Recovery Houses will provide a high standard of treatment and care in a safe and therapeutic setting for service users with a mental health crisis. The houses will offer a range of therapeutic, psychological, culturally sensitive, person centred interventions and treatments, which protect the safety of the service user in a appropriate and modern environment to support recovery. The team will focus on maintaining and improving quality of life as well as promoting independence. The service will operate within the framework of the acute care pathway. BEHMHT staff Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment staff (who will manage the Recovery Centre users care programmes) will respect the rights of individuals to dignity, choice, privacy and independence while providing appropriate education and support for carers and relatives, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.