The philosophy of "Together...Toward Recovery" is a fundamental part of our Model of Service Delivery (MOSD). Under the Model, The Park- Centre for Mental Health provides:
The MOSD uses the following important principles to guide decision making:
Recovery: The service aims to create conditions which assist people with severe mental illness to become actively involved in finding ways of living a satisfying and hopeful life.
Consumer involvement: It is important that people are as involved as partners in all decisions about their care to the fullest extent possible. This includes involving carers and other support people, assessment, developing goals of treatment, care planning, developing interventions and evaluating the outcomes of care. It also includes opportunities to be involved in decisions about the management of the services, accommodation, and environment.
Consumer centred service delivery: This refers to the need to keep the consumers need at the centre of all activities. It means that supports are provided in individualised ways based on what the person needs.
Evidence based practice: This refers to seeking to provide interventions that are supported by evidence. It also encompasses an expectation that we will seek to create evidence for our practice through evaluation and research.
Outcome based services: The services are committed to being able to demonstrate to individual consumers, service providers and to external agencies that the work undertaken contributes to better outcomes for the people who use the service.
Managing risks: The services recognise that changing the way services are provided changes the nature of risks faced by consumers, carers, staff and the community both positively and negatively. The service aims to accurately identify and manage risks to achieve the best possible outcomes for all stakeholders.
Accommodation and practices that reflect community living: The service aims to provide all services in ways that reflect the practices and choices available in community living.
Services as Partners in a network of mental health services: To operate effectively, it is necessary for the services to operate in partnership with other mental health services and external agencies.
A Multi-disciplinary Care Team: Care requires access to a wide range of skilled and well-prepared staff whose efforts are effectively coordinated in a team approach.
WHAT IS RECOVERY? "[Recovery] is a way of living a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life even with limitations caused by illness" (Anthony 1993)
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