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The Community Rehabilitation Service is a supported living service for adults aged 18-65 who have mental health needs.
- Service Type: Specialist
- Service Contact: slm-tr.complexcarespa@nhs.net
- Service Category: Community
About our care
Our community rehabilitation service works with adults who have mental health needs, aged 18-65, from the boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
The service offers specialist intensive rehabilitation within a community setting for a period of up to nine months to support people who require more enhanced intervention than that offered by commissioned community services.
People are offered regular support by Bridge Support Workers and the integrated clinical team to identify and achieve their personal recovery objectives, whatever they may be. We help people to create a plan and to take small steps to be as independent as possible.
The service has support staff on-site for 24-hours a day and people are supported to be as active and engaged as they want, both at home and in the community.
Who delivers it?
Bridge Support is a voluntary and community service, with lots of experience delivering supported living and community services to people with mental health needs. Bridge Support works closely with a dedicated clinical team provided by South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. The clinical team includes an occupational therapist, psychologist, and psychiatrist, complimented by a specialist substance misuse/dual diagnosis worker.
Our team of mental health support workers and expert clinicians work closely with service users to provide the support needed to live more independently in the community.
Where is the service?
People supported by our team will be supported in two properties located in Kingston. One six bed property located in KT3 and one six bed property in KT4, an eight-minute drive between properties. Both properties are located close to local amenities and near to train/bus services.
Who is this service for?
The service is only open to service users supported by SWLSTG, serving the boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
The service is for people with severe mental illness, with a primary mental health need (high and complex needs), and dual health needs, between the age of 18-65, assessed to require intensive and integrated rehabilitation in the community. Dual needs may include, without limitation:
- Substance misuse
- Complex Emotional Needs
- Mild learning disability
- Challenging behaviour
- Physical disabilities and additional health needs (where these can be safely met)
- Autistic spectrum conditions
It is suitable for people:
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Who previously would have been considered for inpatient rehabilitation but do not need to be in an inpatient setting.
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Who are currently in an NHS or private inpatient rehabilitation setting who could complete their rehabilitation journey in the community.
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Who are currently in an acute setting, ready to be discharged but who require a higher level of supported accommodation with intensive clinical support than is currently available.
Referrals and access
Referrals can be made by a professional within the team responsible for a person’s care. Individuals referred will typically be an inpatient on an acute ward or within an inpatient rehabilitation setting.
People can be referred through the SLP Complex Care Single Point of Access (SPA) which can be contacted via slm-tr.complexcarespa@nhs.net
The following referral form will then need to be completed: Community Rehabilitation Service - Referral form [docx] 348KB
More information for clinicians and referrers can be found in the following leaflet:
Community Rehabilitation Service - Information for clinicians [pdf] 339KB
Patient information
For more information, please see the following leaflet:
Community Rehabilitation Service - Information for service users and carers.pdf [pdf] 234KB
