California Elwyn's South Bay Clubhouse is a day training program designed for people with traumatic brain injury who are progressing from medical rehabilitation into the community and eventually to the workplace. The program is also open to people with developmental disabilities who can benefit from the services offered by the clubhouse program.
The South Bay clubhouse is modeled after a highly successful program, the Fountain House, based out of New York City that empowers people with chronic mental illness to become independent through a self-esteem model of rehabilitation. The Clubhouse applies a combination of independent living and the Fountain House philosophy to persons with traumatic brain
injuries or cognitive disabilities so they are too may rejoin society as functional and contributing members.
Participants are not "patients" or "clients" rather, they are "Members" of a community of people fully involved in operating the South Bay Clubhouse.
Members oversee all operations of the South Bay Clubhouse, working side-by-side with staff members to regain critical life and work skills. All work performed in the work units is voluntary and benefits all members of the Clubhouse. They include; the Clerical Unit, Maintenance Unit, Kitchen Unit, and Business Unit.
Through the work ordered day the Clubhouse provides work hardening and work adjustment for members who are preparing for community integration.
Transitional Employment Services
Transitional Employment Services are available to all interested members. Job Club activities include resume writing, interviewing techniques, job search and temporary placement. When
members are ready for permanent employment services they can transfer to California Elwyn's Employment Services Plus program. Employment services include job development and job coaching services.
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