Mental health programs
Goals are unique to each individual woman, in areas including: • Improving mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. • Developing and maintaining independent living skills, self-esteem and capacity for personal decision making. • Securing long-term independent housing and capacity to successfully • Participating in social and community-based activities. The Recovery Program provides women with an environment to regain the essential need of safety and security, and the opportunity to flourish in areas they identify are important to them. The program supports the empowerment of its residents by providing women the opportunity to regularly participate in client-led consultations, and to share their recovery journey in Catherine House publications as part of the education and awareness-raising advocacy work done by the organisation. maintain a housing tenancy. • Education and employment opportunities.
Client advocacy plays an essential role in supporting women at the Recovery Program. Case workers work to break down systemic barriers commonly experienced by women living with mental health diagnoses and advocate on behalf of women to gain access to vital services to improve their wellbeing in a range of areas. Women are also supported to develop their capacity to self-advocate, in turn increasing their independence and self-agency towards more positive long-term life outcomes. The Recovery Program continues to strengthen collaborative relationships with a range of external organisations and agencies to ensure women have access to essential services and supports. The Recovery Program is a key part of many successful client outcomes and achievements. Some recovery goals we have supported include: • Developing healthy boundary setting skills to improve interpersonal relationships and self-worth. • Travelling interstate to visit and reconnect with family. • Completing a range of educational and personal development courses. • Reunification with children.
The Recovery Program provides women with an environment to regain the essential need of safety and security, and the opportunity to flourish in areas they identify are important to them.
Recovery Program Our Recovery Program is a unique service that provides individualised support and medium-term transitional accommodation for women experiencing homelessness, or unsustainable housing, who are living with a diagnosed mental health illness and complex needs. The Recovery Program provides 24/7 support to up to 12 women at a time, in a congregate residential setting for seven women, with five additional single, independent living cottages. Each woman at the Recovery Program is allocated a case worker who implements person-centred, trauma- informed practice principles. Case workers work alongside women to identify their recovery-based goals.
• Living a life free from alcohol and substances. • Securing voluntary and paid employment.
• Engaging in trauma counselling and other therapies to develop strategies to manage and improve mental health. In the last 12 months, the Recovery Program provided supported accommodation to 20 women, and 11 women received outreach support. Five women exited the program, with all five exiting into stable, secure housing.
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