Ocean House

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Ocean House

• 14 South 16th Street
• Wilmington, NC 28403
• [phone]

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Supervisors

• Matrice Morrison, BA, QMHP
• Director
• Jeremy Seaman, BA, AP
• Rehabilitation Therapist
• Laraine Mazur, RN, AP
• Peer Specialist

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What is Ocean House?

• A psychosocial rehabilitation program for adults
  with severe and or persistent mental illness.
  Ocean House practices under a hybrid model of the
  International Center for Clubhouse Development
  and psychosocial rehabilitation.
• What that means is it uses some of the ICCD
  practices and some of the PSR practices to
  combine them into one program.

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What is ICCD and PSR?

• Clubhouse Model

• Psychosocial Rehabilitation

• Operates with different prevocational units run
  by the members (Kitchen, Business, snack bar, and
  member services)
• Has a Work order day from 8-2 where only unit
  duties are performed
• All socials and outreach must be done after 2

• Does not operate under units
• Member do not have the responsibility of making
  the clubhouse run
• Only have activities (educational class,
  exercises, etc)
• Can only purchase food from snack bar

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History

• Ocean House opened in the late 70s as a drop in
  center. People would come in and socialize.
• In 1984 Ocean House moved towards a clubhouse
  model. Ocean house at this time was operating
  under the model set forth by the ICCD.
• In the 2000s MHA took over and started the best
  practices model which transformed the clubhouse
  into a hybrid model between clubhouse and
  psychosocial rehabilitation.

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Ocean House Mission

• MHA Mission
• The Mental Health Association in NC is our
  states oldest and largest mental health advocacy
  organization. The Association was organized in
  1914 and chartered in 1939. Our mission is to
  promote mental healthier, the prevention of
  mental disorders and the elimination of
  discrimination against people with mental
  illness. We accomplish these goals through
  community advocacy, education and services.
• Ocean House as program at this time does not have
  its own mission statement.
• The Goal of Ocean House is
• People Helping people.

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What Does OH offer?

• Help members gain living and pre-vocational
  skills
• Supported employment
• Community integration
• Peer Supports
• Recreation/Leisure programs
• Wellness/Recovery programs
• Day outings and trips

• Unit Duties help teach living and vocational
  skills and provide peer support
• Kitchen Unit
• Meal Planning, budgeting, sanitation, hygiene
  food prep
• Snack Bar
• Operate Cash register, social activities,
  planning laundry services
• Business Unit
• Data entry, thrift shop, building inspections
• Member Services
• Banking, newsletter, outreach, housing

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A Day at Ocean House

• 8-915 Welcome (Everyone Arrives)
• 915-930 Exercises
• 945-1015 Morning Meeting /or
  Wellness Class
• 1015-12 Social /or Morning Duties
• 1200-100 Lunch
• 100-115 Afternoon meeting
• 115-200 Afternoon Duties
• 200-330 Activity, class, or social
• 330-400 End of Day

• Each Days Activity
• Monday- Shopping
• Tuesday- Exercise
• Wednesday- Guest Speaker
• Thursday- Games/ Karaoke
• Friday- Social

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Duties at Ocean House

• Interact with the members of the clubhouse assist
  in unit duties
• Observe Large and Small group discussion
• Assist director in scheduling intakes,
  orientation, and person centered plan meetings
• Observe and participate in intakes and person
  centered plan meetings
• Developing and administering a questionnaire
• Assist with record keeping
• Led Craft Activity

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Other Volunteers

• Occupational Therapy Students from CFCC
• Create Media Materials
• Started the OH thrift store
• Led Crafts and other activities
• Nursing Students from UNCW and CFCC
• Presentations on health related issues
• Fundraising
• Led other activities

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Future Volunteers..

• Should Be
• Driven
• Motivated
• Confident
• Resourceful
• A team player
• Require little direction
• CPR and First Aid are a Plus!