New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
Subchapter 5 - PROGRAM ELEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:37-5.78 - Services
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:37-5.78
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) Services to be provided may include, but shall not be limited to:
1. Service planning: Including, at a minimum,
participation in preparation of Individual Service Plans, for specified
clients.
2. Personal advocacy:
i. Monitoring of Individual Service Plan (see
N.J.A.C. 10:37-5.78(b)5 ).
ii. Assisting when necessary, or
requested by client, in service procurement (see
N.J.A.C. 10:37-5.78(b)2 ).
iii. Assisting, when requested
by client, in the initiation of both internal (see
N.J.A.C. 10:37-4.6) and external grievance
procedures.
iv. Ensuring, and where
necessary or requested by client, assisting in the utilization of the least
restrictive, most normative setting/support system.
3. Legal services and procurement of public
entitlements.
4. Companionship (see
N.J.A.C. 10:37-5.78(b)4 ).
5. Service coordination and
monitoring (see
N.J.A.C. 10:37-5.78(b)2
and 3).
6. Outreach services: At a
minimum, this shall include efforts to contact boarding homes and other
residential facilities, in order to familiarize potential clients with the
above services.
7. Information and
referral services.
(b) Service approaches:
1. The SA worker shall act
as a companion, advocate, supporter, and/or representative for clients. The
client's expressed interest is paramount in deciding what role the SA worker
will pursue. These roles may include that of:
i. Broker/service procurer;
ii. Mediator/negotiator for client with
agency: to reach consensus as to the desirability of specific
services.
iii. Advocate: to request
that client receives services to which he/she is entitled.
2. When a mental health agency or program is,
for some reason, unable to assist in service procurement, or if the client so
request, the SA program shall fulfill service procurement functions, for
non-mental health services, as required by the client (for example: housing,
welfare, medical assistance, employment, etc.). This function shall be
performed in close conjunction with the involved mental health agency(ies) and
their internal Primary Service Procures who have been identified for each
client as required by
N.J.A.C. 10:37-5.1.
3. The SA worker shall help assess the
client's interest in and ability to live independently. An important function
of the SA worker in assisting the client to achieving independent living is
through the coordination of systems (Institutional, organized community
resources, and natural supports) that might not normally or regularly interact
with one another. Companion advocates shall encourage clients to take advantage
of available services.
4. Current
involvement by client with a funded mental health agency or program is not a
necessary condition for SA services. An SA worker may maintain a relationship,
upon request, with a former mental health client after formal mental health
services have been terminated. In cases when an individual requests help, but
refuses formal mental health services, the SA worker may provide companionship,
service procurement, legal representation, etc.
5. A function of a SA worker may be to
monitor the implementation of completed Individual Service Plans for a specific
group of targeted clients, as determined necessary by the Division.
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