Expert Resources
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Mercy Home for Boys & Girls provides expert resources and services for youth in crisis, including clinical programs, a professional care network, and professional development seminars. Master's-level social workers and diagnosticians provide counseling and care in their 14 residential homes. They connect hundreds to social services in the Chicago area through an extensive referral network. Throughout the year, Mercy Home organizes seminars led by experts on issues affecting youth to exchange information and provide the best care possible.
Expert Resources
- 1. Expert Resources Since 1887, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls has been a success-based innovator in youth care. As part of providing solutions for kids in crisis, we unite a host of expert resources. Clinical Experience in Residential Programs From the moment they walk through the front door, youth who enter Mercy Home have access to the expertise of Master’s-level social workers and diagnosticians who work full time in our Admissions program. In addition, each one of our 14 homes has a licensed therapist on staff to provide counseling. Professional Care Network A call to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls can save a child’s life. In addition to providing a port in the storm for 132 young people in our residential programs, we connect hundreds more every year to social service providers throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area. In our continuous professional outreach and interaction with other agencies, we maintain an extensive referral network of social service organizations. The referral network is an online directory that has been created and maintained to assist the social service community. Please visit mercyhome.org/referrals. Leading the Conversation Throughout the year, Mercy Home organizes professional development seminars for area youth care providers. The sessions are led by prominent experts in the social service field. These forums help us lead a public conversation on issues affecting today’s young people. They also allow us to exchange information with our social service colleagues so that more young people in the Chicagoland area receive the best care and support possible.
- 2. Speaker Series 2008 February 13 - Dr. Gary Hill Trauma, Anxiety and PTSD: The Attachment Connection March 11 - Dr. Marc Atkins Links to Learning: A School Based Mental Health Service Model for Urban Children April 17 -Mary Jo Barrett, MSW The delicate energy balance: Compassion Fatigue Caring for Yourself and Others May 13 - Dr. Carl Bell Strategies for the Prevention of Youth Violence in Chicago Public Schools June 11 - Dr. Froma Walsh Strengthening Family Resilience in Multi-stressed Families For more information on upcoming seminars at Mercy Home, visit mercyhome.org/speakerseries 1140 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607 312.378.7560