Willow Tree House Accommodation Service

Project Manager: Sam Gorman
Operations & Development Manager:  Chris Cooper

Opening hours: The Project is staffed 24 hrs a day, 365 days of the year. During the hours of 10pm – 7.30am staff are available on site in the event of an emergency.

About the service

Approach and outlook

Willow Tree House is project consisting of 16 self contained one bedroom flats and a staff office. The projects aim is to motivate, enable and support people with a primary diagnosis of mental health problems to achieve greater levels of independence. In addition it is the projects objective to support those who live there towards recovery and enable their social inclusion. The service is a partnership between Together for Mental Wellbeing, Bromford Corinthia Housing Association and the Avon and Wiltshire NHS Mental Health Partnership.

Location

Willow Tree House is centrally located in the popular new development of Angel Ridge, a short bus journey from both the Old Town and the Town Centre.

Service user profile

Willow Tree House provides a service for both females and males aged between 18-65.

No of tenants

There are 16 flats at Willow Tree House.

Average length of stay

There is no fixed length of stay, though part of working with tenants to live as independently as possible may involve looking at more independent accommodation where appropriate.

Staff team

The staff team consists of a Project Manager, four Senior Social Care Workers and two Social Care Workers

Activities and support on offer

Staff are available to support you with:

• Work/Voluntary activities
• Managing medication/Finances
• Managing appointments
• Liaising with other agencies involved in your care
• Daily living skills (shopping, cooking etc…)
• Managing your tenancy.

Type of accommodation

Each flat consist of a bedroom, bathroom and a kitchen/lounge/diner. All white goods are included and each flat is fully furnished.

Communal areas

There is one communal room that is used typically for meeting and social activities.

Catering and laundry

Each flat has a fully fitted kitchen (including a washing machine) Staff are available to help tenants cook.