Mental Health Support MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT Our Community Mental Health Link Team work in partnership with the NHS Mental Health services to offer specialist support to Carers, caring for someone with Mental Illness, as well as Carers who themselves are service users of Mental Health Teams. Our Community Mental Health Link workers will: Support Carers to navigate Health & Social Care services and be recognised as expert partners in care. Provide a range of support based upon an understanding of Carer’s needs and the needs of the person they care for. Provide access to appropriate information resources. Help Carers tackle day to day issues that occur as a result of caring for someone with a mental health condition. Support Carers to manage their own Health & Wellbeing. Provide Carers with opportunities to engage in groups. Carers who face mental ill-health will have the opportunity to access one to one or group interventions to equip them with coping strategies and mechanisms for self-help. HOW CAN YOU ACCESS THIS SERVICE? Carers in Worcestershire: You need to be referred by the relevant Mental Health Service, please ask your, or your Cared For's, Mental Health team to refer you to us for this support. For information on Carer support please call our duty number: 01905 751345 (open 9-5 Mon-Fri). Further Mental Health support and information can be accessed via: RETHINK: https://www.rethink.org/ SAMARITANS: https://www.samaritans.org/ MIND: Caring for someone with a mental health problem - Mind QWELL: Home - Qwell Safe Haven: https://springfieldmind.org.uk/services/worcestershire-safe-haven YANA Rural Mental Health Support: https://www.yanahelp.org/ Triangle of Care: The Triangle of Care, Carers Included: A Guide to Best Practice in Mental Health Care in England - Resources - Carers Trust Addiction Advocate: OK Rehab - Drug & Alcohol Rehab | UK Treatment