The Residential Support Service is
committed to providing a high quality residential and recovery service to people with mental illness in a
community setting. Our aim is to provide clients with a mental illness the
necessary skills to return to and live independently in the community.
 Who are we?
The Residential Support Service is part of the Hornsby Community Mental Health Services.
We are a multi disciplinary team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists and pschologist.
What do we do?
Our aim is to assist clients, with a mental illness, return to independent living in the
community. The service works within the psychosocial and recovery models of rehabilitation in the
community. Clients are housed in group homes or home units.
How you can access our service
The service is available to those people with a mental illness that require rehabilitation, with
their living skills, in a group home setting, and are within the Northern Area Health Services area.
Referral to the service is generally through the proposed client’s case manager or a referring hospital. Information concerning referrals can be obtained by contacting the Accommodation Officer (9483 7963) for the service.
We are not however a service for those only needing accommodation.
Where you can find us
We are located at the Pennant Hills Community Health Centre:
5 Fisher Avenue,
Pennant Hills 2120
How you can contact us
Main Office telephone: 9483 7970
Accommodation Officer telephone: 9483 7963
What are our hours?
The service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Enquiries with the service are available 9am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday.
More information
We have a Brochure for the Residential Support Service. We also
have fact sheets on a number of mental health topics: 'Someone in my family has psychosis': Information for young people (primary school age),
'Someone in my family has psychosis: information for young people (high school age),
'What is psychosis?',
The Mental Health Act,
'How can family and friends help with someone who is experiencing a psychotic episode and using street drugs?'.
More fact sheets and booklets will be added in the coming months.
We have more information on adult mental health and our individual services: Aged Care Psychiatry Service, Early Psychosis Intervention Service (EPIS),
Lindsay Madew Unit, Wahroonga Rehabilitation Service.
Printable version  ; Residential Support Service Brochure
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