R Way’s Day Rehabilitation (The Job Site) Program

About R Way’s Day Rehabilitation (The Job Site) Program

The Job Site is a psychiatric day program that individuals attend Monday through Friday. Skill building is focused on developing community, pre-vocational, social, recreational, and wellness skills. R Way's facilities are accredited and inspected by CARF, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the Nebraska Fire Marshal and the Department of Agriculture. The desired outcome of the Day Rehabilitation program is To enhance and maximize the consumer’s ability to function in community settings; To decrease the frequency and duration of hospitalization. Individuals served in this program receive rehabilitation and support services to develop and maximize the skills needed to successfully live in this community. Day Rehabilitation is a facility based program for persons disabled by severe and persistent mental illness. The program shall provide pre-vocational services, planned socialization and skills training, community living skills and daily living skills training, and recreation activities focused on identified rehabilitation needs. Prevocational services include services designed to rehabilitate and develop the general skills and behaviors needed to prepare the consumer to be employed and/or engage in other related substantial gainful activity (the program does not provide assistance in obtaining permanent competitive employment positions for consumers). The program provides consumer skills development for self administration of medication, as well as recognition of signs of relapse and control of symptoms.