Vineyard Care is a service provider with a focus on opportunities for rehabilitation of persons with mental disorders. We provide personal care in community settings that promote and allow individuals to flourish. We also work with these individuals with comorbid alcohol and drug use to promote gradual reduction and harm minimisation for their underlying substance use disorders where identified as contributory factor to mental health relapses. We undertake regular assessment of individuals in the community and work closely with commissioned providers to promote access to community or inpatient rehabilitation. We deliver personal care to these individuals during the time of their community rehabilitation, where individuals have severe and enduring mental illness requiring aftercare as per mental health act section 117.

Vineyard Care works with our housing providing partners to ensure our residents not only have aesthetically pleasant but also clinically safe environments which take into consideration their historical risks (See our referral form). We also work to provide personal care within supported housing and provide additional support to patients with comorbid substance use affecting; their compliance to medication for their mental illness, ability to maintain hygiene and bathing, ability to maintain cooking and balanced diet, as well as maintain wellness focused life routines. We seek to take into consideration high risk symptoms which are regularly reviewed by our nominated individual (consultant psychiatrist) as part of an early liaison protocol with medical colleagues, in our enhanced psychosis pathway.

Severe and enduring mental disorder| Substance Use Disorders