The Wellbeing Service is open to anyone over 18 and is accessed through an Options session. Options sessions are a conversation (face to face or by telephone) with a Mind Wellbeing Worker to explore a person’s mental health, wellbeing and what might be helpful. Options sessions can be booked via the Information Service.
Wellbeing services are run across Oxfordshire in various locations including our hubs in Oxford, Abingdon, Banbury & Witney and community settings. Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Workers and Benefits Advisors are also based within the three Adult Mental Health Teams. The OMHP Wellbeing Services include: the information service and signposting, free courses on topics like managing stress and becoming more assertive, peer support groups for people with a shared experience of mental health problems, Walking for Wellbeing, expert benefits advice for people with mental health problems (provided by Benefits for Better Mental Health), Stepping into Wellbeing (Day Hospital in Oxford) and Oxford & Banbury Safe Havens. Please see Oxfordshire Mind Services section for more details.
For Oxford City and North East Oxfordshire Adult Mental Health Team (AMHT) please see secondary care and community based NHS services.
Elmore works directly with people falling through the gaps of existing services, supporting them to tackle their problems, improve their lives, and feel part of their communities. They also identify gaps and barriers in current services and worth with individuals and systems to address these. This can include individual and collective advocacy alongside clients, as well as research, lobbying, partnership-building and piloting new initiatives and projects to benefit our client group.
At Connection Support our team of staff members and volunteers provide expert support to vulnerable people with complex and challenging needs across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Milton Keynes.
Our aim is to solve homelessness and achieve independence for all our clients, and to do that we provide a wide range of services which offer support with homelessness, housing support, mental health, independent living, preventing isolation, parental mentoring, refugee resettlement and social prescribing. This aim is fully inclusive, which means we work with people who are at risk of ‘falling through the gaps’ to make sure that no one is left behind. We believe that every human being is a valuable member of our society and should be treated as such.
Response is committed to helping all our residents live successfully, satisfyingly and safely as ordinary citizens in the community. Their Intensive Supported Housing services are provided on the Littlemore Hospital site. The Campus is a centre aimed at engaging and temporarily housing people with the most complex needs who no longer need inpatient provision but for whom more stable housing is not yet achievable. It works with the rest of the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership, sharing expertise and welcoming in-reach support from Partners.
Response provides home support to people with complex health needs such as mental and physical illness, learning disabilities or dementia. Staff can support individuals with physical tasks such as washing and getting dressed as well as social/practical tasks like collecting benefits or shopping.
Response – Independent Housing is a long-term shared accommodation for people with mental health problems and low income support needs across Oxfordshire. Intensive Housing management is provided, no staff on site. This accommodation is based in Oxford and Banbury.
Response Long-Term Supported Housing provide support for adults with longer-term needs. A personal budget may need to be applied for and be in place before accessing this service. There are 30 places of shared and self-contained accommodation in Oxford City and Littlemore.
At Oxfordshire Recovery College they offer courses and workshops about mental health and wellbeing. Their courses are available either online or in person at venues across Oxfordshire. Their subjects include Understanding Anxiety and Depression, Sleep and Wellbeing and Gender, Sexuality and Mental Health. Their key value is coproduction – all their courses are designed and delivered by people who have their own lived experience of managing their mental health, working alongside people with trained experience. Most of their courses are aimed at 18s and over, but they have a course designed specifically for 16 to 25s – Navigating Your Way Through Mental Health Services.
Restore has six Recovery Groups across Oxfordshire. The Recovery Groups offer a therapeutic work environment that is supportive, creative, purposeful and fun. They offer opportunities to socialise and learn new skills in horticulture, printing, cooking, marketing, woodwork and other crafts. Group members decide together what activities they will do. Referrals can be made by GP, CMHT, other health care professionals, family or the individuals themselves.
The six Recovery Groups are:
- Beehive Recovery Group, Manzil Way, Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1YH
- Elder Stubbs Recovery Group, Elder Stubbs Allotments, Rymers Lane, Oxford, OX4 3LB
- South Oxon Recovery Group, Fleet Meadow, Sandringham Road, Didcot, OX11 FYA
- North Oxon Recovery Group, The Warehouse, 28 Calthorpe Street, Banbury, OX16 5EX
- Garden Cafe Recovery Group, Manzil Way, Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1YH
- Littlemore Recovery Group, Restore shop and cafe, Littlemore Mental Health Centre, Oxford, OX4 4XN
