Mandragora VZW
A warm home for adults with psychotic vulnerability
Mission
Supported housing offers adults with psychotic vulnerability the opportunity to live as autonomously as possible.
We achieve this through a varied housing offer adapted to the Brussels metropolitan context. Through tailored psycho-social guidance, we strive for maximum recovery of the resident and for the integration of care into the community.
Vision
Supported housing wants to offer its residents a safe house, a warm home.
We regard our mission as the foundation of this house, the basis on which we can start building the project with the residents.
In the vision, we describe the supporting pillars of our house; these are the basic principles on which our operation is based.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Housing
We offer different housing forms: classic community houses, boarding houses, individual housing and possible intermediate forms.
Since 2025, Supported housing has been working with a “transition house”. Each new resident will first pass through this community house.
Proximity
Each resident has a first and second supervisor to guarantee the availability and continuity of care.
Staff are highly accessible, also through other channels such as telephone and email.
Recovery-oriented care
We focus on the recovery vision: we strive for recovery at the pace and from the resident's own strengths.
We actively participate in the Recovery Academy Brussels, which offers courses on life themes.
Network
We pay attention to the network around the resident, within our own facility and the Brussels network.
Collaboration between neighbors can contribute to giving mentally vulnerable people a place in society.
Activation
Having a daily occupation, or being willing to look for one, is one of the admission criteria for Supported housing.
There is an activation worker who dedicates themselves to this aspect and organizes various activities and collaborations.
Co-determination
We give residents a voice through various channels: at the residents' council, through house meetings and working groups.
We talk with the resident as much as possible, not about the resident.
Festina Lente VZW
Supported housing with attention for youth and diversity
About Festina Lente
Festina Lente VZW shares the same mission and vision as Mandragora VZW, with a specific focus on supporting young people and attention to cultural diversity within the Brussels Supported housing landscape.
The name “Festina Lente” means “Make haste slowly” – a philosophy that is central to our approach to recovery and guidance.