Residential Clinical Services at Sheffield Place
Residential Clinical Services Overview
Residential Clinical Services at Sheffield Place consist of individual therapy, group therapy, and therapy for adults and children, as well as strengths-based case management for resident families.
Program Information
When a homeless mother and her children arrive at Sheffield Place, Strengths-Based Case Management begins. A case manager assesses the woman’s independent living skills and collaborates with her to set goals focused on securing stable housing, increasing income and education, and improving health—including sobriety and positive parenting. Progress toward these goals is reviewed during weekly case management sessions.
Children are the youngest victims of homelessness and face heightened risk of additional traumatic experiences. They often struggle with anxiety, depression, or withdrawal, and one in three has a major mental health disorder. These children accompany their mothers to Sheffield Place.
Children's Services
Project HOPE
Sheffield Place empowers every child to heal from trauma through education, self-discovery, and family support.
Program activities are therapeutic and developmentally-based. The therapists identify risk factors and implement treatment plans for both children and mothers. Structured psycho-educational group activities take place four hours each weekday.
Sheffield Place also provides case management, developmental support, individual therapy, parenting coaching, and family activities. The expressive art and other therapeutic activities have expanded the multi-disciplinary approach to family treatment and recovery from trauma.
Adult Services
Through Adult Services, the therapists provide individual and group therapy designed to address the mental health and substance abuse issues of the mothers who live at Sheffield Place.
Program activities include assessment, treatment planning and implementation, case management, psycho-educational groups, substance abuse support groups, substance use disorder counseling, parenting education, and family therapy.
Each mother at Sheffield Place participates in services that include an hour of individual therapy and an hour strengths-based case management each week as well as group therapy and groups on such topics as women’s and children’s health, 12-Step, recovery, leadership, healthy eating, positive parenting, healthy relationships, personal financial management, and employment skills, among others.