• Supportive Counselling
• Help with welfare benefits
• Help with housing or accommodation problems
• Help with independent living skills with the focus on recovery
• Further development of leisure and social skills
• Information and advice and administration of medication
• Support to carers
• Referral to other services if needed
• Individual treatment programmes

All support from the CMHTs is provided through the Care Programme Approach, which is a way of providing services to meet your individual needs, ensuring you and your carers are involved in the planning and delivery of care plans. 

You will have a named worker who will take a special interest in your care plan and who will keep in contact with you.  This is the person you will contact if you have a problem with your care plan.  This worker is called your Care Co-ordinator.  

If you have any further queries about referral or would like further information, please contact your local CMHT. you can find their contact details at the top of the page listed under 'Also in' or you can contact Social Care Direct, which is the first point of contact for Social Services.  

What Happens Next?  

A member of the team will contact you to arrange your first appointment.  This can be at the team's office or your doctor's surgery if you wish.