OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVE

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With the promise of providing quality programming to meet the needs of the youth served, HHYS operates group homes and transition living services for the youth entrusted to our care.  Youth are court ordered through dependency or delinquency court to receive therapeutic services as required for a successful return to the community.  

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In working to achieve the fundamental goals of community protection, offender accountability, and competency development, Hermitage House will address the core components of competency development as indicated by research to aid youth in being successful in school, work and life and decreasing continued involvement with the juvenile justice system.  These include a range of Pro-Social Skills, Moral Reasoning Skills, Academic Skills, Workforce Development Skills, and Independent Living Skills.  In addressing these core components we utilize proven practices and evidence based programs that employ written curriculum, short term but goal oriented, use process group components as well as individual counseling, and can include pre and post- test measures to assure outcomes. As part of the daily milieu, youth workers address the competencies in the areas of chores, interactions with peers and staff, independent living skills, response to redirection, group activity interactions, and behavior/academics in school. 

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Along with the teaching of competencies, we address the areas of Restorative Justice, Victim Awareness, Community Safety, and Accountability in individual and group format.  Evidence based and promising practices will be utilized in treatment of presenting problems as well as the criminogenic factors of personality/behavior, attitudes/orientation, peer relations, family circumstances, substance abuse, education/employment and use of leisure time will be targeted on an individual basis as needed for clients.  The Youth Level of Service will be utilized to guide treatment planning for those delinquent youth.