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If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis or is considering suicide, help is available. Reach out to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988 or contact Crisis Text Line by texting PA to 741741.
HeadsUp does not offer clinical services.
First Episode Psychosis (FEP) care in Pennsylvania is exciting and dynamic work! If you are interested in joining one of our PA FEP teams, please check out our open positions below:
HOPE, Luzerne and Wyoming Counties – Children’s Service Center
335 South Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
HOPE, Pike and Wayne Counties – Children’s Service Center
840 Main Street
Honesdale, PA 18431
On My Way, Delaware County – Child and Family Focus, Inc.
450 Parkway Drive, Suite #208
Broomall, PA 19008
On My Way, Lehigh, Northampton, and Upper Bucks Counties – Child and Family Focus, Inc.
2015 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18104
Safe Harbor, Early Onset Recovery Program – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
1330 West 26th Street
Erie, PA 16508
If you have an employment opportunity at one of our PA FEP Centers to share, please click here.
To share PA FEP Center staffing updates, please click here.
Penn Psychosis Evaluation and Recovery Center (PERC)
“The Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) is credential for individuals with personal, lived experience in their own recovery. Peer support services are an important component in recovery-oriented systems of care. By offering insight into the recovery process based on their own experience, peer specialists are able to provide a unique perspective to those with similar experiences.”
Read More +“As a CPS, an individual accepts and agrees that their experience as a person in recovery will be known by their colleagues, persons served, and others with whom they may share that they have achieved this credential. The role of the CPS reflects a collaborative and strength-based approach. Services provided by the CPS are a critical component of the continuum of care services that will substantially improve an individual’s ability to sustain recovery and wellness. The Certified Peer Specialist credential is for persons with serious mental health or cooccurring (mental health & substance use disorder) lived experience.”
LEARN MORE: Becoming a Certified Peer Specialist
Resources for becoming a CPS:
Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition
The SAMHSA Behavioral Health Career Navigator is a tool for those interested in a job or career in the fields of mental health and substance use. There are many options to start and grow a behavioral health career–all with varying requirements for entry and maintenance, which often vary by state. This guide can help you understand the basic requirements to enter the field in each state. You can also click here to learn more about each role.
If you or someone you know is experiencing psychosis, here’s how to reach out. HeadsUp does not offer clinical services or emergency care.
Call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988) or contact Crisis Text Line by texting PA to 741741.
Catherine (Cat) Conroy, M.Ed, Manager of HeadsUp
Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section, Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
10th floor, Gates Pavilion, HUP
3400 Spruce Street, Rm. 10054, Philadelphia, PA 19104
headsuppaorg@gmail.com
We are available during standard business hours (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm) to answer any questions you may have about our organization or to direct you to programs in Pennsylvania that can offer clinical help.