Job Opening for Part Time Peer Specialist in Chesterfield County - Posted 10.30

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/chesterfieldco/job_bulletin.cfm?JobID=991357

VOCAL's Board of Directors Meets Wednesday, November 5th in Charlottesville - Posted 10.30

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Charlottesville Quaker Friends House
1104 Forest Street, 22903

Call-in Info: Dial toll-free 1-866-423-8755 and enter Guest code: 843599

Guests are welcome. Please note: VOCAL does not reimburse for travel nor provide lunch for guests.

Health Insurance Options for Immigrant Families - Posted 10.30

 

Please join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for a workshop (in Spanish) on the benefits available to immigrant families through the Health Insurance Marketplace and how to get covered during open enrollment, which will take place November 15-February 15.

 

November 3rd at 3:00 p.m.

 

Webinar Link:https://webinar.cms.hhs.gov/lmowebinar11314/ 
Please join 5 minutes early (No registration is required) 

 

Audio- conference line:1-877-267-1577

Meeting number:997 683 698
Meeting ID:Not required- Press #

For questions, please contact Jeanette.Contreras@cms.hhs.gov

 

"Home": A Movie with a Mental Health Theme - Posted 10.30  

 

TONIGHT at 6:30 p.m.

Taubman Black Box Theater

110 Salem Avenue, SE, Roanoke

 

Admission is free. A discussion led by a mental health professional will follow the showing. Presented by Mental Health America of Roanoke Valley in cooperation with the Taubman Museum of Art. Call MHARV at 540-344-0931 for further information.

Listening Session: Improving Community Mental Health - Posted 10.30

 

Wednesday, November 12th 9:00 am. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Register to attend an upcoming listening session about criteria development for the Demonstration Program to Improve Community Mental Health Services (Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014). Participants can attend in person or via webcast.

 

Register for the Listening Session

 

Section 223 seeks to create certified community behavioral health clinics. The clinics will focus on improving outcomes by increasing access to community-based behavioral health care, expanding the availability and array of services, and improving the quality of care delivered to people with mental and/or substance use disorders.

 

Event Location:
SAMHSA
Sugarloaf/Seneca Conference Room
1 Choke Cherry Road
Rockville, MD 20857
  

Questions or Comments?
Please email section223feedback@samhsa.hhs.gov.

 

VOCAL has been a leader in Virginia's mental health recovery movement since 2002.   Our workshops and professional trainings uniquely blend the experience of individuals who live with conditions commonly referred to as mental health disorders with an up-to-the-minute understanding of state and national mental health systems, and evidence-based recovery tools.

Developed by people who have personally experienced mental health crisis, VOCAL programs value the worth and dignity of each individual, the right to self-determination, and the important contributions of peer support and self-help.

These workshops are designed for peers, peer support specialists, providers, family and supporters of those in recovery.

We can deliver a one-day conference, half-day workshop, or one presentation, all especially designed for the interests of your group.  

Workshops are free to peer-run organizations.

For complete workshop descriptions go to:

 

VOCAL's next W.R.A.P. Facilitator Training will be offered November 17 through 21, at the Shalom House Retreat Center in Montpelier. Teachers will be Bonnie Neighbour, VOCAL Executive Director, and Beth Gager, Coordinator of Consumer Empowerment for Region Ten CSB (Charlottesville).  This is the initial training for WRAP Facilitators AND can serve as the Refresher training required by the Copeland Center every 2 years for already certified W.R.A.P. Facilitators.

  

The cost for the training, room and board, and facilitator manual is $1500. The cost for Refresher training is $900.

Cost will be reduced for those who do not stay overnight at Shalom House.

 

To apply for the training, new trainees should complete the W.R.A.P. Facilitator Training Application at www.vocalvirginia.org. Applicants must have completed their own W.R.A.P.  Refresher students need not complete the application.

 

For further information, call Ann Benner at 804-343-1777 or email her:

 

What is emotional wellness?

SAMHSA defines emotional wellness as coping effectively with life and creating satisfying relationships.

 

For more information about this topic, visit: 

http://www.unh.edu/health-services/ohep/emotional-wellness

 

 

 

November 13-January 15

8 two-hour sessions, time to be determined

VOCAL Office (near Willow Lawn Shopping Center, on bus route)

1904 Byrd Avenue, Suite 217 (23230)

For further information contact Ann Benner at 804.343.1777 or Lois Withers at 804.382.5042

A $10 donation to VOCAL is requested.

 

The 7th International "Together Against Stigma" conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco February 18-20; there will be a pre-conference institute on February 17. The theme of the conference is "Together Against Stigma: Each Mind Matters." The conference is organized in partnership with the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions,

 

Thursday, November 6th at Wytheville Meeting Center (Wytheville)

11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Live interviews from those who will share their story, including family members.  

Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.

This is open to all at no charge, but registration is required. To register, call: 276-223-3724

 

Every Monday at 1 p.m.

  

84 Main (Warsaw)
804.333.3581

  

 

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