** About Hawthorn Center **
Hawthorn Center, located in Northville, Michigan, provides intensive inpatient psychiatric services to children and adolescents. At present, Hawthorn Center has capacity for 118 patients. An agency of the Michigan Department of Community Health, Hawthorn Center has been one of the Midwest's finest psychiatric treatment facilities for children for over forty years. More than 30,000 children and their families have received services since the hospital opened in 1956.
Hawthorn Center is also an important training site for child psychiatric residents, psychology interns, students in social work, special education, and nursing.
** Hawthorn Center Mission, Vision and Values **
** Mission **
The mission of Hawthorn Center is to provide high quality inpatient mental health services to emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
** Vision **
Hawthorn Center will be an outstanding psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents. Our services will be accessible, efficient, and effective. Our outcomes will result in high customer satisfaction. We will continuously strive to strengthen our programs and to respond to the changing needs of our service community. We will support development of all staff to their fullest potential, and we will contribute to the future of mental health through training of mental health practitioners and active participation in mental health research. Hawthorn Center and its staff will reflect the highest tradition of public service
** Values **
We believe that growth and development is best achieved through an individualized approach based on the unique strengths, desires, and needs of each child and family. We believe in provision of care and treatment by a strong interdisciplinary team open to new ideas and flexible in delivery of service. We are committed to working collaboratively with other community agencies on behalf of our mutual clients.
