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Aberdeen Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners
Our team can offer you psychological interventions if you’re experiencing mild mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and low mood. How does the service work? We can offer sessions
... continue reading.Scottish Borders Supported Living Service (Homelessness)
Facebook Phone 01896 751 177 Email Borders@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our Supported Living Service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Support is offered within your home and around your local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to live independently and meaningfully within your local community. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.
... continue reading.ARBD Self-Management Wellbeing Toolkit
Welcome to Penumbra’s self-management toolkit for people with Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD). If you are reading this, then hopefully you have found the professional and personal help you need
... continue reading.Future Pathways
Facebook Phone 0808 164 2005) Email registration@future-pathways.co.uk Referal route Self-referral Penumbra is a partner in Future Pathways which has been set up to offer person centred support for people who have experienced in-care abuse. If you would like to self-refer you can do this through the freephone number or email, and ou can find out more about Future Pathways on the website: www.future-pathways.co.uk
... continue reading.Scottish Borders Supported Living Service (Mental Health)
Facebook Phone 0131 221 9607 Email east@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our Supported Living Service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Support is offered within your home and around your local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to live independently and meaningfully within your local community. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time.
... continue reading.Edinburgh Crisis Centre
Facebook @TheEdinburghCrisisCentre Phone 0808 801 0414 Email Crisis@EdinburghCrisisCentre.org.uk Referal route Self-referral Our team at the Crisis Centre can offer you practical and emptional support if you’re experiencing distress, emotional overwhelm, or thoughts of suicide and self-harm. You have to be aged 16 and over living in Edinburgh to access support, and our team can also offer support if you’re a family member, carer or loved one. The service operates 24/7 and is self-referral through our freephone number or email.
... continue reading.Edinburgh Trauma Informed Self-Harm Support Service
Facebook Phone 0131 229 6262 Email LocalityTeam.Edinburgh@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Self-referral or third party Our Edinburgh Self-Harm Support Service can offer you practical and emotional support if you’re experiencing self-harm. We offer a safe, non-judgemental space where you can explore your self-harming behaviours, and we work with you to manage and identify healthy coping strategies. We can support your loved ones and carers too. Our team will work with you using recovery tools to discover what matters to you, to develop skills and strategies to help you maintain good wellbeing, and to connect into meaningful community resources. Many of our team members have lived experience of recovery in mental health and bring that insight to support you on your journey.
... continue reading.Edinburgh Community Link Worker Support Service
Facebook Phone 0131 228 1335 Email East@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Self-referral via GP surgery Our Community Link Worker team can offer you practical and emotional support if you’re experiencing mental health challenges, including self-harm or thoughts of suicide. Our support is offered on a one-to-one basis for a fixed period of time. Our team will work with you using recovery tools to discover what matters to you, to develop skills and strategies to help you maintain good wellbeing, and to connect into meaningful community resources. Many of team members have lived experience of recovery in mental health and bring their own insight to support you on your journey. To access the service, you need to be registered with one of the following GP practices: the Hopetoun Practice, Bruntsfield Medical Practice, Gracemount Medical Practice, and Liberton Medical Group
... continue reading.Fife Short Term Housing Support Service
Facebook Phone 01383 728 467 Email east@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Self-referral or third party Our Short Term Housing Support Service offers high quality short term housing support to people in Fife. Support is offered within your home and around your local community. Our team will support you to become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living through promoting wellbeing and recovery. We will support you to gain the skills you need to manage and sustain your tenancy and to live independently and meaningfully within your local community. We’ll work together with you to discover your strengths, and will support you to set and achieve your goals one step at a time. The duration of Short Term Housing Support to an individual is up to 1 year.
... continue reading.Distress Brief Intervention
Facebook Phone 111 Email Referal route NHS24 Penumbra is a partner in Distress Brief Intervention. This service works through NHS24 where callers experiencing distressing feelings can be referred to support from mental health support practitioners. NHS24 call handlers assess callers on an individual basis and can choose to refer people to organisations like Penumbra for support. Contact with the caller is usually made within 24 hours of receiving the referral from NHS24.
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