Day Programs and Rehabilitation Services

South Shore Mental Health’s continuum of care provides day treatment, intensive wrap-around services, and community and job services for adults and adolescents looking to increase their independence in the community. Our rehabilitative services are flexible in intensity based on individual needs. Supports are provided to clients and their families who may be at differing stages in their recovery from mental illness.

Discovery Day Treatment
12 Hancock Court, Quincy

Discovery is an adult day program which serves clients who are experiencing major mental illness or acute life crisis. Professional staff members provide group treatment in skill-building, insight-oriented and expressive therapies, vocational rehabilitation, and socialization skills. Discovery helps clients avoid hospitalization, stabilize their lives, and develop personal relationships and support networks. Full and half days are available.

Community Rehabilitation Services
8 Hancock Court, Quincy
460 Quincy Avenue, Quincy
310 Barnstable Road, Hyannis

Community Rehabilitation Services (CRS) is a program of assertive outreach to clients with serious mental illness to engage them in seeking the services and supports needed to live successfully in the community. Most clients have been hospitalized or are at risk for hospitalization. Many have "dropped out" of, or have exhibited resistance to, traditional treatment. Services are delivered almost exclusively in the community, including client homes. Services include mobile outreach, case coordination, life-skills development, accessing entitlements, transportation, accessing medical and dental care, maintaining housing, vocational and educational assessment and referral, assistance with taking prescribed medications, and peer support.

Foundations
460 Quincy Avenue, Quincy

Foundations is a flexible support program for children and adolescents with serious emotional problems. Foundations is designed to help children and young adults stay in school, learn to interact better with peers and family members, and develop the skills necessary to cope with the unique pressures of childhood and adolescence. Working in collaboration with families, our staff offers a variety of services including advocacy and case management, office-based and outreach family therapy, various groups for children and their families, family and youth support, medication management, parenting education, and school consultation. Families are referred to Foundations by the Department of Mental Health.

Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
1431 Hancock Street, Quincy

P.A.C.T. (Program of Assertive Community Treatment) is a program that provides community-based treatment for persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses. Staff works as a team to provide services to clients in the program. P.A.C.T. specializes in psychiatry, social work, nursing, housing assistance, substance abuse and vocational rehabilitation. These services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Successful Employment Program (SEP)
460 Quincy Avenue, Quincy

The Successful Employment Program (SEP) is a vocational program designed to support young adults with a major mental illness.  We focus on building career paths by developing the young adult's abilities in their first experiences working.  SEP collaborates closely with other providers to offer vocational, social and educational opportunities.  SEP does not hold sheltered workshops, nor does it produce contracts with employers.  Its mission is to teach young adults how to be more independent through the process and experience of searching for and obtaining employment.  It is the program's philosophy that working in the community is a vital piece of the recovery process.  New SEP members are accepted into the program 3-4 times per year by attending the four week employment skills/orientation group.  The group introduces young adults to the basic skills needed to find their first jobs and succeed in the workplace.  Skills covered include the application process, cold and follow-up calls, interviewing techniques, workplace expectations and more.

Transition Resources and Community Supports (TRACS)
460 Quincy Avenue, Quincy

TRACS offers multimodal outlets for young adults (ages 16-25) and their caregivers to receive support and to find meaning and connection in their lives to promote the recovery process. Recognizing that young adults with mental illness often lack the natural resources of their peers to promote development of independent living skills and interpersonal connections, TRACS uses a client-centered approach to help young adults reach their goals. TRACS includes a peer mentoring program whereby young adults in recovery provide positive peer role modeling, advocacy, support, socialization and life skills development. This is done through one-on-one mentoring, peer support groups and social events. TRACS also offers resources for parents and caretakers of young adults with mental illness, and various other recovery-based groups and activities for young adults.