Residential Treatment Center

Admission to the RTC program is intended to be temporary and reserved for individuals who have been referred by the clinical team. Our short-term goal is to prepare your loved-one for transition into BrightQuest’s Residential/Partial Hospitalization Program Prep. The RTC program also provides short-term residency following a client’s discharge from the hospital or if more intensive support is needed.

Once a resident has demonstration proficiency in time management, self-monitoring, and activities of daily living, the BrightQuest treatment team creates a transition plan tailored to each resident’s individual progress and needs. Transition plans can also be shorter or longer based on the team’s recommendations.

Each day in our RTC level of care is geared toward teaching our residents structure, organization, and consistency, all while balancing relaxation and self-care.

Residents are trained in Money Management, Food Management, Personal Appearance and Hygiene, Physical and Mental Health, House Cleanliness, House Maintenance, Transportation, Emergency and Safety Skills, Interpersonal Skills, and Time Management. Throughout their stay, residents are periodically reassessed and given therapeutic assignments to address their awareness and readiness to complete tasks that fall in these categories.

Residents participate in 2-4 groups per day in addition to BrightQuest programming as designated by their therapist, individual psychotherapy sessions, social activities, house outings, and recovery meetings.

Group topics are determined by current resident need, and may include:

• Assertion Training
• Mindfulness/Yoga
• Movement and Balance
• Emotion Management
• Practical Life Skills
• Meal Planning
• Breaking Old Patterns
• Budgeting
• Time Management

These groups are facilitated by one of our trained clinicians and support staff.

Our staff completes a rigorous training program in compliance with all state and local licensing requirements. All staff are trained in a multitude of areas including food safety, abuse reporting, medication management, emergency and disaster intervention, first aid, and health and safety laws in compliance with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration).

In addition to providing 24/7 care and supervision, our team is responsible for a multitude of duties to ensure the best care and support for each resident. These responsibilities include regular consultation with the RTC Manager and BrightQuest Treatment Team to coordinate care for each resident, overseeing each resident’s medication regimen in coordination with their psychiatrist, supporting residents in practicing healthy spending habits including saving and budgeting, creating incentive plans with the residents to earn rewards, teaching basic house maintenance and cleanliness skills, facilitating groups, and attending outings with the residents.

As our residential treatment homes are a smaller and more intensive version of BrightQuest’s milieu therapy approach, residents and staff in the home are encouraged to work together to problem-solve, hold themselves and each other accountable, and provide feedback when appropriate. An important role of the staff is to model healthy and appropriate ways of interacting with others, problem solving, assertion, and self-care.