Nature’s Crest is a pioneering halfway home and multi-health facility that provides rehabilitation services for those in need of mental and behavioral support in the society. As a nonprofit organisation, we provide an alternative home for people transitioning out of locked or institutional settings; people at risk of transitioning into a higher level of care; and people who have no other means of support in managing their immediate post-acute phase.
As a halfway home, we provide support and rehabilitation for children and young women who are undergoing traumatic experiences due to rape and domestic abuse.
We also rehabilitate people who have become destitute due to circumstances of life. These maybe due to loss or death of a spouse, loss of a job or dispossession from fire, flood or separation from their families, with particular focus on young children who have been trafficked from neighboring states and being used as child / sex workers.
Based on an integrated model of care, Nature’s Crest provides transitional residential services to people in need of dual recovery support. The program is designed to address both mental health and substance abuse problems within the same program and with a single therapeutic plan. Services include individual and group psychotherapy, traditional recovery supports, milieu therapy, recreation and socialization, and medication support and monitoring.
We also provide training and capacity building for personnel involved in health and social care.
Services are provided in a home-like environment and service users are supported and enabled to learn the skills necessary to live more independently while receiving the clinical services and supervision to stabilize their mental health condition. With its foundation in the users’ recovery model, users are encouraged and empowered to develop individualized service plans to help them learn to manage their mental health symptoms while increasing life skills. Activities include individual and group psychotherapy, life skills development, socialization and recreation, milieu therapy, and medication support
The length of stay ranges from three to eighteen months and is tailored to address the specific needs of the population served. Services are focused on assisting people to address any issues that led to their enrolment in the program and to assist them in returning to a more independent setting and re- integration into the wider community.
For Long Term Services;
NATURE’S CREST will provide long term residential services for people who are not able to live independently but who are able to live in the community with increased services and supports. Services are focused on assisting the service users to express their needs, choice and preferences, reduce isolation, and achieve their highest quality of life within the community.
To this effect, Natures Crest is set up as a mental Health Rehabilitation Centre and half way House.
Like every member of the society, people with mental health difficulties should be treated with respect and dignity. They deserve all support to remain independent and be inclusive in the community. At Nature’s Crest we aim to provide the best holistic rehabilitation services.
Every medical condition, be it physical or mental, requires rehabilitation after medical treatment. This may be achieved through a THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY taking an active part in their recovery process or through a program of PLANNED ACTIVITY which restores independence, enablement and promotes their ability to take responsibility for themselves and their well-being.
Natures Crest is a rehab Centre which works towards the two concepts of recovery mentioned above.
Our Centre combines THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY and PLANNED ACTIVITY therapy.
It will be result / outcome based and it is designed to achieve a successful recovery process, which also restores independence, enablement and promotes their ability to take responsibility for themselves and their lives.
The whole environment is designed to be therapeutic. Planed activities and the activity Centre provide occupation, social life and leisure.
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FRCPsych (U.K. 2003) FNMC (Psych) (2006) (FNIM)
European Health Leadership Programme (EHLP, 2012)
Dr Femi Olugbile is a highly regarded Consultant Psychiatrist, an astute Manager, and a keen Writer and Publisher.
He was Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja 2001-2010 and the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health – 2010-2014
He attended the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (1973-78) and the University of Edinburgh (1980-83)
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatists (UK), the Nigerian Post Graduate Medical College, and the Nigerian Institute of Management, and he holds the Diploma of the European Health Leadership Programme (INSEAD, Fountainbeau, France)
His Publications include- 6 books and a chapter in a professional text-book.
He is very passionate about all issues concerning mental health and is a keen campaigner for mental health reforms and services at grass root level /Primary Health Centre, particularly in Lagos State,. Nigeria.
He is a Managent expert and Trainer, and has been leading the drive for Quality Improvement, leading up to Accredtation, as a way to enhance the capability of health facilities in Nigeria to deliver world class services and stem the tide of medical tourism abroad.
He reads Literature and plays table tennis is his spare time.
He is married, with children.
He is currently the MD/CEO FM Synthesiz Nigeria Ltd (a Health Consultancy firm)
A graduate of the University of Ibadan. (MBBS 1978.) She worked extensively at various hospitals under the Lagos State Health Management Board and the National Orthopedic Hospital Igbobi. She was medical director of Optima Clinics Ltd. She relocated to the United Kingdom and has been involved with Health and Social Care Management for over fifteen years working with various UK Local Government Authorities and Social Services department in providing care for the elderly, mental health service users and all vulnerable service users. She is a member of the British Chartered Management Institute and a Certified Train the Trainer in various aspects of Health and Social care provision as well as a registered manager with the UK CQC (Commission for quality Care) She is a peoples’ person and passionate about nature and humanity and views the project as a calling.
A graduate of Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden. He obtained MSC degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1972. He obtained another master’s degree in production management and manufacturing technology from University of Strathclyde Glasgow Scotland in 1978. He worked in Volvo automobile industry Goteborg Sweden for many years from where he was employed to work for Peugeot automobile Nigeria Company Ltd
He later joined the employment of Toyo Glass Metal Box and worked in various senior positions before retiring to manage his own factory as managing director of Optima Co Ltd.
He retired from active work and relocated to the UK and joined the Mencap Mental Health Trust in the UK and is actively supporting service users with learning disabilities.
He enjoys making a difference in the lives of people with learning difficulties and mental health issues and said this gives him a purpose in life.
A Psychiatrist currently working as a Senior Registrar with about 7 years cognate experience and the following additional qualifications; 1. Advance Certificate in Rational -Emotive Behavioural Therapy 2. International Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety and Diploma in Health, Safety and Environmental Management. Also had trainings in ART management of HIV patients as well as the use of Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry.
Has managed diverse cases of neuropsychiatric cases (Drug and substance abuse, child and adolescent, geriatric, forensic) and rehabilitation of patient.
