Program Sites

6th-12th grades

• Butte CARES is a case management program serving individuals across Butte County who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness....

The MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) program can offer a productive and rewarding environment for social work practicum students to help develop professional competencies within a school setting. The program provides opportunities that prepare students for culturally responsive and equity-driven social...

'Provides services to children of Butte County who have been, or are at risk of becoming victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation.'

Interns will be trained on agency protocol, and will be assigned to Social Workers to shadow.  Interns will be exposed to as many different types of caseloads, including investigations,...

Adult Outpatient Centers provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to individuals requiring mental health or dual diagnosis treatment. The outpatient treatment team consists of trained professionals including psychiatrists, licensed therapists, psychiatric technicians, counselors, and support staff. Focus areas...

Crisis Response Team: The Crisis Response Team provides services to individuals in Butte County who are experiencing mental health crisis events, regardless of insurance status and age, to determine appropriate level of care to maintain consumer and community safety.  

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Provides assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to individuals requiring mental health or dual diagnosis treatment in order to support the reduction of recidivism and transition back into the community from incarceration.  These services include: individual and group counseling, Wellness Recovery Action Plan...

Youth Outpatient Centers provide treatment and care for behavioral and emotional needs of children, transition age youth (TAY), and families. The services include mental health assessment, group and individual therapy, family therapy, case management, and skill building. If indicated, psychiatric evaluation...

The Psychiatric Health Facility is a 16-bed, 24-hour acute non-medical facility. The facility provides a safe environment for voluntary and involuntary clients needing acute care for mental illness to receive support and treatment.

Services:
- Evaluation and stabilization of acute psychiatric crisis
- 24-...

Support, Engagement, Advocacy, Recovery, Consumer Housing (SEARCH) provides intensive services to individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness due to a severe and persistent mental illness. In addition to receiving mental health services, individuals are linked to the Housing Authority of Butte...

Butte County Library

The learning opportunities will include, but not limited to: 1. Develop and implement expanded outreach services to senior living communities and underserved rural areas such as Gridley, Biggs, Durham, Paradise, and Oroville through individualized technology assistance, digital literacy education, and community-based engagement opportunities. 2. Explore grant-writing opportunities and community partnerships to expand access to loaner devices such as Chromebooks and WiFi hotspots for community members lacking reliable technology access. 3. Strengthen collaboration and referral pathways between the library and local community organizations, social service providers, and technology access programs such as Computers for Classrooms. 4. Develop community-based events and group activities that foster social connection, peer engagement, and education around issues impacting library patrons, including digital safety, scam prevention, accessibility, and healthy technology use. 5. Begin exploring and developing a long-term framework for integrating social work-informed services or future social work positions within the Butte County Library system. 6. Increase visibility and programming within smaller and underserved library branches through outreach campaigns, workshops, presentations, and collaboration with local organizations. Skills will include: communication, listening, community engagement, outreach and advocacy, relationship-building, cultural humility, and reducing service disparities in rural communities. Other skills to include: grant research and development, program planning, advocacy for equitable access, community needs assessment, systems-level problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, resource coordination, community networking, systems navigation, and interagency communication. We will also offer opportunities to help group skills around group facilitation, psychoeducation, and community engagement.

The Butte County Probation Department is committed to enhancing public safety through rehabilitation and accountability. The probation department's decisions influence public safety since we recommend which offenders will be released back to their communities. Probation serves as the "eyes and ears of the local court". The...