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The Employment Empowerment Service is a mental health and wellbeing support service targeted towards unemployed individuals facing complex and intractable barriers to work. The service offers personalized, goal-based support in a holistic and joined-up way. Service users are given a minimum of 6 x 1 hour sessions of 1-to-1 support which they can access either in their home or if preferred, in a mutually agreed community-based setting. The purpose of these sessions is to enable the service user to develop their own unique wellness recovery action plan (WRAP). The WRAP will contain a combination of both short-term and long-term goals that will firstly, assist to eliminate any current barriers to employment and secondly, help to improve overall wellbeing. The support worker will introduce tools such as the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ and the ‘SMARTER Goal Framework’ that will enable the service user to develop a firm plan in which they will become comfortable with self-monitoring and managing. Once all 6 sessions of face-to-face support have been delivered, service-users will then be given a minimum of 2 x 30-minute weekly telephone review sessions with their support workers.
How do I access the service?
At present, individuals can only access this service through speaking to their work coach at the Job Centre Plus.
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We have been delighted to be partnered with the Uk Hydrographic Office as their Charity of the Year. Thank you the dedicated staff for their incredible fundraising efforts and for raising an incredible £15,706 for us.
For 18 years, Mindline Somerset emotional support helpline has been providing the commuinty of Somerset with active listening and emotional support. If you need somebody to talk to, no matter how big or small your issues may be, we're here to listen tonight until 11pm on
📞01823 276 892
Mind in Somerset is proud to be part of the new Somerset Mental Health Alliance, which marks the start of an exciting new way of working where charity and NHS services will work together to ensure Somerset residents get the support they need, when they need it. #mentalhealthsomersetGreat to be part of the new Somerset Mental Health Alliance!
This marks the start of an exciting new way of working where the VCSE and NHS services will work together to ensure Somerset residents get the support they need, when they need it.
Read more at www.sparksomerset.org.uk/innovative-new-approach-mental-health-support-somerset
I hope so, I support the NHS we are lucky to have it. I felt very let down by them when my daughter started suffering from mental health issues. Our GP was great but the telephone therapy the NHS gave her was rubbish and the waiting list for better therapy is ridiculous. We are very lucky that she goes to a very good college who has an amazing therapist and has been a great help.
The help we have had has made a huge difference, but the NHS has a long way to go where mental illness is concerned I'm sorry to say.
I no what you meen about NHS mental health I don't trust then what I going throwy life a mess thanks to them I very trust them again I very ill and my mental health really bad to 😂
I no what you meen there let me down big time and did wrong 😂
Sorry words went wrong ment put my life. 😂
We're proud to help people through periods of loneliness. This #BlueMonday make sure you head to the #LetsTalkLoneliness map and add your organisation or find support if you need it #NationalLottery. letstalkloneliness.co.uk
I very loney I get got no help 😂
Loneliness is being surrounded by lots of people stopping you from doing what you want. Happiness is being on your own and being free to do what you want.
Fit for my Future are seeking people's opinions via a mental health consultation. Please see their post below for more information.
Fit for my Future
Today begins our mental health consultation. We are thinking about moving the mental health hospital in Wells to Yeovil. This means we would move the beds from Wells to make a bigger mental health hospital in Yeovil. We want to know what you think, fill out a questionnaire today: bit.ly/FFMF-Mental-Health-Consultation #MentalHeathSomerset
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust at Musgrove Park Hospital Somerset Partnership Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Somerset County Council Spark Somerset Mind in Somerset
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