About the Service
The Community Mental Health Support Workers are part of the Oxfordshire Health & Homelessness Inclusion service (OHHI) – a multi-disciplinary team that includes Social Workers, Housing Officers and Psychologists that works with people who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
The Community Mental Health Workers support people as they move from hospital into accommodation – setting up a home, building stability and avoiding hospital readmissions where a person’s needs can be better met in the community.
What can we help you with?
Our team work closely with clients to enable them to:
- Resettle into new accommodation
- Address rent arrears and debt
- Access health and other mainstream services and treatments
- Develop social engagement and access to meaningful activities
- Address anti-social behaviour
- Make applications for housing
- Manage new and existing benefit claims
Who is this service for?
The service is for people who experience repeated hospital admissions due to poor mental health, and whose wellbeing is impacted by housing issues.
People who are at risk of losing their accommodation, where a deterioration in mental health is a contributing factor.
How do we work?
The service provides wraparound support to enable people to access new tenancies and to maintain existing ones. After initial assessments of needs, suitable clients are allocated a caseworker. Personalised, practical and motivational support is provided through regular face to face contact. Clients may need support with rent arrears and benefits, maintaining wellbeing and accessing meaningful activities and employment.
