Mental Health - Adult Community Services
APPROVED HOMES Phone: (306)691-6487 455 Fairford St E Approved Homes represent the residential component of the range of services offered for the Rehabilitation Client of Mental Health and Addiction Services. | • Acute Community Mental Health Home Care |
- Case managers (Community Mental Health Nurses) develop community support plans that include, but are not restricted to, coordination of supports for clients needing residential placements.
- The goal of the Approved Home Program is to provide family living in a safe home that offers adequate space and meets health and fire requirements. Private operators are responsible for helping with emotional support, supervision, and legal trusteeship.
- Nutritious food, medication management, self help, skill teaching and encouragements represent important aspects of the approved home.
- There are 50 approved home spaces in Moose Jaw. A social worker is responsible for overseeing the licensing requirements of each home in addition to assessing personal suitability of the operator.
Access
Most clients in approved homes have severe mental illness or a disorder that has remained active for at least one year and often several years.
This program serves rehabilitation clients whose support services are coordinated by a Community Mental Health Nurse. Placement or separation in an approved home occurs under the direction of the Residential Coordinator in consultation with the case manager and the client’s psychiatrist.
Discharge/Transfer or Completion
Clients who require approved home placements frequently require placement on a long term basis. On occasion the client may transfer from one approved home setting to another, with the support and direction of the Community Mental Health Nurse.
Movement to and from approved homes is closely monitored by the Community Mental Health Nurses and the Residential Coordinator.
Approved home operators have the right to decide who will live in their home and under what conditions; however, potential residents often do not fit the ideal model and compromises and trial periods are sometimes necessary on both sides.
Other Information
The information provided is from Mental Health Approved Home Program Operator Manual, Community Care Branch, Saskatchewan Health. Detailed information on the program is provided in this handbook.