NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies provides free, confidential and easy to access mental health care to people (18+) registered with an Oxfordshire GP. The service offers a range of evidence based talking therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), employment support, as well as access to wellbeing activities for people who are coping with low mood, panic, obsessive compulsive disorder, worry, health anxiety, phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder, helping people to get better and stay well. It also works with people experiencing a long-term physical health condition (LTC) (e.g. diabetes) and/or persistent physical symptoms who are experiencing low mood and/or anxiety.
Young people aged 16 or over are now able to access the service through CAMHS Single Point of Access- Contact: oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/camhs or 01865 902 515.
For those who are registered with an Oxfordshire GP and would like to use this service or find out more about what it can offer, visit the website https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/oxon-talking-therapies/ or phone on 01865 901222 to arrange a convenient time for a telephone assessment within a few days. This will help choose the right level of treatment and choice of therapy.
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 Abingdon Hub is one of our Wellbeing Hubs, located in the Charter Complex in Broad Street, and offers Peer Support Groups and courses.
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 Banbury Hub is one of our Wellbeing Hubs, located on Britannia Road, and offers Peer Support Groups and courses.
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 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.
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.
