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Services
SERVICE ACCESS CENTER
One toll-free call to 1-888-750-2266 provides access to a knowledgeable service planner and all of Occupations, Inc.'s services. Our highly qualified and dedicated professionals provide confidential treatment with care.
CLINICAL SERVICES
Mobile Mental Health Services Team. Professional, clinician-staffed telephone support and outreach intervention is available to anyone in Orange County in need of emotional support or crisis intervention in the home, at school or in the community. Follow-up service planning ensures that individual needs are met. Trained therapists are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 1-888-750-2266.
Community Counseling and Family Counseling Centers. Individual and group counseling for children, adolescents, adults and families is available at seven locations throughout Orange County (New Windsor, Newburgh, Goshen, Middletown, Scotchtown and Walden). Teams of experienced psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, child psychiatrists and other psychotherapists assist children and adults in coping with emotional problems and mental illness. Medications and psychopharmacology are also available as treatment options.
Intensive Outpatient Programs. Continuing Day Treatment (CDT) and
Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitative Treatment (IPRT) assist adults and older adolescents with mental illness in achieving psychiatric stability while living productively in the community. Experienced clinical staff and psychiatrists provide a full range of treatment and rehabilitation options daily at Occupations, Inc.'s Middletown and New Windsor sites, including group and individual counseling, substance abuse services, medication therapy and assistance with life skills, personal goal setting and planning.
Partial Hospitalization. As a positive alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, or to divert admission or substantially reduce the length of a hospital stay, Occupations, Inc. offers Partial Hospitalization at the Union St. Center in Middletown – an intensive, psychotherapeutic treatment experience designed to stabilize acute symptoms of mental illness. More intensive than conventional outpatient treatment, Partial Hospitalization allows for a flexible combination of individual and group psychotherapy, psychopharmacology and activity programs to meet the needs of individuals in many stages of recovery.
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Child Welfare Services. Available through Family Counseling in Newburgh and Middletown for families with children at risk of child abuse, neglect, placement in foster care or returning from residential treatment. Caseworkers, family support therapists/counselors, family development specialists and educational homemakers are available for home visits throughout Orange County to support families in strengthening skills and creating positive parent-child relations. School-based caseworkers in Newburgh, Middletown and Port Jervis schools support children and their families when family stressors affect school life and put children at risk.
Child welfare services are available through Family Counseling in Newburgh and Middletown for families with children at risk of placement or PINS, in foster care or returning from residential treatment. Family support therapists/counselors, family development specialists and educational homemakers are available for home visits throughout Orange County to support families in strengthening skills and creating positive parent-child relations. School-based caseworkers in Newburgh, Middletown and Port Jervis schools support children and their families when family stressors affect school life.
Healthy Families. Based on a model from Prevent Child Abuse America, the Healthy Families is a cooperative home visiting program in the 12550 zip code (Newburgh area) to screen all pregnant women and new parents for risk factors. Family Assessment Workers and Healthy Families Family Support Workers give parents information and support to promote positive parenting skills, maximize child development, reduce life stresses and increase use of preventive health care. Participation begins during pregnancy or until the baby is three months old. Services may continue until the child begins Head Start or school. Participation in this program is voluntary and grant-funded through the NYS Office of Children and Family Services. There is no fee to participants.
Home and Community Based Services
(HBCS) Waiver Program. The Waiver Program is an intensive clinical and support service designed for families who have a child with a serious mental illness who is at risk of long-term placement or psychiatric hospitalization. To qualify for the service, both the child and the family must meet certain eligibility requirements and be committed to maintaining the child in the home environment. Referrals available only through NETWORK. For more information on supports, click here.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES
Academy Associates. Academy Associates is a social club offering community inclusion and social activities for people recovering from mental illness. Members participate in many activities to enhance social and life skills to facilitate successful community living, employment and volunteerism.
Intensive Case Management and Supportive Case Management. Case management services support people with serious mental illnesses in living as productive members of the community. Case managers provide advocacy, monitoring, referral/linkage, support and case coordination services. Intensive Case Managers maintain a smaller caseload of at-risk individuals with more intensive need for contact. They are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Residential Opportunities. Occupations, Inc. offers community residence and supportive apartment placement to people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Community residences in Middletown, Newburgh, Monroe and elsewhere throughout Orange County are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by counselors available to assist individuals in learning the skills necessary to live more independently. People in a supportive apartment setting receive counseling and support on a regular basis to enhance and refine community living skills.
Service Coordination. Individuals with developmental disabilities can receive service coordination through Occupations, Inc. for case coordination, advocacy, linkage and additional support in collaboration with other service providers.
REHABILITATION SERVICES
Day Habilitation. Occupations, Inc. offers day habilitation services for individuals with developmental and other severe disabilities. Guided by the concept of person-centered planning, participants develop and achieve social, vocational and interpersonal goals through a variety of creative environments and activities in the community. The program serves individuals who often have serious socialization and/or behavioral challenges.
Orange County Express. People with developmental disabilities can enroll in Orange County Express to take advantage of transportation to recreational activities in the community on weekends and evenings. Events are scheduled with input from the participants and their families.
CAREER GUIDANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Career guidance and multiple employment services are available to people with disabilities and the economically disadvantaged to evaluate and prepare them for employment.
Supported Employment. Participants can take advantage of supported employment opportunities – paid work opportunities in a variety of integrated settings at regular work sites throughout the community – and receive intensive support to ensure a successful outcome for both the employee and employer. Individual job training and job placement is available for a variety of high-demand career options, including food service sanitation, janitorial and building services, retail and clerical support.
Career Development and Employment Services for People on Public
Assistance. Occupations, Inc. provides career guidance and job training, placement and coaching services to help people on public assistance make a positive transition to self-sufficiency.
Industrial Work Centers. Occupations, Inc. also operates two manufacturing facilities that provide employment and training opportunities for people with disabilities. Vocational counselors assist each person in creating an individual rehabilitation plan focused on developing job skills and career goals.
School-to-Work Career Development Services. Occupations, Inc. works directly with area school districts to help students with special needs identify and pursue career goals. Job training, placement and coaching services help students achieve satisfaction and success.
Basic Vocational/Educational Training. Occupations, Inc. provides on-site pre-vocational services and work skills development in a classroom setting at Orange/Ulster BOCES in Goshen.
TRANSPORTATION
Occupations, Inc. maintains its own transportation system that covers all of Orange County. With its 102-vehicle fleet of vans, buses and cars, Occupations, Inc. assists almost 600 people daily in traveling to its various service centers, as well as to community jobs and recreational opportunities.
Community Solutions for Transportation. People receiving public assistance and low-income families receive assistance with transportation and related support services for finding and retaining employment through Community Solutions for Transportation, a partnership between The Orange County Department of Social Services (DSS), the Employment and Training Administration and Occupations, Inc. Community Solutions also offers screening for driver training and helps individuals with financial assistance to purchase their own vehicles.
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