| Vinfen delivers a comprehensive range of services to people with mental illness, mental retardation, and behavioral health disabilities, as well as to their families, neighbors, and communities. |
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Below are brief descriptions of Vinfen services.
Day and Vocational Services
Vinfen offers a variety of day and work services, including adult day habilitation, art-based rehabilitation, pre-vocational training and supported employment. Each program focuses on
developing skills, self-esteem, and confidence — the foundations of a successful life in the larger community.
Residential Services
Vinfen offers a continuum of residential services, ranging from independent living to highly supervised settings for people with mental illness, mental retardation and/or developmental disabilities, HIV/AIDS, hearing or vision impairment and other disabilities. Residential services focus on creating a home environment while building skills needed for greater independence.
Child and Family Services
Vinfen serves children and adolescents whose emotional, developmental, and/or behavioral challenges affect their ability to learn, grow, and function in school. Services include on-site therapy for young people in need, as well as training for public elementary and middle-school teachers and administrators.
Clubhouse Services
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Vinfen’s Webster House and Webster House II in Brookline, Mass., offers a welcoming and supportive clubhouse for people with psychiatric disabilities.
Club members participate in various activities that stimulate gradual mastery of self-care and social skills.
Webster House offers individuals a chance to achieve a greater level of independence by creating educational and employment opportunities. |
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Hancock Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a licensed nursing and rehabilitation facility, is dedicated to serving individuals whose age, physical or psychiatric condition(s) requires high levels of clinical care.
Gateway Arts
Gateway Arts serves more than 100 talented artists with a variety of disabilities, including mental retardation, autism, head injury, visual and hearing deficits, cerebral palsy, significant learning disabilities and mental illness. It is the only studio arts/arts rehabilitation program on the East Coast offering a studio art program, clinical supports, gallery/exhibition space, and a retail outlet (the Gateway Crafts Store). Gateway Arts is a nationally-recognized leader in the use of the arts to rehabilitate persons with developmental and psychiatric disabilities.
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