Vinfen Behavioral Health Expansion News Danita LeTourneau, Assistant Director of Employee Relations
Earlier this year, Vinfen was awarded the Northeast Community Behavioral Health Contract (CBHC) for the Lowell region and will begin providing services on January 3, 2023. Vinfen Behavioral Health (VBH), along with our partners, Advocates, and Wayside, will provide Adult Mobile Crisis (AMCI), Adult Community Crisis Stabilization (CCS), Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention (YMCI) and Youth Community Crisis Stabilization (YCCS). This is an exciting opportunity to expand upon the services VBH currently provides to the Greater Lowell Community. Vinfen’s CBHC will offer a single point of entry for timely, high-quality, evidence-based mental health and addiction services. This new model of care aims to reduce the use of emergency rooms for behavioral health crises, increase the flexibility of service delivery, provide access to outpatient services, and urgent and crisis interventions, as well as provide increased social supports and access to community-based staff. Jen Maloney, VBH’s Clinic Director, describes it as “two locations on either side of town to serve the community.” Maloney is very excited about the upcoming changes and how the division is poised to grow in the future. By providing multiple services in one location, clients will have greater access to needed services and greater collaboration amongst providers. In 2020, the Lowell Behavioral Health clinic moved from its former home in the annex of the Baptist Church, where it had been located for over 30 years, to 40 Church St Lowell. With the addition of the new services, a new location will open in the spring of 2023. The new Varnum St. location is adjacent to the Lowell General Hospital campus and will feature a new Urgent Outpatient Care Center.
CBHC not only brings expanded services to the clients, but also creates several new positions, including prescribers, peer support, engagement and referral services, and clinical roles that focus on urgent care, just to name a few. VBH staff are already having a positive impact on the community by providing high-quality care. With the addition of the new services and changes, the impact will be expanded, and as Jen Maloney described it, the team could not be more excited to be a part of the changes and to bring much-needed services to the area.
Did You Hear the Great News? Service Anniversary Awards Doubled! Employees celebrating a service anniversary that is a multiple of 5 will now receive a gift card in that is 10 times their anniversary number. For example, those celebrating 5 years of service will receive a $50 card. Those celebrating 10 years with Vinfen will get a $100. Those celebrating should expect to receive their cards at their home address on file in UKG.
You can always find this month's service anniversaries on the Recognition Sharepoint page. Contact your HR Manager if you have questions.
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