Olympic College, Building 4, Room 129

Name: Rethinking Approaches to Substance Use Recovery – Rescheduled May 9
Start: 2024-05-09T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-05-09T18:30:00-07:00
Location: Olympic College, Building 4, Room 129

1600 Chester Ave
Bremerton, WA 98337 United States Get Directions

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May 2024
May 9, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Rethinking Approaches to Substance Use Recovery – Rescheduled May 9

Olympic College, Building 4, Room 129 1600 Chester Ave, Bremerton, WA, United States

A Kitsap Mental Health Services Community Education Event Event rescheduled: May 9 Join Wayne Swanson, director of the largest “dual-diagnosis” – mental health and substance use disorder – treatment team in Kitsap County, to learn [...]

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A Day in the Life

As a member of KMHS’s Youth Mobile Crisis Outreach Team, Stephanie Powers never knows what the day will bring. She may respond to a person in crisis over the phone or visit them at home or school to de-escalate the situation, ensure the person’s safety and connect them with resources.

“It’s never straightforward,” she says. “It’s a very abstract job.”

Here’s one busy day:

7:00 AM	Shift begins; check in with night shift to ensure continuity for ongoing cases
8:00 AM	Outreach presentation to regional high school counselors
8:55 AM	Drive to a South Kitsap middle school for a “warm hand-off” of youth to new support services
9:20 AM	Receive call from a Central Kitsap middle school counselor on the way to South Kitsap
9:35 AM	In South Kitsap, meet with a youth’s mom, dad, school support staff and new school-based WISe intensive support team to discuss care for young person whose behaviors have led to severe weight loss; resolution includes therapy for the youth and an appointment at Kitsap Resolution Center for parents to work on co-parenting skills
11:20 AM	Lunch
12:00 PM	Answer emails and enter progress notes in client charts
1:20 PM	Follow up with a client by phone
1:40 PM	Follow up with a client at the Crisis Triage Center
2:15 PM	Drive to a Central Kitsap middle school to provide support with school counselor for youth who is drawing pictures that indicate suicidal thoughts; refer to WISe intensive support team
4:35 PM	Answer crisis call with adult who tried to suffocate themself; talk to paramedics and caller’s family; client is taken to St. Michael Medical Center
5:55 PM	Follow up with a youth’s parents to offer resources covered by their insurance
7:00 PM	Shift ends