1153 OAK ST SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117 Get Directions
1153 OAK ST SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117 Get Directions
About Us
Westside Community Services has been providing an array of community-based prevention, mental health, substance abuse, and social services to clients in the City and County of San Francisco for 40 years. Incorporated in 1967, Westside is one of the oldest community-based mental health agencies in the nation. The range of programs and services has varied over the years, while a commitment to providing excellent, high-quality, culturally and community appropriate programs has remained central to the core of the organization.
OUR MISSION
The mission of Westside Community Services is to provide high quality, family-centered, culturally competent behavioral health and human services.
OUR VALUES
Westside aims to provide a range of high-quality programs and services that are culturally competent and community-based. We serve clients with diverse ethnic, cultural, economic and social backgrounds through programs and services that provide advocacy, outreach, in-home support, prevention, therapeutic interventions, care coordination, medication monitoring and health screening, crisis assessment, and intervention. We value being accountable, professional, respectful, clinically competent, and client-focused. Westside also values youth involvement in the development of the organization’s policies and programs.
TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY
Cultural competence of the communities it serves is central to Westside’s treatment philosophy. Through cultural knowledge and awareness, Westside is able to develop and deliver effective treatment that is tailored to meet the needs of the individual and his/her family. The therapeutic strategies employed in treatment are strengths-based and focus on harm reduction as a positive path towards recovery. Clients are involved in every aspect of their treatment, which is based on their own self-identified needs and goals, allowing them to define their own success. Westside embraces family-focused treatment and values the power of the family unit as a source of strength during treatment. The Westside staff works to empower clients and their families to work together towards their goals of recovery and helps to create a community support network to make successful treatment possible.
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