Enfield Clubhouse - life support for recovery from mental illness
Enfield Clubhouse is based on the international Clubhouse model of work-based rehabilitation
"The participants are called members, not patients and the focus is on their strengths not their illness"
"A Clubhouse is a
place where
people who have had
mental illness come to
rebuild their
lives"
"Members also receive help in securing housing, advancing their education, obtaining good psychiatric and medical care and maintaining government benefits"
"Work in the clubhouse, whether it is clerical, data input, meal preparation or reaching out to their fellow members, provides the core healing process"
"Membership is for life so members have all the time they need to secure their new life in the community"
"Every opportunity provided is the result of the efforts of the members and small staff, who work side by side, in a unique partnership"
"One of the most
important
steps members take
toward greater
independence
is transitional
employment,
where they work in
the
community at
real jobs"