Services

Substance Use Services

Mental Health Services

Job Seeking Skills Training

This service is offered to job seekers and it involves preparing them to apply, interview, and secure a job. Services are individualized based on the overall person's job search knowledge. The team of Career Specialists teaches interviewing skills, assists in developing strategies to discuss potentially challenging issues such as legal history, need for accommodations, conducts mock interviews, and provides recommendations on dress, grooming, and interpersonal skills.

Intensive Training

These services are offered to participants in the Supported Employment program and consist of intensive, hands-on training services tailored to the individual's specific job. This one-on-one job skills training has the goal of assisting the person adjust to the new work environment and achieve expected level of performance in a community setting.

Integrated Care

IKRON Seattle operates a PACT team, which services the Eastside and North Seattle Communities of King County. The PACT team provides intensive, multidisciplinary behavioral health services which offers individualized support in the community to individuals with serious mental health conditions and high service needs, many of whom often have challenges with traditional outpatient services. PACT assists individuals in reaching their mental health goals with multiple outreaches per week, and all PACT services are tailored to each individual's unique needs. PACT teams are made up of a variety of service providers, including licensed mental health counselors, substance use counselors, peer support specialists, case managers, registered nurses, and prescribers. The team also offers an array of behavioral health treatment options including evidence-based psychotherapies and supportive counseling, medication management, nursing and healthcare coordination, peer support, crisis intervention, and treatment for co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions.

Vocational Services

Relapse Prevention

This is an ongoing treatment plan for participants in recovery who need support in maintaining sobriety, or who may be stepping down from IOP services. Clients attend group at least once a week and meet monthly with their assigned SUD clinician. Groups utilize CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing to assist clients in building coping strategies to manage triggers and prevent relapse. This group is often for participants to join anytime throughout the year. Relapse Prevention groups are currently offered via telehealth over Zoom. Please enquire about days and times.

Job Development

Job Development services assist individuals in obtaining employment. Job search focuses on each individual’s needs. Qualified staff work collaboratively with the individuals looking for a job to identify needs, expectations, interests, abilities, and other social, environmental, and psychological factors that may impact the person’s vocational outcomes. Duration of services is determined based on individuals’ needs and abilities. Comprehensive reports regarding progress toward goal are provided monthly.

Job Retention

These services are focused on each participant's individual needs. Some of the job retention services involve follow-up visits to the job site or meeting with the consumer off-site to address work related issues and to ensure work satisfaction and job maintenance.

We believe that everyone can lead a more meaningful life in the community through employment.  Our vocational services are meant to assist a person’s recovery, well-being, and independence. IKRON's caring and compassionate career specialists use a person-centered approach to services, taking into consideration the individuals’ preferences and interests when planning for services. Contact us HERE to schedule a Meet and Greet session with our staff.

Our collaboration with employers and community partners is vital to our participants' success. We partner with large and small business, high schools, local colleges, and career centers to provide the highest levels of quality in service delivery.  

Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

This is an ongoing treatment program offered for those who are contemplating recovery or have recently decided to stop using alcohol or substances, or who may be stepping down from inpatient care. Clients attend groups at least three times weekly and meet at least monthly with their assigned SUD clinician. Groups utilize CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, and psychoeducation to help clients build skills for a foundation of recovery. This is an open group and participants may join at any time during the year. IOP groups are currently offered via telehealth over Zoom. Please inquire about days and times.

We offer a continuum of services meant to support participants with successful integration in the community through employment. For more information regarding services offered at IKRON Greater Seattle, please contact us HERE.

Court-ordered Services

IKRON works with local municipal courts, probation offices, and the Department of Corrections to offer treatment to who are mandated to receive substance use and/or mental health services.

Vocational Evaluations

Comprehensive and brief Vocational Evaluations utilize a variety of work interests, and cognitive and academic standardized testing instruments to identify realistic career options and work abilities. Labor market analysis, educational, and training requirements are included in the career profiles that result from the Vocational Evaluation process.

Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment

IKRON's goal is to provide holistic care to the individuals enrolled in our services , focusing on client needs and harm reduction. We are working to address the opioid use crisis in our community by providing medication for opioid use disorder services (MOUD) through suboxone prescription and ongoing medication monitoring at IKRON. These services are provided by qualified prescribers and are available to any client enrolled and active in behavioral health services at IKRON who is struggling with opioid use.

Assessment Services

Comprehensive psycho-social assessments are conducted by licensed mental health clinicians to identify emotional and behavioral concerns, barriers, interpersonal skills, and other mental health symptoms. Information is used in treatment planning, setting goals and continued counseling sessions during participation in mental health services.

Community Based Assessments 

Community Based Assessments give the participant the opportunity to try out different jobs in the community, in a real employment setting for brief periods of time. Informational interviews and direct exposure to employers' expectations and labor market needs are included in this process. During this time, the IKRON career specialists work together with the participant on identifying strengths, barriers, challenges, work preferences, and accommodations needed for successful long-term employment. The result of the assessment is a realistic, well-thought-out plan of employment that includes recommendations for successful job maintenance. Community work sites are developed based on our participants' work interests, and may involve paid work in a competitive environment. 

Group Counseling Services

Depression, isolation, lack of social support, and difficulties with peers or family can be debilitating. The counseling groups offered at IKRON Greater Seattle offer a solid foundation for a person's overall chance for success by addressing a variety of needs, such as Grief and Loss, DBT Skills, Communication Skills and Anger Management, and Peer Support and Recovery. Group topics and scheduled times may vary by office location.

Individual Counseling Services

While many individuals find group services healing and positive, one-on-one care through Individual Counseling is geared towards those who need a more individualized approach to address emotional and mental health barriers. Provided by agency affiliated counselors and licensed mental health counselors and counselor associates, individual counseling services deal with issues of depression, anxiety, trauma, stress related disorders, self-esteem, identity problems, and other emotional, behavioral, and social impairments. Short-term, brief, solution-focused counseling, and long-term, extensive therapy services are available, depending on the individual's presenting needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Interventions, Trauma Informed Care, and Motivational Interviewing are some of the evidenced based approaches used in treatment.

Case Management

We can provide assistance with navigating through various social services systems including: signing up for health insurance, assisting clients seeking stable housing, applying for EBT, or identifying other resources or benefits. 

Medication Management

IKRON provides psychiatric medication management for those participants seeking assistance with their medication needs. These services include lab confirmations and monitoring of vital signs by a psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioner.

Additional Services

• Care Coordination
• Peer Support