fee for services provided.
Pastoral Care Management Services Certification, Credentialing and Licensing Program
Pastoral Care Management Services provides credentials
through it's Certification, Credentialing and Licensing Department.
Mission:
The Mission of the Certification, Credentialing and Licensing Department is to assist the Director
of Public Health and Safety of the organization and the Healthcare Administrator in ensuring the integrity of the certifications,
credentials and licenses issued, investigate applications, conduct education and training verifications, maintain accurate
information, and enforce policy and regulation for the department.
Policy
SECTION
1.0 Certification, Credentialing and Licensing Program description
1.1 The Pastoral Care Management Services regulates the licenses it issues through the Certification,
Credentialing, and Licensing program that is designed to provide curriculum based education and training in the accepted practices
of the particular credential, and to provide a faith-based credential uniquely designed to certify clergy knowledge, training,
and experience.
1.2 Pastoral Care
Management Services is a faith-based nonprofit corporation of integrity, as such we stand behind the certifications. Licensing
and endorsements it issues in its name.
SECTION
2.0 Application for Credential
2.1 All
applicants seeking a credential are required to apply for credential by completing an Application for Credential and submitting
their application to the Certification, Credentialing and Licensing Department.
SECTION 3.0 Demonstration of Knowledge, Training and Practicum
3.1 An applicant must demonstrate the knowledge, training and experience
required by the course curriculum for the credentialing being sought. An applicant may make this demonstration through certificate,
credential or license from an approved faith-based ministry or approved accredited school or by showing other evidentiary
documents from an approved faith-based ministry or approved accredited school or demonstrate knowledge and training through
a written examination of as approved by the course instructor.
SECTION 4.0 Accepted Evidentiary Documents
4.1 Verified documents that may be accepted as evidentiary documents includes but is not limited
to Certificates, Credentials, Licenses, Documents, including transcripts, and student records signed by a authorized representative
of a accepted and registered faith-based ministry organization, and actual work experience that is verified may also be considered
as evidence.
SECTION 5.0 Certification,
Credentialing and Licensing Department
5.1 The Certification, credentialing and Licensing Department
is managed under the Office of Public Health and Safety and has a responsibility to receive and review Applications for Credential,
screen applications for completeness, verify the identity of the applicant, and make a recommendation as to a determination
as to whether the applicant seeking credential has successfully completed the following:
A. All applicants must demonstrate that the applicant has successfully
fulfilled the knowledge, training and practicum requirements as specified in the course requirements for the credential being
sought including successful completion of course examination;
B. In Lieu of evidentiary documents applicant must successfully complete an approved written examination.
C. All applicants must successfully complete background
history, reference and suitability screening.
D. All
applicants must sign a licensing agreement.
E. All
applicants must register and maintain registration as a faith-based service provider.
5.2 Upon
the successful completion of this process, a ‘License to Practice’ may be issued and endorsed by the organization
by the Director of Public Health and Safety.
5.3 The
Certification, Credentialing and Licensing Department shall monitor all licensing and agreements issued by the organization.
SECTION 6.0 Office Of Public Health and Safety
6.1 Is responsible for ensuring
that our public health and safety standards are current, ensuring that standards are communicated to staff through staff
training, and assist the director of the department with supervision, performance reviews, grievances, healthcare
related investigations and enforcement and is directed by the Director of Public Health and Safety, and managed by the Healthcare
Administrator.
SECTION 7.0 Director
of Public Health and Safety
7.1 The
Director of Public Health and Safety is a executive management position who is supervised and managed under the governing
board of directors. This person is a public service professional with necessary background training to carryout the duties
of the office; serves at the pleasure of the organization, in the office of Director of Public Health and Safety.
7.2 The Director of Public Health and Safety directs
the health-care activities of the Office of Public Health and Safety for the organization. Directs the Public Health and Safety
Committee. Reviews, writes and sets policy standards for client (consumer) health and safety. Conducts quality service reviews.
The Director shall receive, investigate, and make written impartial determinations of organization complaints and grievances.
Issues and monitors all organization identification cards, licenses and certifications. Oversee and manages multiple direct
reports. Oversees timely and current staff training in conjunction with the Healthcare Administrator.
7.3 Verifies licensing and credentials, and monitors licenses and certifications
it issues for staff, Pastoral Care Management Specialist, and contractors. Develops working relationship with Staff,
Community providers, care takers, and other community health centers. Evaluates performance of direct reports.
7.4 Makes the determination that a person
has met the knowledge, training and experience requirements to safely and effectively practice with a Pastoral Care Management
Services credential.
SECTION 8.0 Health
Care Administrator
8.1 The Health
Care Administrator, a management position that ensures that directives are implemented and implements and manages health-care
operations and activities under the office of the Director of Public Health and Safety, manages and implements staff training,
including pastoral-care standards, and conducts as needed staff workshops, seminars, and classes that meet approved policy
standards, and directly supervises certified Pastoral Care staff.
SECTION 9.0 Certifications, Credentials and Licensing
9.1 A certificate course is actual class instruction in the area of study, and requires successful
completion of a written examination designed to provide evidence that the student has received the knowledge outlined in the
course. Upon completion Successful students receive a Certificate of Instruction.
A. Certificate of Basic Instruction in Pastoral Care
B. Certificate of Advanced Instruction in the Practice of Pastoral Care
C. Certified Pastoral
Care Management Specialist
D. Pastoral Care Instructor, Facilitator Training Course
9.2 Licenses endorsed and Issued in the name of the organization
A. Certified Pastoral Care Worker prerequisite education and training in Basic Pastoral Care.
B. Certified
Pastoral Care Management Specialist prerequisite education and training in advanced practice of Pastoral Care
C. Certified
Pastoral Care Training Instructor prerequisite training
D. VCIS – Victim Crisis Intervention Support Counselor
9.3 Ordination
Pastoral Care Management Services through it’s Pastoral leadership
may in his discretion ordain any person to a clergy position. This list shall include but is not limited to ordination
to:
A. Bishop
B. Chaplain
C. Pastor
D. Missionary
E. Evangelist
All ordinations are recorded and registered with the
Pastoral Care Management Services organizations as approved by the ordaining pastor or bishop.
SECTION 10.0 Credential
Description and Requirements
10.1 Certified
Pastoral Care Worker
A Certified
Pastoral Care Worker is an individual who has received a basic understanding of the concept of Pastoral Care and has been
certified to assist a certified Pastoral Management Specialist.
10.2 Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist
a.) a‘ Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist,’ [CPCMS] is defined as a
a person who has been ordained into ministry, and who has received specialized education and advanced training in Pastoral
Care, Mental Health Recovery, Trauma Informed Care, Victim Crisis, Intervention and Support Counseling and Ethics. A license
holder is certified by the Director of Public Health and Safety of the organization, as having met the general knowledge,
training and experience required and has demonstrated the ability and skill requirements to safely and effectively practice
as a certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist. A certified specialist may work with any child or adult individual or
family, or victim of trauma in need of services in the community, and is licensed and endorsed by the organization.
b.)Pastoral Care Management Specialist are uniquely
qualified public service individuals, who must meet extensive credential requirements as approved by the Director of Public
Health & Safety.
10.3 Primary Function
of Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist:
A. Pastoral
Care Management Specialist are uniquely qualified clergy, who provide pastoral care to individuals in the faith-based and
their local wider community who build partnering relationships with individuals or families to collaborate in developing
supportive recovery strategies that produce outcomes that meet the individuals unique needs. A Pastoral Care Management Specialist
has received specialized training in Victim Crisis, Intervention and Support.
B. A Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist must be able to safely and effectively work
within the faith-based or secular community with individuals and families to collect personal health information from
the individuals while analyzing behavior, to identify, and examine risk indicators, and be able to provide documented,
and substantiated assessments that make a factual determination for the purposes of the assessment.
C. A Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist provides pastoral
care; meets in-person with individuals and as needed, family members, performing community and residential contact visits;
performing quality improvement checks; assessing individual, and home risk; providing family empowerment and connecting;
providing skill building inventories; providing referral to other credentialed professionals for services; referral for evaluation
and treatment; connecting person’s in need of services to community systems or local resources to meet immediate
and long term needs; provides continuous evaluation of client progress and interceding, as an advocate on behalf of an individual
to assist with systems navigation, individual emotional support, trained designated advocate for sexual trauma and domestic
violence for individuals or groups, providing crisis intervention and planning and assure equity, both in the specific
case and for any larger group or class to which the client might belong. This person is a mandatory reporter.
10.4 Credential Requirements – Pastoral
Care Management Specialist
A. The
certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist credential is a specialized faith-based certification, uniquely designed to
provide those who provide pastoral care with certified training in victim crisis intervention and support, Mental Health Recovery
Training, Ethics and strategies to help prevent and protect against a variety of risk inherent for all Clergy,
Church Leadership and laity who work with and provide pastoral care.
B. An eligible applicant may apply to the Pastoral Care Management Service ministry to be issued
certification. Eligibility requires that an applicant is or has been previously licensed or ordained in a ministry
capacity, and is in good standing;
C. The
certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist has demonstrated through knowledge, training and practicum, a minimum
of seven hundred (700) hours in, and clear understanding of, the concepts and application of Pastoral Care,
Biblical Principles, Mental Health Recovery education, Trauma Informed Care Counseling- Adolescent/Adult consumers,
Crisis Intervention and Support, and specific specialized advanced training in recognizing and responding to an
individual who shows signs and symptoms of a mental health crisis including wellness recovery action planning, and working
with consumers with disabilities, and practitioner Ethics.
SECTION 11.0 Victim Crisis Intervention Support Counselor- VCIS Counselor
A. A Victim Crisis Intervention Support Counselor, has received
education in Trauma Informed Care, Crisis Intervention and Support and certified emotional support training, who advocates
for and assist individuals with coping with daily life trauma events.
B. This program is designed for persons who have been a victim of, or witness to, a violent
crime or trauma experience.
C. Trained
counselors provide information about individual rights or available options unique to each client; As needed may assist
with filing court documents, hearings, or appearance's, filing documents for stalking, harassment and Domestic Violence no
contact orders.
D. Collaborates
with local agencies to connect persons in need with needed services. Staff.
SECTION 12.0 Certified Pastoral Care Instructor
A. A certified Pastoral Care Instructor is an individual who has been ordained, who has the
skill and experience to instruct one or more individuals in approved pastoral care advanced practices, or has received specialized
education or training in the concepts, and practices of teaching, instructing or facilitating groups of adult learners and
has received training in Mental Health Disorders, diagnostic criteria, major signs and symptoms, and best known treatments,
has facilitated or instructed a group of adult learners, has had prior experience working with trauma survivor's, mental health
consumers and has knowledge of assessment and referral, the public mental health system, and ethics.
SECTION 13.0 Background History, Reference and Suitability Check
A. All applicants applying for a credential that
gives access to the public, including the general public, mental health consumers, including children and developmentally
disabled and senior adults are required to pass a background history check. This history check is designed to check
background history, professional and personal references and other references that would assist the organization
in making a determination regarding suitability of licensee, for issuance of all licenses, employment offers and volunteer
assignments and applies to any officer, director, staff or volunteer at PCMS whether or not they hold a credential or license.
B. All persons who are associated
with this organization will be required to sign release forms for background history checks, as necessary, and are subject
to regular scheduled or random background checks throughout the relationship with the organization.
C. Satisfactory History Check
The Background Check shall
include an approved process for checking history records and may include a state and federal background history.
D. Satisfactory Reference Check
Satisfactory
Reference Check includes, but is not limited to a minimum of three (3) Professional/Employer Reference Checks, three (3) Personal
Reference Checks with knowledge of the individual for at least three (3) years. Each reference is checked.
E. Satisfactory Suitability Check
Two
(2) or more additional suitability references provided by the applicant. An individual seeking credentialing must be
able to demonstrate to satisfaction that he or she is a suitable candidate for the credential and is able to safely and effectively
work within the community with a child, or adult mental health consumer. Each reference is checked.
SECTION 14.0 Course Fee’s and Licensing Agreement
14.1 The Certification, Credentialing and Licensing
Department shall determine the cost for application processing, background checks, credentialing verification, and course
instruction and examination cost and determine a fee that must be paid by the applicant for credential prior to certification,
credential or license is issued.
14.2 Individuals
who are current on necessary examination and credentialing fee's, may be issued a transcript of courses enrolled in,
progress and status including credit hours earned.
14.2
A license to practice, is an official document issued in the name of, and registered with the organization, endorsed
by a ordained pastor. The license will not be issued until the licensing agreement has been signed,
14.3 The Director of Public Health and Safety
shall make a final determination that the applicant has met the certification requirements, to safely and effectively
practice and work with any person in need of services in the community.
14.3 Licensing requirements require that each applicant to sign a licensing
agreement.
14.4 Any license, or certification may be suspended, or revoked based on licensing
criteria. Applicants for this credential must agree in writing to comply with the expectations of the issuing authority.
14.5 License holder’s of credentials issued
by the organization must renew their license annually, once per year
SECTION 15.0 Continuing Education
A. Registered faith-based credential holder’s must renew there license each year.
prior to license renewal, and every three years thereafter, all certified Pastoral Case Management Specialist are required
to obtain a minimum of 60 credit hours of continuing education every three (3) years in a area of study related to certification
for a pastoral care management specialist either as a participant, facilitator or instructor from an approved faith
based training source.
SECTION 16.0 Supervision
of PCMS Staff
16.1 All PCMS staff,
including those professionals licensed by Washington State, contractors, and volunteers are governed by policy designed to
protect consumer interest with public health and safety as a priority, and are directly supervised by the Health-care
Administrator whose duties impose among other things oversight for the safety and health of the consumers we serve.
16.2 State licensed and credentialed professionals,
and those who supervise these professionals are subject to state regulation regarding standards of professional conduct, and
mandatory reporting requirements. Accordingly, Management will report to the department of health when the employed license
holder’s services have been terminated or restricted based on a final determination or finding that the license holder:
a) has committed an act or acts
that may constitute unprofessional conduct, or
b) May not be able to practice his or her profession with
reasonable skill and safety due to a mental or physical condition.
16.3 Reports will be submitted to the department of health as soon as possible but no later
than seven (7) days after a determination or finding is made.
16.4 License holder’s of a PCMS license are subject to the same professional standards
of conduct whether they hold a state license or not.
16.5 License holder’s of a PCMS license shall be directly supervised under the office of Public
Health & Safety, and are subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal, license revocation, or suspension.
16.6 When applicable, notifications
will be made to other faith-based organizations who have oversight, agencies, including law enforcement, child welfare and
protective services, and the department of health.
Course
Outline for Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist
Pastoral Care
-54 credit hours
Mental Health Recovery Education -50
credit hours
Counseling
-70 credit hours
Specialized Advanced Training -75
credit hours
Practicum Experience -500
credit hours
Ethics
-36 credit hours
Any remaining credit hours needed will be determined by the instructor. All credential requirements are subject
to change without notice.
Course listings and Subjects being offered through PCMS
Pastoral Care Management Services offers educational and instructional training classes
for clergy and any individual desiring to register. These classes are instructed by an Pastoral Care Management Specialist, and
certified Mental Health Recovery Facilitator trained in Trauma informed care practice.
Course: Biblical Principles 1
Subject: Doctrine and Theology
B101. Bible Scripture
B102. GOD the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy Spirit
B103. Man
and Sin
B104. Suffering of Mankind
B105. Sin & Suffering
B106. The Works of the Lord Jesus Christ
B107. Faith Study
B108. LOVE
B109. Salvation
Subject: Church Leadership and Administration
A101. Biblical Occupations
A102. Holy Orders and Ordination
A102. Church Administration
- including
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
A103.
Sacraments of the Church
Subject: Pastoral Care and Counseling
Subject: P101. Understanding the Pastoral Role
Subject: P102. Pastoral Care and Healing
Subject: P103. Theology versus Theory of Counseling
Subject: P104. Pastoral Counseling
Subject P105. Pastoral Care Management
Course: Mental Health Recovery
1
Subject:
M101. Mental Health Diagnostic Criteria and major signs and symptoms including current best known treatments.
Subject: M102. Mental Health Recovery and WRAP - Wellness
Recovery Action Planning
Subject: M103.
Behavior Discernment and Interpretation
Subject:
M104. Introduction to Understanding Grief and Depression
Subject: M105. Introduction to Trauma, Trauma informed Care, Crisis, Intervention and Support.
Subject: M106. Peer Support Specialist
Course: Mental
Health Recovery 2
Subject: M106. Risk Assessment Application
Subject: M107. Chemical Dependency and Co-Occurring Disorders
Subject: M108. Sexual Disorders Overview, Comprehensive Mental Health Practice with Sexual Offenders
and their families.
Subject M109. Violent
Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice.
Subject: M110. The Public Mental Health system.
Subject: M111. Practitioner/Clergy Self Care
Course: Counseling
Subject: C101. Adolescent/Child Development/Counseling,
Subject: C102. Batterer and Domestic Violence Counseling,
Subject: C103. Crisis, Trauma and Grief
Counseling
Subject: C104. Suicide Prevention
Counseling
Subject: C105. Offender Recovery
& Re-entry
Subject: C106. Relationship
Counseling
Subject: C107. Family Mediation
SAT - Specialized Advanced Training
Subject: S101. Recognizing and Responding to signs or symptoms of a mental
health crisis.
Subject: S103. - Systems
Navigation and Connection to community resources.
Course: Ethics 1
Subject: E101.Understanding in Faith based counseling and the law -
malpractice, negligence, privileged communication and confidentiality.
Subject: E102. Documentation and Records Retention
Subject: E103. Biblical and Professional Ethics Standards
Subject: E104. HIPAA
Standards and Pastoral Care
Subject: E105.
Mandatory Reporting Requirements
Subject: E106.
Practitioner (Clergy) Misconduct
Course:
Starting and Maintaining your Ministry
Subject: D101.
Creating and Developing successful Ministry Programs
Course: Risk Management
Subject: F101.
Understanding and Managing Risk in Ministry
Subject: F102.
Resolving Conflict in Ministry
Course:
Managing Media Relations
Subject: G101.
Effective Media Strategies in Ministry
Course:
Preparing for and Addressing Disaster
Subject:
H101. Developing a Ministry Continuity and Response Plan following a disaster.
Subject: H102. How to Help Your Members Before and During a Disaster
Practicum for a certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist
- Demonstrate no less than four (4) years consecutive
experience working with mental health consumers in the faith based community, where the treatment or care had a faith-based
component that promoted mental health recovery, Or
- Demonstrate no less than six (6) years of consecutive
actual work experience, or being employed by a approved public or private agency engaged in the practice of working
with mental health consumers, with a faith -based component that promoted mental health recovery; and
- Demonstrate
satisfactory understanding of Biblical principles, Mental Health Recovery and Ethics.
*An applicant desiring a credential as a certified pastoral care management
specialist must demonstrate a satisfactory comprehensive understanding of all concepts and application. Credential requirements
are subject to change without notice.
**New
** Qualifications for Grandfathered Certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist expires December 31,
2010 .
In consideration of the number of potential
applicants for the credential of certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist who have already met, or exceeded basic credential
requirements, and can demonstrate that they have a clear understanding of the concepts and knowledge, and have
the training and practicum may upon approval of the ordaining pastor be grandfathered into the credential and certified and
licensed as a certified Pastoral Care Management Specialist.
.
Individuals
grandfathered into the credential may be required to complete newly instituted training required by the credential to maintain
an endorsed certification and license.
The grandfathering period shall expire after December 31, 2010. All applicants seeking to be
grandfathered in must apply on or before December 31, 2010. As of January 1, 2011 all applicants must fulfill the newly
instituted credential requirements.
Executive
Director
The chief executive
officer of the organization is the Executive Director, who must have a valid ordination as a 'Pastor' and serve in that capacity
as leadership to the organization. The Executive Director has primary responsibility for the organization, and as such the
Executive Director holds a special responsibility of managing the day to day operations of the organization. The Executive
carries out the objectives, strategic plans, budgets, and policies as approved by the governing board of directors.
