Lilias Gillies House

High-support - Psychologically Informed Therapeutic Environment

Service Overview

  • 24-hour accommodation (waking nights)
  • Mixed gender
  • Adults 18+
  • 15 ensuite-bedrooms
  • Shared lounge, kitchen, and garden area, therapy room and group room spaces
  • 1:1 psychotherapy each week
  • 1:1 key work sessions
  • Weekly therapeutic programme
  • Resident training opportunities


Hi I’m Lena, I am the service manager at Lilias Gillies House. Prior to joining CHT, I worked in the homelessness sector for over 10 years, working for Look Ahead and Thames reach as a Service Manager.

Hi I’m Joey, I am the service psychotherapist at Lilias Gillies House. I have over four years’ experience as a psychotherapist in the NHS and working for charities. And hold a Metanoia Institute Diploma and Msc in Integrative Psychotherapy.

Psychotherapist

Service Manager

Joey Vines

Lena Norman

Contact

169 Tollers Lane, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 1BJ

Staffing

Lilias Gillies House is staffed 24-hours a day, with waking night cover. CHT employs staff committed to recovery, and encourages applications from those with lived experience. Lilias Gillies House staff team is made up of Live-in Support Workers, Therapeutic Support Workers, Senior Therapeutic Support Workers, an integrated fully qualified Psychologist/Psychotherapist, a registered Social Worker, and a Registered Manager. The service is also supported by a Psychiatrist, a Lead Psychotherapist and Senior Manager.


Our dedicated staff are crucial to the successful delivery of recovery and therapeutic services, so CHT is committed to providing high quality staff training, including Skills for Care training for staff and managers, and a 20-module tailored programme of training in psychosocial theory and practice.


Staff also have regular supervision, weekly reflective practice facilitated by the service psychologist, and access to an employee assistance programme.