Gender: Female
Age: 18+
Beds: 6
Upper Oakwood is situated in the beautiful countryside of the Kent Weald, near Sevenoaks. Its location, in over an acre of its own grounds, helps the service provide a calm and therapeutic environment for service users. In addition, there are many one-to-one activities and sessions held, and group activities are also available to join if individuals choose.
Service users on Upper Oakwood have support from the full MDT led by a consultant psychiatrist and include psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, specialist mental health nurses and a therapy co-ordinator. There are close links with the GP who visits on a weekly basis and we can arrange district nursing visits for more complex care needs.
Amongst the outcomes we aim to achieve are:
- Improved wellbeing and social functioning
- A focus on rehabilitation and the development of independence skills
- Supporting service users to return to the community, by working with carers and other community provisions
- Improved physical health monitoring for service users in our care
- The provision of physical health management plans to support carers and other providers to maintain a service user’s health post discharge
- Upon discharge we will provide a management plan if required to support the new placement. We have a flexible approach to slower transfers and can facilitate most discharges, ensuring they are as successful as possible
Our service user profile:
- Women, aged 18+ years
- May be informal or detained under the Mental Health Act
- Experiencing an acute episode of mental illness requiring a crisis admission
- Diagnoses may include:
- Acute mental illness
- Acute depressive illness
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Bi-polar disorder
- Personality disorder
- Dual diagnosis
- May present with co-morbid presentations:
- Self-harm
- Substance misuse issues
- Complex needs
Our facilities:
- En-suite bedrooms
- Therapy kitchen
- Variety of activity areas
- Art room
- Horticultural garden
- Therapy room
- Relaxation rooms
- Classroom
- Dining room
- Living room
- Enclosed gardens
- Gym
- IT café