Trevayler - Derby

Trevayler is a residential rehabilitation project offering accommodation and 24 hour care for individuals from the ages of 18-65 recovering from mental health problems. The challenge to Trevayler's service users comprises the acquisition and development of the necessary skills and knowledge to provide a firm basis for successful living within their community. The house is a large Victorian building surrounded by spacious gardens situated approximately one mile from the centre of Derby. Each service user has their own fully furnished room, equipped with wash hand basins.

The final stage of the rehabilitation process is the move to the detached cluster house, set in the gardens of Trevayler, which provides a short term experience of more independent living for 5 service users prior to moving on from Trevayler. In total Trevayler caters for 23 service users over a short to medium term duration.

Trevayler is a therapeutic community. Every service user plays an important part in the decision making process within the house and contributes fully to the life of the community. All service users are supported and encouraged to develop their daily living skills by participation in collective domestic activities as well as being responsible for their personal hygiene and keeping their rooms clean and tidy. All service users are expected to fulfil these responsibilities to the best of their ability.

Trevayler seeks to create a balance providing group work within the project and, where possible, service users are involved in external groups enabling ongoing links outside the project. Some examples of the groups are gardening, discussion, sports/fitness, menu planning, reading and welfare along with meetings specific to the semi-independent annex and the cluster house.

Trevayler works closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the work we are doing compliments the work of other professionals. In order to work towards rehabilitation, individual care programmes based on achievable goals are developed for each service user.

Trevayler's success can be measured by the large number of service users who move on to live with greater independence.

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