Membership  Standards

 

1. Membership is voluntary and without time limits.

2. The clubhouse has control over its acceptance of new members. Membership is open to anyone with a history of mental illness, unless that person poses a significant and current threat to the general safety of the clubhouse community.
3. Members choose the way they utilize the clubhouse, and the staff with whom
they work. There are no agreements, contracts, schedules, or rules intended to
enforce participation of members.
4. All members have equal access to every clubhouse opportunity with no
differentiation based on diagnosis or level of functioning.
5. Members at their choice are involved in the writing of all records reflecting their
participation in the clubhouse. All such records are to be signed by both
member and staff.
6. Members have a right to immediate re-entry into the clubhouse community
after any length of absence, unless their return poses a threat to the clubhouse
community.
7. The clubhouse provides an effective reach out system to members who are not attending, becoming isolated in the community or hospitalized.

 

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