Crisis Response Sample Clauses

Crisis Response. The Day Treatment Intensive Services program must have an established protocol for responding to clients experiencing a mental health crisis. This must assure availability of appropriately trained staff and include agreed upon procedures for addressing crisis situations. The protocol may include referrals for crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, or other specialty mental health services necessary to address the client’s urgent or emergency psychiatric condition. If clients will be referred to services outside the program, the program staff must have the capacity to handle the crisis until the client is linked to outside crisis services.

Crisis Response. Maintenance activities appear chaotic and without direction. Equipment and building components are routinely broken and inoperative. Services and maintenance calls are never responded to in a timely manner. Normal usage and deterioration continues unabated, making buildings and equipment inadequate to meet present usage needs.

Crisis Response. The Recipient will respond in person when requested to provide needed support and assistance. Crisis response includes accessing emergency shelter, accompanying the survivor to Sexual Assault Forensic Exams (SAFE), hospitals and law enforcement by staff or volunteers trained in the appropriate in-person response, and meeting victims who need immediate or in-person support. Crisis response must be available 24/7. For crisis response not provided directly by the Recipient, the Recipient must have a written agreement, approved by DHS, with another crisis response provider currently under contract to DHS to provide back-up crisis response services. Non-Shelter Services (walk-ins and callers): Recipient must offer to all Crisis Line callers and other victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault who contact the Recipient the following services, as necessary or appropriate: Information and Referral: Recipient must respond to all requests from victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault for information, referral, or both regarding community services for victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault with the provision of appropriate information or referrals or both. Referrals and information must include available culturally specific services and specialized services for typically Underserved Populations. Whenever possible, referral information must include a contact name and specific service information. Recipient must maintain an updated inventory of community resources available to assist victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault. Peer Support: As appropriate, Recipient must offer interactions, either through phone contact, peer-to-peer individual meetings or group sessions that validate the experiences of the victims and not blame them, explore the options, build on strengths, and respect their right to make their own decisions. These interactions must be offered and, if accepted, provided to all victims of Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault who contact Recipient.

Crisis Response. Contractor will develop and/or maintain policy and protocol that includes the following: i. Staff will assist consumers to complete a safety plan within 30 days of intake. This plan will be reviewed minimally on an annual basis or more frequently as needed with the consumer and will include the following elements: (1) Signs and symptoms of distress or decline in mental health status; (2) Emergency numbers to call; (3) Family members and/or other consumer supporters, including contact information and a signed verbal release of information form detailing what information may be shared; (4) Historically effective coping strategies and healthy ways to relieve stress in non-emergency situations. ii. Identified family members and loved ones of the consumer will be given information with consumer consent, upon consumer’s intake into the program and annually, about effective ways to respond to the consumer if/when consumer is experiencing a psychiatric crisis. The program staff will encourage family members and/or other identified consumer supports to inform staff when noticing signs of decompensation. Family members and/or other identified consumer supporters will be given a script to use with police or other emergency personnel when encountering their family member in crisis. They will also be given suggestions regarding what resources to call in different types of situations. Those resources may include: (1) The FSP provider and team emergency or regular contact lines; (2) Toll free crisis line; (3) 911 and local police department with the potential aide of CIT trained police officers and/or the SMART team.

Crisis Response. The Recipient will respond in person when requested to provide needed support and assistance. Crisis response includes accessing emergency shelter, accompanying the survivor to Sexual Assault Forensic Exams (SAFE), hospitals and law enforcement by staff and volunteers trained in the appropriate in-person response, and meeting victims who need immediate or in-person support. Crisis response must be available 24-hours a day. For any part of the 24 hours a day crisis response, not provided directly by the Recipient, the Recipient must demonstrate, in the form of a written agreement, approved by DHS, in its sole discretion, a clear and direct linkage to another partner domestic or sexual violence agency, funded directly by DHS, to provide the back-up crisis response.

Crisis Response. During crises, COMPASS Peacebuilders work in partnership with the Hartford Police Department and Saint ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Hospital. This allows law enforcement and medical staff to focus on saving lives, while COMPASS Peacebuilders can lend support to grieving families, and diffuse possible retaliations. To do this work, COMPASS Peacebuilders are deputized by the hospital, and receive proper training and vaccinations. Data Collection & Evaluation: Program data is collected and analyzed using the city of Hartford’s Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) electronic system. In addition to ETO reports, we have hired a Case Monitor to assist the YDAs with data collection and analysis, and to refine our case management process. Data will be reviewed with Case Monitor and staff in formal standing meetings to ensure progress of individual participant goals and program outcomes. Program Staff: The majority of COMPASS Peacebuilders staff are from Hartford. They have experienced the effects of poverty, gangs, crime and violence. And they work tirelessly to provide our youth with positive relationships and choices. Staff are trained in crisis response, violence mitigation, and case management – and are on-call 24/7.

Crisis Response. Subject to a Kidnap, Hijack, and/or Wrongful Detention, the Supplier will pay the Consultants Costs and Care Expenses incurred by the Supplier in providing a response during a Covered Incident.

Crisis Response. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any actions taken or authorized by Owner in a good faith belief that such actions are necessary to ensure safe operations at the Site, including the Facility, or to respond to an emergency or abnormal condition at the Site shall not constitute a breach hereof or absolve Contractor of any of its obligations hereunder.

Crisis Response. 1. Ensure individualized crisis plans are developed during admission and updated as indicated. Plans should address triggers of stress, patterns of behaviors, personal supports, helpful interventions, relevant medication history, and current prescriptions to reduce the frequency of relapse. 2. Provide 24 hour 7 days per week crisis services as clinically indicated. 3. Notify in writing the County via facsimile at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ when a Client requires acute psychiatric or medical hospitalization.