Bill’s Place provides a spectrum of linked, graduated services ranging from a structured residential program, to a transitional process through to a series of supported, independent living options. This flexible, eclectic and diverse range of approaches allows for individualized support systems that provide unique and exceptional care based on the assessed needs of each person. As is evident with people who have experienced a brain injury, needs can shift and change as the person heals, grows and ages. To remain effective, our programs are constantly shaped, tuned and sculpted to meet and support these identified changing requirements.
People whose injury calls for a structured setting are supported by the residential component on a campus of homes that are indistinguishable from others in the neighbourhood. Each residence provides a home for two clients. This “home base” also provides the hub for the delivery of the various services and programs offered throughout Bill’s Place. As people progress through their healing and change, they begin to receive less of one facet of service and more of another. This may include remaining on campus or moving into a new residential situation. These settings range from rented condominiums to apartments to other housing arrangements, all dependent on the assessed needs and the resources available. This flexible and collaborative approach allows for a unique and personalized support plan to be developed for each person.
The transition to an individual’s appropriate level of independence is gradual based on assessed needs, strengths and personal commitment. Each person is engaged in discussion and decision-making throughout these transitions, acting as a collaborator in arriving at the times, places and methods for each level to be entered into within the overall program.
Bill’s Place has also established a unique and progressive Graduate Mentorship Program for selected individuals, to acknowledge that someone who has suffered a brain injury is often best equipped to appreciate the challenges that an acquired brain injury can impose on a person. They are given the opportunity to work with others within the program to the limits of their skills and abilities, following the successful completion of a structured course that provides the basics of working with individuals with a brain injury. The graduate mentor works under the supervision of a qualified staff member, with regular supervisory meetings scheduled to ensure quality service delivery. The graduate mentor works within a contractual arrangement, and is compensated at a mutually agreed upon rate. We see this program as part of the completion of the circle of healing for an individual as he/she moves into their new life .
A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings.
You must give it this soul.
- Pope John Paul II