Options counselling service provides individuals aged 18 and over who need counselling support for any number of issues from life changing decisions to the smallest, seemingly insignificant aspects of everyday life which can leave someone feeling confused, depressed and unhappy.
Our counsellors are qualified and experienced professionals who provide confidential one to one counselling using a range of approaches, including use of CBT techniques, for a wide variety of issues including Depression, Stress & Anxiety, Relationships, Loss and Bereavement, Addictions, Eating Disorders, Gambling and many more.
We offer FREE gambling Support and Counselling to anyone concerned about their own or someone else’s Gambling.
This can include:
a) People who are finding their Gambling is becoming problematic & getting out of control
b) Partners
c) Family members
d) Business partners/ work colleagues and anyone who is affected by the Gambler
Oxfordshire Mind has Wellbeing Hubs in Abingdon, Banbury, Oxford and Witney, which are part of the Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service, split into three localities. Wellbeing Hubs provide peer support groups, a programme of short courses and workshops designed to promote wellbeing and many creative activities and groups. Some Peer support groups also take place in community settings such as cafés.
The Mill is one of our Wellbeing hubs in Oxford City, located on the Cowley Road. It is open 4 days a week and is a safe space for people experiencing a range of mental health issues to come for peer support and optional activity groups in a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere.
The Day Hospital/Stepping Into Wellbeing service is also run at the Mill two days per week (via referral only.)
Carers Direct was set up creating a web-based introduction service, whereby people seeking care could confidently identify and approach skilled and compassionate care assistants, while bringing benefits to both. Their site introduces carers for Live-In Care, Hourly Care and Over Night Care.
If you are homeless, you still have a right to register with a doctor – you can use a ‘care-of address’, such as a friend or a day centre. You may only be offered a temporary three-month registration.
St Mungo’s services in Oxford includes Oxford Street Population Outreach Team (OxSPOT) for people experiencing rough sleeping, commissioned by Oxford City Council.
OxSPOT works intensively with people experiencing rough sleeping, helping them access accommodation and support services that can prevent them from returning to the streets.
If you are concerned about someone experiencing rough sleeping, you can give details – including their location – to OxSPOT.
OxSPOT is not an emergency service, but it will follow up on all calls and emails as soon as possible.
St Mungo’s also run Somewhere Safe to Stay, for people who are new to or at risk of homelessness, and Housing First accommodation to provide people with a long-term home.
We work with schools, colleges, CAMHS, local authorities, and third sector partners including Oxfordshire Youth to improve services for children and young people and campaign for positive change. Our services support children and young people to increase their knowledge and coping skills including innovative courses like Boxing and Wellbeing. We are offering new provision supporting 18 to 25 year olds, and will also be launching new work building mentally healthy universities with Oxford Brookes and National Mind.
abandofbrothers (ABOB) works with young men in danger of the criminal justice system. We provide them with the support to make the transition to an adulthood free of crime and filled with a sense of belonging, connection and purpose.
Our Quest for Community brings together young men and adult Mentors through an intensive contemporary rites-of-passage experience and mentoring programme.
Our focus is to give these young men experiences that challenge them and support their growth, and to provide them with a lasting community that supports them.
The Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (OSCP) aims to keep children in Oxfordshire as safe as possible by making sure everyone understands their roles and responsibilities regarding safeguarding through training, learning and local resources. It is everybody’s responsibility to keep children and young people safe. If you’re concerned that a child is being abused or neglected, you should report it so that the child can be protected.
If you think a child is in immediate danger, call the police on 999.
If you have a concern about a child, please call MASH on 0345 050 7666.
Please note, OSCB (Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board) changed its name to OSCP (Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership) as a consequence of the publication of the multi-agency arrangements document in December 2024.
The New Beginnings Team provides practical and emotional support to people who experienced sexual exploitation while aged under 18. Our clients often struggle with a number of difficulties as a result of this abuse, and find it very difficult to move on with their lives. We support people around practical issues such as information and accessing appropriate support, benefits, housing, advocacy, and if needed support around police investigations and court cases. We also offer emotional support and guidance, as well as support around raising self esteem and feeling empowered and in control of own life and choices.
CAMHS aims to make sure than no one goes without the support they need. In Oxfordshire they provide a wide range of mental health services for children and young people (CAMHS) and community services.
CAMHS offers two pathways for providing mental health services for children and adolescents.
The CAMHS – Getting Help pathway provides an early intervention which is time limited. This is the first level of help they offer for children and young people with emotional or mental health difficulties. You would normally work with one main mental health worker who will often have a background in nursing, social work, or occupational therapy. CAMHS – Getting Help offers children and young people opportunities to learn new skills to support them in managing emotional or mental health difficulties and also supports parents and carers.
The CAMHS – Getting More Help pathway works with children and young people who may need help over a longer period of time and/or who need more professionals to be involved. This could be because of something significant which has happened in their life, or just because more help is needed. It is different for everyone, and they try to treat everyone as an individual. They also support parents and carers too.
CAMHS – Getting More Help will treat children or young people in an emergency if they need help for a serious mental illness, like if they are feeling very low and have been thinking about harming themselves.
They offer evidence-based treatment, which means that the treatment has been tested to make sure that it works. You might be seen individually, with a family member or in a group with other young people who have similar difficulties: they will ask you what you prefer.
