Rehabilitation services

Experiencing a mental illness does not mean the end of living a full and meaningful life. Our rehabilitation services strive to deliver a wide and varied range of treatments and care with a primary focus on social inclusion and recovery.

The rehabilitation teams aim to provide services that will help you feel that, with support, you can work out coping strategies to deal with any difficulties and gain a sense of control over your life.

Rehabilitation is achieved with support from our Occupational Therapy staff, who adopt a holistic and problem-solving approach to your recovery. This involves using activities as a therapy to help you gain the ability to develop to the highest level of independence.

Where are your rehabilitation services located?

Our rehabilitation services are based on our Kingsway Hospital site in Derby, at Cherry Tree Close. We are also developing a community service.

Cherry Tree Close provides assessment, care and treatment to 23 people. The accommodation consists of five single-sex, self-contained bungalows for either four or five people. The bungalows are located in an open, relaxed, tree-lined environment. An administration office is located in the centre of the close.

The team at Cherry Tree come from a range of professional backgrounds and provide high-quality, person-centred care. They use a well-researched recovery model. They support and encourage individuals to explore the concept of recovery and hope, to find meaning within their ‘illness’, and to live well in spite of any symptoms. The team work hard to respond quickly and effectively to the different needs of each service user referred to them.

Who can be referred to Cherry Tree Close?

A health professional may decide to refer an individual to Cherry Tree Close if:

They are aged 18 and above
They have been diagnosed with a severe and enduring mental illness with ongoing symptoms
As a result of mental illness, they have a moderate to severe functional impairment that interferes with or limits role performance relative to their ethnic or cultural identity in at least one of the following domains: education, social, vocational, self-maintenance
They have a history of relapse and repeated admissions to acute psychiatric care
Their rehabilitation or recovery needs cannot be reasonably met as an outpatient in the community setting or at a lower level of care
They have the cognitive and emotional capacity to manage for periods of time without continued directive supervision or observation in an open homely environment without putting themselves or others at immediate risk
They choose to participate in a rehabilitation recovery programme and choose to live at Cherry Tree Close (this includes persons detained under the Mental Health Act)
They are expected to make sufficient recovery within 24-36 months to be cared for within existing community resources
The supportive and therapeutic services offered at Cherry Tree Close may reasonably be expected to prevent the need for a more intensive level of support or supervision in the future
They have an identified care coordinator.

Find out more about the care provided at Cherry Tree Close and how to get there.