Where to go for Help & Advice

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Worried about your wellbeing?

  • Use self-care resources on MTW intranet
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for 24/7 support including counselling for psychological and practical life concerns for you and your family. Contact EAP via http://www.healthassuredeap.co.uk/ - username, password, and further details can be found in leaflets located in the education centres.

Experiencing ongoing or higher levels of distress?

  • Speak to friends, peers, chaplaincy, GP or a professional
  • Self-refer to our Occupational Health Psychology Team
  • Contact our Chaplaincy Team
  • Self-refer or ask your manager for an Occupational Health referral
  • Call your GP to talk through your situation and next steps
  • Free 24/7 National Wellbeing Support Line for NHS Staff on 0800 069 6222 (open 7am to 11pm 7 days a week) or text FRONTLINE to 85258 for support 24/7
  • Contact EAP via www.healthassuredeap.co.uk- username and password available on request from the Education Centre
  • Call Access to Work Mental Health Support Service 0300 456 8114. Visit www.remploy.co.uk

Have a pre-existing mental health problem and think you may be relapsing?

  • Revisit self-care advice and resources
  • Use self-care resources on the MTW intranet
  • Contact your GP
  • If you’re under a mental health team, arrange a review
  • Self-refer or ask your manager for an Occupational Health referral
  • Self-refer to our Occupational Health Psychological Team. Email mtw-tr.psychologicaloh@nhs.net
  • Contact EAP via www.healthassuredeap.co.uk - username and password available on request from the Education Centre
  • Call the National Wellbeing Support Line on 0800 069 6222
  • Call Access to Work Mental Health Support Service 0300 456 8114. Visit www.remploy.co.uk

Worried about your coping responses, increased alcohol use, smoking?

  • Revisit self-care advice and resources
  • Use self-care resources on MTW intranet for local drug/alcohol and smoking cessation services
  • Worried about your own or someone else’s drinking? Call Drinkline, the national free and confidential alcohol helpline on 0300 123 1110
  • Talk to your GP
  • Contact EAP via www.healthassuredeap.co.uk- username and password available on request from the Education Centre
  • Self-refer or ask your manager for an Occupational Health referral

Concerned you are developing signs of a mental health problem?

Get informed and mobilise support

  • Get more information - check out Rethink, MIND and Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • See your GP
  • Self-refer or ask your manager for an Occupational Health referral on 01892 633232 or 01622 224324. Email: mtwtr.occupationalhealth@nhs.net
  • Self-refer to your local psychological therapies service (IAPT) at www.nhs.uk
  • Call National Wellbeing Support Line on 0800 069 6222 (open 7 days a week)
  • Contact EAP on 0800 028 0199 or visit: www.healthassuredeap.co.uk – username Maidstone, password Tunbridge

Experiencing a mental health crisis but you know you can keep yourself safe?

Tell someone – family, friend, work colleague, professional

  • If you are under a mental health team – call them
  • Self-refer or ask your manager for an Occupational Health referral on 01892 633232 or 01622 224324. Email: mtwtr.occupationalhealth@nhs.net
  • Get 24/7 help from a team of crisis volunteers at Shout. Visit: www.giveusashout.org or text ‘Shout’ to 85258
  • Call the Samaritans anytime on 116123
  • Call the Single Point of Access service on 0800 783 9111, 24/7 service. www.kmpt.nhs.uk/need-help
  • Mental Health Matters (24/7) on 0800 107 0160
  • The Listening Place provide counselling and support for severe distress and suicidal thoughts on 020 3906 7676. www.listeningplace.org.uk

Experiencing a mental health crisis and feel you can’t keep yourself safe?

If you’re at home, ring 999: Tell someone – family or friend to support you to get help

If you’re at work, tell someone. Attend psychiatry liaison team in A&E for immediate support or call A&E Psychiatric Liaison Team pager via the switchboard

If you’re waiting for support or feel unsure what to do:

– Call the Samaritans anytime on 116123 or text ‘Shout’ to 85258

– Call the Single Point of Access service on 0800 783 9111, 24/7 service. www.kmpt.nhs.uk/need-help

– Mental Health Matters (24/7) on 0800 107 0160

– Always go to A&E in an emergency