Mental Health Community Rehabilitation
The Rehabilitation Team supports people with complex mental health difficulties to achieve their goals and gain the skills and confidence to live as independently as possible.
Communities that Care
The Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team helps those with complex mental health needs work toward independent living and achieving their goals. Established in April 2023 as part of NHS Somerset’s mental health transformation, the service mainly operates in the community to help avoid hospital admissions.
Holistic vision
The service provides longer-term, holistic support to support people with daily living activities including physical health and support to find housing.
Working together, a team of dedicated multidisciplinary professionals walk alongside people at their most vulnerable. Our multi disciplinary team consists of a Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapist, and Rehabilitation and Wellbeing Workers.
Community Rehab is a shining example of what true collaboration can achieve. Bringing together diverse expertise to deliver compassionate, person-centred care. There is real strength in working together, and it’s that unity that drives meaningful change in the lives of those we support.
Strong partnerships
The service is linked with key services across the county including Open Mental Health, the Recovery College, and partner groups outside the NHS (housing and voluntary sector).
From its inception, the service has been designed and shaped with the support of people with direct lived experience of living with long-term mental health difficulties.
Referrals
Referrals and transfers to the service come from Somerset Foundation Trust’s teams only for the time being.
Referrals will be made electronically from a person’s current care team.
Should you feel that you or someone you care for would benefit from this service then we encourage you to discuss this with your family and/or your keyworker who will be able to make a referral on their behalf.
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