SHCMHC Rock View celebrates their one-year anniversary
ROCK VIEW, WV (WVNS) – One local organization celebrated their one-year anniversary in a new location.
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center (SHCMHC) in Rock View celebrated their first anniversary on Friday, June 21, 2024.
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SHCMHC has multiple locations around Southern West Virginia. The Rock View location is the newest.
Community members and SHCMHC employees gathered to celebrate and answer questions about services offered at the center.
Jennifer Walls, Clinical Administrator for SHCMHC Rock View, said there are a few centers around Southern West Virginia and the Rock View center needed to be included.
“Our CEO, Lisa Jones, I’m sure she did her homework. She saw that there was a need in this area. We provide so many services. Transportation and you know that some people don’t have transportation that is needed in recovery. It’s affected their life, unfortunately. We provide so many resourced available to our consumers here,” said Walls.
59News also had the chance to hear the story of one man who struggled with substance use disorder and now works for SHCMHC in Mullens.
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Brian Akers told 59News that he found a home at SHCMHC. He said you never know where you may end up.
“My whole childhood I thought I would be a teacher or coach or something. I actually went to school to be a pharmacist back in 90s. Then, my addiction took over. Now, I am a Social Worker and I have children that are teenagers and I tell them all the time, ‘before you try to pick what you want to do for the rest of your life, you have no idea. At 15 I would not have listed social worker in the top hundred, but now I love my job,” said Akers to 59News.
SHCMHC Rock View offers substance abuse treatment, children’s mental health treatment, crisis intervention, and much more to the community.
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