Brynawel is a five-bedded enhanced community home that provides community focused rehabilitation and recovery support, treatment and therapy for males and females diagnosed with complex mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder.
Our aim is to offer mental health support and help individuals gain confidence and build independence in order to improve their quality of life.
Our approach
The facility works collaboratively with the individual, care co-ordinators and commissioning teams to provide person-centred, recovery-focused support programmes that are effective, realistic, specific to need, and achieve the best possible outcomes.
We have an excellent reputation of working with individuals with complex needs and supporting them in stepping down from hospital-based care to living in the community. We provide 24-hour staff support and benefit from an extensive multidisciplinary team.
The environment
All bedrooms are spacious, well-furnished and individually personalised. Communal areas include:
- A kitchen
- A dining room
- A spacious lounge
All areas are tastefully decorated to provide a comfortable and homely living environment.
The Team
The unit is led by an effective multidisciplinary team, experienced in rehabilitation, recovery and caring for individuals with complex needs. The team includes:
- Consultant psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Occupational therapists
The team also benefits from a progressive training programme towards achieving NVQ standards. The staff team are all trained to at least NVQ II and III.
Our dedicated staff team are on duty 24 hours a day, providing support with all day-to-day aspects of life – empowering people to live life to their full potential.
Referrals and admissions
- Males and females aged 18 years and older
- Individuals may be admitted informally, under the Mental Health Act, under guardianship orders, under conditional discharge, or community treatment orders
- Individuals who have a primary diagnosis of a learning disability
- Individuals who may have a previous or current mental illness
- Individuals who may present with behaviours that challenge
We provide an initial assessment which takes place within two working days of a referral being made.
Referrals are accepted from health boards, clinical commissioning groups, local authority commissioning teams, care co-ordinators and solicitors. An initial assessment will be undertaken by senior members of the multidisciplinary team within two working days. Once a referral has been accepted, funding approval must be in place before admission.