We offer short-term periods of intensive, multidisciplinary support for people with disabilities living in Helsinki. Siltamäki is designed for clients who need support and assistance during a challenging life situation.
Siltamäki has ten client rooms. In addition to an intellectual disability or other support needs, you may have neuropsychiatric conditions, mental health challenges, autism spectrum conditions, or challenging behaviour. The goal of the crisis or rehabilitation period is to help you build a meaningful everyday life in the future.
Admission to Siltamäki is always based on a referral from Disability Services social work.
Contact information:
Unit Manager: +358 9 310 70728
Nurse / shift supervisor: +358 40 560 1728
Social instructor: +358 40 560 3210
Senior instructor: +358 40 560 2931
Instructors, 1st floor: +358 40 560 3915 (for clients and family members during the period)
Instructors, 2nd floor: +358 40 560 3832 (for clients and family members during the period)
Contact information
How long do periods in Siltamäki last?
We plan the support periods and their goals together with you. The length of each period is planned individually according to your needs.
What can you do in Siltamäki?
During your period, you will have your own room. Shared facilities such as the sauna, sensory room, group rooms, dining room and lobby are available to all clients in rehabilitation.
We prepare a weekly plan together at a client meeting, where staff support you and other clients in planning the week. Everyday life at Siltamäki is communal, and everyone takes part in the activities of the community.
We have a shared daily programme that you can participate in together with other clients and staff according to your abilities. Each day always starts with a joint meeting where we go through the day’s activities.
Your individual daily programme may include visits to the sensory room, games, household tasks, outdoor activities, responsibility tasks such as collecting mail or watering plants, reading and other activities. Your day may also include rehabilitative group activities and meetings with specialist professionals. Occasionally, we also barbecue and use the sauna.
What will happen after the period in Siltamäki?
Siltamäki is not anyone’s permanent home. After the period, some clients return to their childhood home or a familiar housing unit. Sometimes housing continues in a new housing unit or as a rehabilitation period in another unit. At the end of the period, we plan the support after the period together with you, your family members and your social worker.
What kind of staff work at Siltamäki?
In addition to the head of the unit, our staff includes practical nurses, a social instructor, a senior instructor, communication instructors, instructors and registered nurses. In addition to permanent staff, we also work part-time with psychologists, an occupational therapist, a physician and a social worker. We maintain active contact with your family members and support network. At Siltamäki, you receive comprehensive multidisciplinary support.
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Location
The route to the main entrance
- The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The route has a ramp over 6 m long without an intermediate landing, with handrails on both sides.
The main entrance
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated. There is a canopy above the entrance.
- The entrance has a ramp over 6 m long without an intermediate landing, with handrails on both sides.
- The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door requires the use of a buzzer, opening easily manually.
In the facility
- The customer service point has two floors.
- For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair; the door opens automatically. The floor numbers in the lift can be felt with fingers. The button for the exit floor stands out from the other buttons. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
- The doors in the facility stand out clearly.
- The facility has an accessible toilet on the entrance floor.
- The service point has a fixed induction loop in the meeting room (with active T-sign).
