Agency Details:

UCPC Behavioral Healthcare

UCPC's mission is to help individuals and families struggling with mental illness, addiction issues, traumatic events, and many other life circumstances, to improve their level of functioning and their quality of life, by providing support in the form of high quality affordable treatment services, delivered by a compassionate professional staff.

Description:
The agency provides a range of interventions based on an individual’s needs as determined in a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment. These interventions include psychiatric evaluations, medication management
services, individual, family and group therapies, Partial Care (a wellness and recovery program for seriously and persistently mentally ill adults), MICA ( a recovery program for adults with both mental health and addiction problems),and Steppin’ Out, (A socialization program for SPMI adults) and an IDRC
(Intoxicated Driver Resource Center) program.(A psycho-educational program targeted for individuals who have been charged with driving under the influence.)

Through these treatment interventions, symptoms can be reduced or eliminated and clients enabled to develop problem solving, coping,interpersonal and behavioral skill sets to improve his/her level of functioning
and improve personal satisfaction, as well as integration into the communities in which they live.

The agency receives consistent high marks with respect to it's client satisfaction surveys, and utilizes a measurement tool which demonstrates the effectiveness of treatment as per client self report.

UCPC Behavioral Healthcare is supported in large part by DMHS, revenues attained from Medicaid and Medicare clients, and to lesser extents by DAS, several United Way organizations, individual municipalities, it’s Board of Trustees, and the community itself. In addition, the agency’s staff is one of its greatest resources and assets as they are a group of exceptionally compassionate and dedicated professionals and individuals who strongly
support the mission of the agency.

Some of the key players at present in the agency include: Richard Rodgers, Executive Director,Josephine DiMeo,Partial Care Coordinator; Jessica Zucker, MICA Coordinator, Julie Krupinski,Clinical Director, and Indumati Patel,Finance Director. These individuals, both independently and working as ateam, provide a sound, competent and creative leadership base for the programs and responsibilities which they oversee as well as the goals and objectives of the agency itself.

UCPC works hard to recruit staff and board members from the communities it serves and which are reflective of the populations we serve. In fact, in order to be a Board member, an individual must reside within our service area. In addition , the agency embraces the concepts and goals and incorporates this into all aspects of the agency’s care including the
services we provide, who provides them, the training and education of the providers and the environment in which the agency provides services. Each staff member also receives on-going cultural competence training and annual cultural competence testing.

UCPC is accredited by DMHS, DAS as well as the Joint Commission and it's ongoing accreditation speaks to the level of care and proven history of delivering services.

Contact people:

Richard Rodgers, Executive Director, (email) Julie Krupinski, (email)

Office fax number: (908) 756-5566

Address:

117-119 Roosevelt Avenue Plainfield, NJ 07060 (See a map)

Web Site: http://ucpcbhc.org

Directions:

DIRECTIONS TO UCPC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE 117-119 Roosevelt Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060 908-756-6870 From South Ave. South Avenue to Richmond Street. Right on Richmond. Left on Second St. UCPC parking lot will be on your right before the end of the block.. . . (more)   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Plainfield,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5   Nearest Bus Stop: 59, 65, 66, 114, 117, 5 minute walk

Last updated on November 20, 2009