Rehabilitation Committee

Standard Operating Practices - Rehabilitation Committee of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Main purpose - Coordination of the Rehabilitation Programs conducted at NIMH.

1. To coordinate the multitude of Rehabilitation Programs conducted at NIMH 2. To develop new and innovative strategies to promote Rehabilitation 3. To organize Events to commemorate special days and observations at NIMH 4. To supervise the transparency of Money Handling in relation to Rehabilitation activities

1. Sponsoring Authority and Chairperson: Director 2. Co-Chairperson: Lead Consultant Psychiatrist – Rehabilitation 3. Deputy Chairperson: Deputy Director 4. Coordinator of Senior Registrars of Psychiatry: Lead SR – Rehabilitation 5. Assistant Chairperson: Medical Officer – Rehabilitation Coordination 6. Internal Auditor: Accountant 7. Co- Secretary: Elected from Nursing Officers 8. Co- Secretary: Elected from Occupational Therapists 9. Co- Treasurers: Elected from Occupational Therapists 10. Co- Treasurers: Elected from Psychiatric Social Workers and Nursing Officers 11. Committee Coordinators: Medical Officer – Rehabilitation Coordination, Chief Occupational

Therapist, Halfway Home representatives (Medical Officer, Nursing Officer)

1. Medical Officers –Rehabilitation (02) 2. Medical Officer in Charge – Navodaya (01) 3. Medical Officers representing the eight general Psychiatry units, Forensic psychiatry unit,

Adolescent Mental Health Unit and Psychogeriatric Unit. 4. One Medical Officer from the HalfWay Home – Mulleriyawa 5. All SGNOO of NIMH and SGNO of HWH – Mulleriyawa 6. Nursing Sister/Ward Master/ Officer in charge of; Rehabilitation Center, Horticulture Therapy Unit,

Forensic Rehabilitation Unit, Navodaya and Outpatient Department. 7. Rehabilitation Nursing Officers of all intermediate and combined care wards, psychogeriatric wards, adolescent mental health units. 8. All Occupational Therapists 9. All Psychiatric Social Workers 10. All Physiotherapists

1. Decisions of the Committee shall be through dialog and consensus. 2. Director and the lead Consultant Psychiatrist shall have the authority to moderate and supervise all matters. 3. The Committee shall meet at least once a month on a set date. 4. Minutes of the meetings shall be kept by the secretary and confirmed in the following meeting and then forwarded to the Director – NIMH after it is signed by the Co-Chairperson. 5. The Quorum for a meeting shall be 15 and the Chairperson or the Deputy Chairperson must be present at all meetings. 6. The Committee shall always put the patients first and take an altruistic approach in its activities. 7. The committee shall function under the guidance of the Director within standard administrative rules. 8. All monies generated in rehabilitation must be dealt with in transparent manner decided as recommended by the Director – NIMH 9. All rehabilitation related monies require to be audited by the Accountant of NIMH. 10. Each of the rehabilitation units/wards shall forward a monthly report to the monthly committee meeting on the progress of their activities including a summary of the finances to be maintained in records and the report shall be approved by the committee. 11. A quarterly report of all financial activities supervised by the committee shall be submitted to the

Accounts Department