Support for Mental Health Carers & Families
Description
If you are a caregiver for someone with a mental health issue, you are not alone. The Carer and Family Support service provides advice, support, and guidance to individuals who identify as carers. This service is primarily intended for carers and family members of individuals dealing with enduring mental health issues. It also extends support to professionals in the mental health field who have a role in caring for and supporting families.
Carers and family members often prioritize the needs of their loved ones over their own, which can lead to isolation, poor health, and financial challenges. The goal of the service is to enhance the lives of carers and families by addressing three critical needs: emotional, practical, and financial support.
The services offered include advocacy, listening support, peer support through carer and family groups, debt and financial advice, practical assistance related to issues like Self Directed Care, and referrals to specialised organisations.
The Carer and Family Support services are available in the Northern Health & Social Care Trust and the South East Health & Social Care Trust, funded by these respective trusts.
Accessing the service is open to various referral methods, including self-referral, service user referral, referrals from other MindWise services, statutory services such as Community Psychiatry Nurses or Social Workers, GPs, schools, and voluntary organisations.
For more information or to access the service, you can contact them using the provided contact information on their website.
In summary, the Carer and Family Support service aims to provide comprehensive support to carers and family members of individuals with mental health issues, addressing their emotional, practical, and financial needs, with services available in specific health and social care trust areas.
About mindwisenv
MindWise Invent supports people with learning disabilities and autism across Northern Ireland to live independent lives through accommodation, respite, outreach, employment and day opportunities. Their person-centered approach promotes inclusion.