1011 Old Salem Road
Suite 102
Greensburg, PA 15601-1034
Phone: (724) 832-7601 (voice/tty)
Fax: (724) 832-7602
1945 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-5543
Phone: (412) 281-1375 (voice/tty)
Fax: (412) 281-6564
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NEWS Please keep checking here for news about the Center for Hearing & Deaf Services!
ASL Classes
Check off one New Year's resolution - learn something new!
Want to learn how to communicate in sign language with your deaf friends, co-workers, patients, clients... at least the basics? Then this is the place to start! We'll give you 10 weeks of the basic signs you'll need to get started to be able to communicate in American Sign Language. Click on the form below, fill it out, and return it with your payment to reserve your seat in the class. Class maximum is 10 students, so first come, first serve!
Basic ASL Class (Pittsburgh) - Information & Registration Form
ASL Beginning I & II (Westmoreland) - Information & Registration Form
Fire Safety Class - Free flashing smoke detector
This class tends to fill up fast, so be sure to RSVP by March 13, to reserve your seat... and your FREE Gentex flashing smoke detector (one per family).
Get your taxes done for free!
The Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc (HDS) is now offering FREE tax preparation for households with income up to $58,000 by an IRS certified VITA Volunteer who is Deaf.
This service is sponsored in part by United Way of Allegheny County, United Way of America, and Walmart Foundation.
Appointments available Wednesday evenings & Saturday mornings.
Please call 412-281-1375 (V/TTY), 866-434-7717 VP, or email info@hdscenter.org to schedule your appointment.
Now Hiring - Team Leader/Mobile Mental Health Therapist
Full Time 11/20/09
Team Leader/Mobile Mental Health Therapist
Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. 5th Avenue Downtown
Monday - Friday 37.5 hours per week
Master's Degree in Human Services AND 1 year of paid experience working with deaf population. American Sign Language fluency REQUIRED. Requires Act 33/34 Clearances, valid PA driver's license and access to a vehicle.
Oversight of the OP component at HDS including clinical supervision of all the OP services. Coordination of community outreach activities (including networking and marketing of available services to the community at large), service coordination as well as ancillary services such as OVR, housing and peer support services. Maintain strong working relationships with internal (MBH and HDS) and external partners and resources. In addition, the Team Leader/Mobile MH therapist will provide community-based mobile mental health individual and group psychotherapy to an adult behavioral health population that includes mental health disorders with the deaf, hard of hearing, and/or deaf/blind population. The Team Leader/Therapist is responsible to evaluate, plan and provide clinical services across the continuum of care within the community in a variety of settings. The Team Leader/Therapist will also provide oversight of clinical documentation and charting at HDS according to Federal, State, County and Organizational polices and procedures. The Team Leader/Mobile MH Therapist will coordinate Treatment Team meetings including collaboration with psychiatric and other organization staff.
For questions, please contact Karen Tarasenkov at KTarasenkov@mercybh.org or to complete an application on-line, go to www.pmhs.org.
Groups Offered at HDS through Mercy Behavioral Health
Check out the Behavioral Health Service webpage for more information about different groups that will be meeting at HDS.
Wednesday beginning Feb 17, 2010 - Support Group for Parents of Deaf Children
Thursdays beginning Jan 7, 2010 - Co-Occurring Mental Health & Substance Use Group
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Brochures
The Center for Hearing & Deaf Services has brochures available for each program and service available at the Pittsburgh and Westmoreland location. Please take a moment to look at all the different programs and services we offer.
Assistive Device Demonstration & Sales Center Brochure Behavioral Health Services Brochure Interpreting Service Program Brochure
If you would like to display these brochures in your office, organization, club, school, or anywhere else, please contact Jessica Knoche at jknoche@hdscenter.org and she will be happy to help with the arrangements.
Come See What's Been Added!
* Color brochures that clearly explain each program and service HDS offers. * HDS color logos on all building doors for clearer identification. * New sign on outside of building that now reads "Hearing & Deaf Services"! * State of the art new wall in back parking lot. Each block weighs approximately 2500 pounds! * Video Phone booth in the lobby for the public to use free of charge.
Come check out all the additions to the building. You're welcome at any time and we hope to see you soon!
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