Fairchild Ward - Male Complex Needs & Rehabilitation Low Secure Service
Fairchild ward is a 14 bed male only low secure service for the treatment and rehabilitation of males with complex needs.This may include patients with dual diagnoses of mental illness plus personality disorder, learning difficulties or addiction needs.
The model of care is based around the Recovery Model and will balance the capacity for patients to have a fulfilling experience with the emphasis on minimizing risk and maximizing individual capacity and potential.
Treatment Programme
Fairchild Ward provides an enhanced environment for the treatment and rehabilitation of male patients over the age of eighteen years. The unit provides a gender sensitive male focused care pathway which is specifically developed around the Recovery Model of care and is fully patient inclusive. We aim to prioritise relapse prevention ensuring that treatment and therapies are directed towards enhancing coping strategies with specific outcome measures.
The ultimate aim of the ward is to facilitate an increase in patient autonomy through structured individual care pathways using evidence based practice provided by appropriately trained and experienced staff.
Specific needs-led assessments will be undertaken which will take into consideration the patient's presentation in the context of their life experience, whilst offering the opportunity for greater social inclusion through the utilization of community resources in addition to our on-site facilities.
We utilize group and individual therapy both on and off the ward to promote greater awareness and understanding of individual problems, which will assist in managing inappropriate behaviour and promote greater understanding of mental illness. All patients are encouraged to participate in therapy.
We offer a programme that includes groups that focus on:
- Symptom Management
- Anger Management
- Substance Misuse
- Offending Behaviours
- Self Harm Reduction
- Psycho Social Interventions
We also offer a comprehensive range of psychological and therapeutic assessments including psychometric, neuro-psychiatric, personality as well as a variety of formal risk assessments.
Admission Criteria
Patients must be male, 18 years of age or older and should be detained under the Mental Health Act. Admissions will be generated through:
- Regional Secure or Medium Secure Units
- HMP or court diversion
- Ministry of Justice recall
- Dual or multiple diagnosis
- Offending or challenging behaviour
- Relapse History
- Non-compliance or absconding history
- Risk profile too great to manage in an open admission unit
Exclusion Criteria
We are unable to accept patients with the following:
- Mental Illness caused by Organic Impairment
- Primary Diagnosis of Learning Disability
- Requirement of Medium or High Secure facilities
- Primary Diagnosis of Drug or Alcohol Addiction
- Primary Diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome
- First Time Admission (Section 2 MHA 1983)
Making a referral
We accept referrals as planned or on an emergency basis. Assessments will ordinarily take place within 48 hours of referral. We endeavor to provide a verbal feedback and outcome report to the referrer within 24 hours of the assessment and this is normally followed by a written assessment report within 72 hours of the assessment taking place.
Emergency referrals can be accepted within 4 hours of referral depending on suitability. We are also prepared to travel to where the patient is located and provide transport with escorts should the need arise.
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