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- Jun 15, 2016
I think that, for my first post, I'll do a little bit of powerlevelling.
My mom's worked in mental health her whole life, and for a while she worked in a group living center that had a unique sort of rehabilitation program.
An individual starts out in a group living situation, but a bit different from the norm in that they're taught how to do basic tasks (helping to cook meals, cleaning up after themselves, chores, incentives like group trips to learn how to save money, and they're given jobs at a local manufacturing company to be taught workforce skills, etc.). Any medication is given out by employees and while relationships are allowed, they're kept under pretty tight supervision.
Once they've hit a threshold, they're transferred to an assisted living type apartment complex where they're given their own apartment and function much more independently, but are still subject to things like weekly checks for cleanliness and tidy living space, they have to sign out at a front desk when they go somewhere, what have you. It's your own space, but you're still kept track of to a certain degree.
After someone graduates from that level, I believe they're "let loose" to get their own place from recommended locations still optimized for them, and generally lead their own lives (although they continue to receive job help and monetary benefits, as well as job assistance, and still answer to a caseworker as well as a guardian in some instances).
It's not gender specific living, and the wait list to get into the program is fairly lengthily unless you have a reason to be bumped to the top. But I can't help but wonder if a system like that would be beneficial to someone like Julie.
An individual starts out in a group living situation, but a bit different from the norm in that they're taught how to do basic tasks (helping to cook meals, cleaning up after themselves, chores, incentives like group trips to learn how to save money, and they're given jobs at a local manufacturing company to be taught workforce skills, etc.). Any medication is given out by employees and while relationships are allowed, they're kept under pretty tight supervision.
Once they've hit a threshold, they're transferred to an assisted living type apartment complex where they're given their own apartment and function much more independently, but are still subject to things like weekly checks for cleanliness and tidy living space, they have to sign out at a front desk when they go somewhere, what have you. It's your own space, but you're still kept track of to a certain degree.
After someone graduates from that level, I believe they're "let loose" to get their own place from recommended locations still optimized for them, and generally lead their own lives (although they continue to receive job help and monetary benefits, as well as job assistance, and still answer to a caseworker as well as a guardian in some instances).
It's not gender specific living, and the wait list to get into the program is fairly lengthily unless you have a reason to be bumped to the top. But I can't help but wonder if a system like that would be beneficial to someone like Julie.
