Community Engagement works connecting people with their communities and support and connection to others within them. Woodside Day Service is at the heart of this.
We offer lots of community based support to people who might be struggling with their mental health - for all sorts of reasons. People come to us at Woodside Community Centre to be supported by mental health professionals, meet with other people, do therapeutic activities that they enjoy and move forward towards improved mental health.
This service is for adults aged 18 and over, living in Dudley borough, or with a Dudley borough GP.
Staff work to support each person to identify their own goals and aspirations, then work with them to realise these. People are often connected to other council, health, voluntary or community organisations and services to support them going forward.
How can you be refered to Woodside Day Service and Community Engagement?
Referrals to the service can be made by many people and organisations.
These include:
- GPs, practice nurses, GP clinicians
- Community mental health services
- Hospitals
- Social workers
- Council officers
- Voluntary organisations
To be referred a person must have a diagnosed mental health condition. This includes 'low level' mental health concerns such as anxiety or depression. This diagnosis can have been from a GP, it does not need to be from a hospital.
Referrals should be made to the council's Adults Front of House Service:
- Call: 0300 555 0055
- Email: accessteam.dachs@dudley.gov.uk
Woodside Day Service
Woodside Day Service works to support mental health recovery, providing high quality services for people who are experiencing mental health issues, or emotional distress.
The team works with people who are managing their mental health at home but would find it helpful to get more support, or to have opportunities to meet other people in similar situations.
People might use Woodside Day Service alongside other support, for example, from their GP, community health team, crisis team or social care team.
On Friday each week (excluding bank holidays) there is a morning drop-in session, 10am to 12pm, which anyone from the community can attend to ask for help, support or just a chat about their mental health.