Bipolar Peer Support Service
We’ve teamed up with our friends from Bipolar Edinburgh to offer a peer support service for people in Edinburgh living with a bipolar diagnosis. How does it work? At the
... continue reading.Edinburgh Supported Living Service
Facebook Phone 0131 229 9122 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 Gilmore (HMO)
Facebook Phone 0131 221 9607 Email east@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Tenants have their own tenancy agreementin a shared house for up to 7 people. This includes a private bedroom, shared lounge, kitchen, bathrooms and garden for up to 7 people. Support is offered within the house and around the 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 your tenancy and to live independently and meaningfully within your local community and support you to prepare to move on to more independent living in your own full tenancy. 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 Downfield (HMO)
Facebook Phone 0131 221 9607 Email east@penumbra.org.uk Referal route Social work Our service offers high quality support to people experiencing severe and enduring mental health challenges. Tenants have their own tenancy agreementin a shared house for up to 7 people. This includes a private bedroom, shared lounge, kitchen, bathrooms and garden for up to 7 people. Support is offered within the house and around the 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 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.
... 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 Self-Harm Support Service
Facebook Phone 0131 221 9607 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.Milestone ARBD Residential Service
Facebook Phone 0131 441 5778 Email milestone@penumbra.org.uk Referal route NHS Lothian Hospitals Our team at Edinburgh Milestone offer high quality support for people living with the impacts of alcohol related brain damage (ARBD). Support is open to people leaving hospital and is offered on a short term basis. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Team Nurses, Recovery Practitioners and Workers, Peer Volunteers, Consultant Physician, Psychiatrist, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Physiotherapist and Social Worker. We will support your physical and mental health and build routine and structure in your life and you will become empowered to make informed choices about your daily living. We will support you to gain the skills you need to live as independently as possible and meaningfully to enable your return to your community or other suitable accommodation. 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.
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