The Black Country Emotional Support Helpline

• DY4 7UF, < 1 mile from this service
• Tag: Carer support

Working across the borough of Dudley providing peer support groups, carer-led groups, additional support and a chance to share information and coping strategies. Providing practical and emotional support. Helping carers cope with all aspects of their caring role. Information available on all topics related to mental illness

• WS3 2EX, < 1 mile from this service
• Tag: Advice and helplines

Freephone service for those in need of support, reassurance and understanding. This telephone based service is open 365 days and no referral is required. Anyone experiencing emotional distress, Carers, friends or family who require support about someone they know.

• B45 9NU, 8 miles from this service
• Tag: Nursing and residential care

We provide support to six people, over 24 hours a day, seven days a week with varying degrees of support. All our residents work towards outcomes based on the recovery star. Service users link in with the community as well as our own support staff to encourage an inclusion-type approach towards recovery. We also maintain good communication links with other professionals involved within the care plan to provide a holistic support approach for each individual service user. The building is two semi-detached properties joined together. Unfortunately, It is not suitable for people with mobility problems.

• WS3 2EX, 8 miles from this service
• Tag: Community support

The Walsall Enablement Service is a community-based service, designed to help you build independence and improve health and wellbeing by becoming an active participant in your local community. Through the provision of “SafeSpace” groups, Coffee & Cope groups, Living Life To The Full (a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based workshop), signposting services, individual emotional support and volunteering opportunities, our dedicated team will do all we can to support and empower you to enhance your recovery journey. Our aim is to improve wellbeing and prevent mental ill health among adults in Walsall through personal development and relapse prevention. We have a telephone helpline open to anyone living in Walsall who needs support/signposting. We are mainly a 9am-5pm Monday-Friday service, although we can work in the evening/weekends if there is demand, so please check with staff. If you would like support, please call us: 01922 707862.

• B9 9LL, 9 miles from this service
• Tag: Advice and helplines

Our Advice Service gives practical advice to adults living in England who are affected by mental illness. We advise people with a mental health problem, their friends, families and carers. We advise professionals who may want to know more about mental illness and how they can support the person they are working with. The Advice Service are expertly trained in a range of issues, including; mental health conditions, access to care and treatment, different medications and treatments, individual rights under the Mental Health Act, social care, and welfare benefits. We give advice to carers about their rights and how they can support the person they care for. Calls to our Advice Service cost the same as when you call a local number. You can e-mail or write to us for advice and we aim to respond within 3 working days.

• ST16 3BT, 21 miles from this service
• Tag: Housing

Our tenancy support service provides high quality accommodation and low level housing management support for people affected by mental illness aged 18 years and above, who are at risk of not accessing or sustaining a home because of their mental health, vulnerability and/or a history of housing related problems. We have 5 self contained flats at The Vicarage with a staff office base. The service also provides a out of hours Housing related On-call service.

• CV34 4NT, 26 miles from this service
• Tag: Employment and training

IPS (individual placement support) employment service, supporting people experiencing severe mental illness into employment. Also, we offer job retention service for people in employment who are at risk due to their mental illness. We are also part of the ESF funded Connect Me group of partners offering employment support to people with mental health issues in the city.

• CV34 4NT, 26 miles from this service
• Tag: Employment and training

We offer a supported employment service to people who are in or have been part of Secondary Mental Health Services, people who are unemployed or inactive, to help them find employment. We also support a small number of people who are in employment and are struggling because of a mental illness. We also host a weekly drop in, Thursdays 10.30-12.30 at our centre and hold regular social events for people isolated in the community

• CV37 6PG, 27 miles from this service
• Tag: Nursing and residential care

Eight-bed nursing care home for people living with a mental illness. The service is led by mental health nurse The home is located within walking distance to local amenities and Stratford upon Avon town centre. Service users are encouraged to attend local events and take part in local community life.