The mission of Wasatch Mental Health is to provide comprehensive behavioral health care services with professional excellence, to improve, enhance and positively impact the well being, recovery and quality of life of individuals who experience mental illness or behavioral disabilities. Wasatch Mental Health will also provide community education and information services to combat ignorance and stigma associated with mental illness, and promote and champion awareness of the reality, commonality and effectiveness of treatment for these disorders.

VALUES AND BELIEFS

We believe:

1. In the efficacy of Treatment and the reality of recovery; that all individuals have the capacity for improvement.

2. In Client Centered Services which are Individualized, Flexible and Comprehensive; that all individuals receive the best and most appropriate services possible regardless of race, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, life-style, social or economic status, and that all people have a right to be treated kindly, with dignity, respect, cultural sensitivity and confidentiality.

3. In Family Focused/Community-Based Services, provided in the least restrictive environment.

4. In Readily Accessible Services, assuring immediacy for crisis intervention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

5. In broad based Community Input and Citizen Participation to receive feedback and recommendations to continually improve services.

6. In the importance of Financial Viability and Integrity to assure cost effectiveness and public accountability.

7. In Outcome-Based Services as determined by ongoing assessments, research and evaluation, consumer satisfaction and goal achievement.

8. In Continuous Quality Improvement, and ongoing education and training to assure best practice and adaptation to state of the art sciences.

9. In A Client’s Right to be empowered in his or her own care and treatment, when appropriate, and to actively promote and advocate for clients rights.

10. In the importance of Case Collaboration and Allied Agency Cooperation, to assure effective and proper continuity of care.

11. In the ongoing pursuit of funding to cover costs of Care for Those Most in Need of services and who are without the ability to pay.

12. That the staff and services of Wasatch Mental Health will make a measurable and Positive Difference in the lives of its clients and their families.