Transitional Support Service for Persons in Mental Recovery

Description

Transitional Support Service for Persons in Mental Recovery aims to provide a stop-gap, timely and enhanced transitional support for the target service users with genuine and specific needs through setting up cluster-based multi-disciplinary outreaching service teams with medical-social collaboration to facilitate their smooth transition into halfway house (HWH) service or reintegration into the community by providing them an alternative structured multi-disciplinary intervention according to their individual needs and circumstances amid their recovery pathway.

Target Service Users

The target service users are persons in mental recovery who are waitlisting for places in HWHs including HWHs with special provision under Central Referral System for Rehabilitation Services (CRSRehab) of Social Welfare Department.

Scope of Services

TSS for PMRs provides the following services - 

• Outreaching services
• Casework counselling
• Personalised recovery training plan
• Peer support services
• Therapeutic groups/linkage activities
• Support services to the family members or carers
• Bridging / support services to HWH living or community living
• Service referrals to other community support or rehabilitation service units

Application Procedures

Referrals can be made to the service operators through - 

(a) Self-application from the target service users or their family members/carers; or

(b) Referrals through medical practitioners, social workers and other service units.

Fees and Charges

Free.

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