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Supported Living & Specialist Care

Recovery-focused support, in the community

Support for adults living with serious mental illness — practical, consistent, and organised around what the person wants their life to look like.


Recovery means a life, not just fewer symptoms

For most people the measure of good mental health support is not a clinical score. It is whether they are sleeping, eating, seeing people, doing something they value, and staying out of hospital.

We work to those outcomes. That means help with the ordinary machinery of life — medication, appointments, benefits, food, routine — alongside relationships that are stable enough to notice when things are shifting.

It also means recognising early warning signs together and having a plan for them before a crisis, not during one.


Our approach in practice

Routine and structure

Sleep, meals, activity and rest — the foundations that make everything else more manageable.

Medication support

Prompting, ordering and recording, and honest conversation about side effects with the clinical team.

Staying well plans

Early warning signs, triggers and agreed responses, written with the person while they are well.

Managing crisis

Clear escalation to crisis teams and, where they exist, advance statements and crisis plans that get followed.

Practical life

Benefits, housing, debt, appointments — the stressors that most often destabilise someone.

Purpose and connection

Work, study, volunteering, peer groups and community — the things that make recovery hold.

Photo 25Tenant writing on a wellbeing plan with a support worker


Working with the professional network

We work closely with community mental health teams, care coordinators, crisis and home treatment teams, GPs and social workers. Where someone is subject to the Mental Health Act — including section 117 aftercare or a community treatment order — we make sure our support plan sits inside the statutory plan rather than alongside it.

Where someone is transitioning from a hospital setting, children's services or a residential placement, we plan that transition jointly and at their pace, with familiarisation visits before any move.

More about transitions

Our team

The people doing the supporting

The best strategy in the world fails if the person delivering it doesn't understand why. Our support teams receive:

  • INDUCTION LENGTH AND CONTENT
  • OLIVER McGOWAN TRAINING — tier and coverage
  • PBS TRAINING — level and provider
  • Person-specific training before joining an individual's team
  • SUPERVISION FREQUENCY
  • CLINICAL OVERSIGHT ARRANGEMENT

NAMED CLINICAL LEAD, ROLE AND CREDENTIALS

Availability

See which of our services currently have places, and when each was last verified.

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Common questions

Do you support people leaving hospital?
Yes. Supported discharge works best when we can meet the person on the ward and plan the first fortnight in detail. CONFIRM discharge planning lead time
Is section 117 aftercare funded?
Where someone qualifies for section 117 aftercare, the services meeting needs arising from their mental disorder are free of charge. Eligibility is decided by the responsible bodies, not by us.
Do your staff administer depot injections?
No. Injectable medication is administered by the clinical team. Our staff support with oral medication in line with the care plan. CONFIRM medication scope
What if someone refuses support?
Support is not something we impose. We keep the door open, keep contact going, and escalate to the care coordinator where there is risk.
Do you support dual diagnosis?
CONFIRM whether Bellus supports co-occurring substance use, and any exclusions
How do referrals work?
Usually through a care coordinator or social worker, but families can call too. REFERRALS PHONE

For families and advocates

Thinking about supported living for someone you love? Start with a conversation — no forms, no commitment.

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For professionals

Making a referral or exploring availability? Our referral pathway is published in full.

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