Archive for the “Kirklees” category
Enfield Down
Enfield Down is an inpatient rehabilitation unit for people with severe mental health problems, usually psychosis. It provides 24-hour nursing care, occupational therapy and medical care carried out by a consultant psychiatrist. Lunch is provided daily by an in-house catering team. Other meals are self-catering, …
Single Point of Access (SPA)- Calderdale and Kirklees
The Calderdale and Kirklees Single Point of Access team (SPA) ensures that all urgent and routine referrals for Trust mental health services from GPs, and other statutory and third sector referrals are processed and responded to in a timely way, following a triage process. Read …
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Physiotherapy in mental health
The physiotherapy in mental health service provides a physiotherapy and exercise service to any adult with mental health problems who is unable to access mainstream services independently. The multi-skilled team aims to promote wellbeing and independence. This is done by using physical and psychological approaches, …
Dietetics
The dietetic service provides specialised dietetic advice for people with a mental illness and, or learning disability, to enable them to have an adequate nutritional intake so that they are able to live life to the full. The service aims to: Provide evidenced-based, specialist therapeutic …
Youth offending team
We aim to prevent offending by children and young people in Kirklees and provide support to those who are in contact with the criminal justice system. The Trust works alongside Kirklees Council to provide the service and employs a learning disability nurse to work directly with the team. …
Football trip to Prague
A service user football team from the Trust travelled to Prague to compete in the EASI Cup, Europe’s premier mental health football tournament. The European Association for Sport and Social Integration (EASI) Cup takes place each year and is a pan-European mental health specific football …
The Arts Train Exhibition
The Arts Train project is led by Home Valley Sharing Memories, a group of elderly people in their 70s, 80s and 90s. The group worked with service users with mental health problems to prepare and stage a month long exhibition of their work at the …
Fundays for adults with learning disabilities
What’s it about? Popular fun-packed, accessible, mixed ability multisport, fete games activities for adults with learning disabilities from across Barnsley, Calderdale, Wakefield and Kirklees. Booking is essential. Who’s this for? Adults who use the Trust learning disability services, their carers and external organisations. When and …
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The Walking Project
This project provided the opportunity for service users to become more active, physically fit and reflect how this can improve their mental wellbeing by offering 12 weekly walking/Nordic walking sessions culminating in a residential walking challenge which included education around safety and map reading. Supporting service …
Breathing Space
A ground-breaking project in Calderdale and Kirklees to increase the range of therapeutic arts activity available to older people, especially those at the early stages of dementia conditions. It also aims to improve the understanding of carers and care staff about the role of the …