Mental Health Resources

New Counselling Scheme: CMM Support

CMM is pleased to announce the launch of a new counselling scheme, CMM Support, to improve the mental health of registered managers in adult social care.

Working in partnership with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), CMM’s new low-cost counselling scheme gives registered managers access to trained professionals who can help with navigating stress, grief, trauma, anxiety and more in a confidential space.

Whilst the counselling is offered at a reduced rate, providers can get in touch to fund free or subsidised therapy to their registered managers whilst maintaining the anonymity the scheme provides. This gives providers peace of mind knowing their managers have access to proper support with their mental health, as well as helping with recruitment and retention. Those interested in providing this to their staff should contact lisa.werthmann@carechoices.co.uk.

The counselling scheme is accessible via the CMM website.

Qwell mental health platform for Care Home staff commissioned by One Devon

Qwell is a free, safe and anonymous mental health and wellbeing online service. There are no waiting lists, no referrals and no thresholds required to access the service, which is available to all adults in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. Although this is not always appropriate for residents, it is something that might benefit care home staff, who work tirelessly to support care home residents.

The online service offers peer to peer support via moderated discussion forums and self-help through reading or submitting content. Qwell also gives people the opportunity to access online counselling from qualified counsellors who are available from midday to 10pm every weekday and from 6pm to 10pm at weekends. People can drop in for one-to-one instant text-based chats or book a session in advance.

Mental wellbeing of older people in care homes

A resource, produced for care home managers, to help put the NICE quality standard of mental wellbeing of older people in care homes into practice.

It highlights key messages for each of the 6 quality statements that make up the standard. The messages relate to high priority areas where improvements are needed.

Bereavement Resources for Social Care Workers

Visit The Department of Health and Social Care website for links to many useful resources on bereavement.