Integrated Day Services (Adults 18-65yrs) - Ferguson Centre- Thornebury Day Unit - Hawkwell Day Unit

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Description of service

Waltham Forest Mental Health Day Services is part of the integrated mental health teams.  The service is based on the recovery model, which recognises that people with mental health difficulties can sustain their lives and be socially included. Day Services aims to enable its clients to engage in purposeful and meaningful activities (in-house and in the wider community) to help achieve their goals and lead the life they want. The team comprises of twenty-four members of staff from a variety of professional disciplines and backgrounds.  The service is provided across three sites Walthamstow, (Ferguson Centre), Leytonstone (Thornebury Day Unit) and Chingford (Hawkwell Court).

There is a wide range of therapeutic activities available to aid recovery. These are planned with users and regularly reviewed. They include:

  • Social and recreation activities.
  • Skills training to improve practical skills.
  • Education and training to develop coping strategies to manage feelings of anxiety.
  • Education and skills training to improve opportunities for vocational work, volunteering, training and/or employment.
  • Psychotherapy using art, dance and movement.
  • Help clients establish links with other agencies to provide opportunities to take part in: social activities, leisure, arts, vocational, employment, education and training, football project, welfare benefits advice, advocacy.

The overall aim is to guide clients through their recovery pathway in a way that is comfortable for them to attain their planned goals and achieve their recovery and well being.

Ferguson Centre:  Low Hall Lane, Walthamstow, London, E17 8BE
Tel. 0300 555 1266      Fax: 0208 503 6846

Trust Switchboard: 0300 555 1200

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Thornebury Day Unit:

3 Langthorne Road,

Leytonstone, London. E11 4HL
Tel: 0300 555 1274

Fax: 0208 503 6846 (Ferguson Centre)

Trust Switchboard: 0300 555 1200

 Thornebury Day Centre

 

Hawkwell Court Day Unit: 

34 Colvin Gardens,

Chingford, London. E4 6PF
Tel: 0300 555 00 1228         

Fax: 0208 503 6846 (Ferguson Centre)

Trust Switchboard: 0300 555 1200

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South Locality Community Mental Health Team (CMHT South) 

South Forest Centre:

21 Thorne Close, Langthorne Road, Leytonstone E11 4HU

South Forest Centre

North Locality Community Mental Health Team (CMHT North) 

Greenthorne Unit:

1 Merriam Close, Larkshall Road, Chingford E4 9JQ

 Greethorne

Who is the service for?         

The service is for adults between the ages of 18-65 who are experiencing serious and enduring   mental health difficulties that are significantly affecting their level of functioning.  Adults who are residents of the London Borough of Waltham Forest (LBWF),  or are the financial responsibility of another authority which has an agreement with LBWF to provide a service.

Referral To Day Services:       

To use the service you need to be referred.  Contact the North or South Locality Mental Health teams – details below.  They will assess your needs, complete a referral for you and forward it to the Day Services Manager.  All clients referred to Day Services are invited to meet with a member of staff to look at their individual needs. The first meeting (initial assessment) try to match relevant and appropriate services to identified needs.  At the end of the assessment, clients are provided with a copy the agreed programme giving details of time, start date, name of allocated worker and centre at which the activity is held.  All clients are inducted into the service.  They are shown around their preferred centre(s), introduced to members of staff and other clients of the service.