Supported housing

Our aim is to provide single supported housing to ensure a successful tenancy for those that have suffered mental illness. Our housing services embrace recovery approaches for mental health and wellbeing; a holistic, enabling, person centred approach to mental distress, disadvantage and social exclusion.

Please note that none of our supported housing projects are open for self-referral.

Ipswich

Montrose House

Montrose House is an award-winning residential care home for 10 residents with long term mental health needs. It has been rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and in 2017 it won Care Service of the Year, Motivational Leadership and was highly commended in food and catering. The Service is registered with CQC and is funded through pooled fund of Health and social care. More details on the CQC website.

The Service

The service is aimed towards residents aged 50+ and provides 24 hour care and support tailored to the needs of the individual. The experienced staff team are able to offer support with personal care (washing/dressing) and medication. Meals are provided with residents encouraged to help themselves to drinks, snacks and light meals to maintain their independence. Staff work closely with the local mental health teams, GP surgery and other health professionals to ensure residents emotional and physical needs are met.

Suffolk Care Awards Winner 2023 – Health & Wellbeing Award

The Property

The service provides a single bedroom; two bedrooms have en-suite facilities and others have shared bathrooms. There is a communal lounge, conservatory, kitchen and dining room and a large garden. The property is fully furnished and equipped however residents are encouraged to bring personal possessions in order to make their bedroom personal and homely.

Activities

Social activities are provided within the home and staff can also accompany residents on trips out as well as to health appointments. Social activities includes, PAT dog visits, gardening, baking, bingo, YouTube sessions and live music parties.

Referral Route

The service is only available to those receiving care and support from secondary mental health services. Referrals must be completed and supported by a mental health professional, usually a social worker or community psychiatric nurse from the local Mental Health Trust (NSFT). All placements must be approved by the MHEAT (Mental Health Expenditure Approval team) before allocating a room. The potential tenant will meet with the Montrose team for an assessment where they have the opportunity to discuss their needs and goals and aspirations.

Sawston

Green Road

The Green Road service provides housing and support services to individuals with enduring mental health issues. The service is run by Suffolk Mind and commissioned and funded by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Joint ICB (Integrated Care Board) and Cambridgeshire County Council.

The service

Staff are available between 8am and 10pm and are on-site overnight in case of emergency. They are able to provide high levels of one-to-one support with all aspects of daily living such as cooking, shopping and budgeting as well as providing emotional support. Each tenant is allocated a key-worker who helps them to develop their own person centred support plan. Provision is also available to help tenants to manage their medication, attend appointments and liaise with other mental health professionals.

The property

The property comprises of 14 self –contained flats, a communal flat for use of all tenants and an office area for staff. There’s also a surrounding garden for the use of all tenants. The property is located in Sawston, near Cambridge and is within walking distance of all local amenities.

Activities

Staff are able to support tenants in various social activities including, tenants meetings, communal meals, gardening, walks and picnics at local nature reserves and visits to car boot sales.

Referral route

The service is only available to those receiving care and support from secondary mental health services. Referrals must be completed and supported by a mental health professional usually a social worker or community psychiatric nurse. Before allocating a flat, the potential tenant will meet with the Green Road team for an assessment where they have the opportunity to discuss their needs and goals.

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