Community Enterprises (CE) - Mental Health Program
Community Enterprises is a community support/psychosocial program providing mental
health services to adults who have been diagnosed with mental illness. Each
individual, along with the treatment team, develops his/her own unique Individual Recovery Plan. The treatment team identifies goals for psychiatric rehabilitation,
vocational and employment skills, independent and community living skills and community
resource linkage.
CE has four different types of skill training programs offered through the THISAbility Enterprises division:
- Food service
- Forklift operation
- Janitorial
- Landscaping
Light factory work, subcontracted from business and industry, provides opportunities
for individuals to experience different types of employment and training programs, earn wages, and assimilate in to the community. It also prepares individuals
for community employment, self-sufficiency and relationships
with authority and peers.
Clinical Services include psychological assessments, individual and small group (on-site
and off-site) therapy
and counseling.
Each person gains valuable life skills by participating in:
- Leisure and recreational activities
- Cultural and sporting events and movies
- Dining out and shopping
- Health and physical fitness
- Music expression
- Budgeting
- Basic academic and computer skills
- Current event discussions
- Employment preparation classes
Admission Requirements:
- Age 21 or transitioning out of high school
- Diagnosis of mental illness
- Medicaid funded approved or private pay
- Able to self-medicate
- Behavior control sufficient for functioning without need for one-on-one supervision
- Behaviors not dangerous to self or others
- Can benefit from services
Interested in Community Enterprises? Please contact
Januari Wilson, QMHP at (708) 957-7060 x2211