Canterbury and Coastal Community Rehabilitation Team
What is Community Rehabilitation?
The Community Rehabilitation Service works alongside clients with more complex mental health needs including psychosis, promoting a positive approach to long-term recovery, through a range of individualised rehabilitation interventions to enable and foster an optimum level of independence.
The Service aims to adopt a collaborative multi-agency approach to rehabilitation which may include depending on needs, some medical and psychological interventions, nursing and occupational therapy input, as well as access to peer support and social care. Rehabilitation offered is based on identified needs, planning and in agreement with clients. All clients open to the service will have regular reviews regarding their current needs and this will include a review of the rehabilitation offer.
Individuals accessing community rehabilitation are offered a minimum of one meaningful face to face contact per week, with more frequent contact if this is identified as a need. This includes working with clients in their own homes as well as in their local communities depending on the agreed plan for rehabilitation interventions.
These interventions can include:
- Developing daily living skills to look after self and home
- Establishing routines and meaningful activities
- Managing prescribed medications and any side effects
- Preventing relapse, identifying triggers
- Engaging in support networks and building relationships
- Meaningful integration in local community
- Managing physical health and wellbeing
We welcome referrals from secondary mental health services.