Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support Service - Update January

Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support Service – Successful Retender!!

We're now able to share the fabulous news that we have been successful in our bid to continue delivery of our hugely successful service for a further 5 years.

Well done to Team DRPSS and everyone involved in the process on all your hard work.

Monthly Service Update

Service Overview

The Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support Service provides practical, goal-based 1-1 support to help individuals develop tools to manage their mental health independently within the community. The service also supports a network of peer led support groups across the county, providing each group with an individualised package of funding, training, and ongoing development support.

Our Service Manager is Annie Nichols you can contact her at annie.nichols@rethink.org

Mental Health Map Derbyshire

The interactive map is up and running, providing a live collective of mental health and wellbeing support and provision across the whole of Derbyshire. If you would like your service, organisation, or group to be visible on the map, then please fill in a proforma (this can be requested from the below address) and return completed to the address provided. Once a proforma is submitted, you will receive a quarterly prompt with the proforma attached to ensure we have the most up to date details for your map submission.

If you would like more information about the map or to be added to it, please fill in the form attached and email: derbyshirerecoverypeersupportservice@rethink.org

Peer Support Groups

We support a network of peer led support groups across the county, providing each group with an individualised package of funding, training, and ongoing development support. If you would like to learn more about our incredible funding offer for peer support groups, then get in touch with us at derbyshirerecoverypeersupportservice@rethink.org

Peer Support Group Focus:

North Derbyshire – Game in the Peak – Saturdays from 6:30pm starting on the 14th January is a brand new gaming group held at the church in the peak. They will be playing a wide range or board games from classic to more complex. To help like-minded individuals combat isolation and loneliness. For more information, please contact the single point of access line on 01773 734989

Central Derbyshire – Enjoy Ceramics - meet every Thursday 1-3 pm at the Old Ragged School, on Markham Road in Chesterfield. The sessions are open to anyone who would enjoy or like to know more about working with clay and ceramics. The groups always welcome new members as well as anyone who would like to help deliver the sessions.

South Derbyshire – The Men’s Room – This is a group just for men who are feeling isolated, stressed or experiencing difficulties to get together and share experiences and coping strategies. Mondays 2-4pm at the Cantelupe Centre, Ilkeston

Sawley Social Support – Mondays 10.30am – 12.30pm at Sawley Memorial/Community Hall on Draycott Road in Sawley. A social support group meeting to talk, share experiences and make new friends to help alleviate isolation over a cuppa and some biscuits with some games and crafts.

For any updates, group information or general enquiries regarding central groups please contact:

Derbyshire Dales & High Peak - Currently recruiting so contact our Peer and Volunteer Coordinator martine.roebuck@rethink.org

North East Derbyshire & Amber Valley - Mark Hudson mark.hudson@rethink.org

Erewash & South Derbyshire - Ben Gough ben.gough@rethink.org

ABOUT THE PEER/VOLUNTEER-LED SUPPORT GROUPS:

The groups are peer and volunteer-led and aim to support those with moderate to medium mental health issues or those who can moderate their behaviour during the group session. The groups are open to all; however, certain values must be adhered to, and members must be in control of themselves, meaning the groups have a zero-tolerance for, aggressive behaviours, drugs, and alcohol while at the groups. New members can be supported by a carer or healthcare professional in the first instance and on an ongoing basis if found helpful.

The groups can be a community, informal friendships, or constituted groups

• The groups support those with moderate to medium mental health issues or those who can moderate their behaviour during the session.
• The groups can aim to help members maintain their own well-being levels by sharing similar lived experiences.
• Alternatively, they can be about distraction, diversion, interruption, or respite, as in an art group.
• This sharing/distraction enables members to give a unique quality of mutual support.
• It enables members to share and swap skill sets.
• Groups are peer and volunteer led.
• The groups do not offer to counsel
• The groups also have access to local support information and signposting options.
• The groups aim to help members find new ways to cope to help maintain individual wellbeing.
• The groups ethos is to offer a forum to show kindness and give hope.

The Hubs

We have several hubs across Derbyshire that are free and open to anyone over the age of 18. The hubs are there for individuals to come and chat confidentially to a friendly face for information on what is affecting their wellbeing, look at practical options to get them on the right path to where they need to be as well as appropriate signposting.

Glossop – 1st Monday of every month, The Bureau Glossop, 10am-12pm

Gamesley – 1st and 3rd Monday of every month, Café Jericho, 1:30pm-3:30pm

Ashbourne – was every other Tuesday, Elim Church, 1pm-3pm but has moved to monthly.

Matlock - Every Wednesday, 10am-12pm, Church in the Peak - contact Janet for any info: janetdranfield@dfmh.co.uk

Chesterfield: Every Wednesday, Chesterfield Wellbeing Hub, 10:30am-12:30pm

Shirebrook: Every Thursday, Holy Trinity Church Hall, Shirebrook, 10am-11am

Dronfield: These are new sessions for Dronfield just call in to the Moray Place Community Building, Dronfield Woodhouse, Derbyshire, S18 8ZN 11am - 1pm, every 2nd Thursday of each month.

We are always looking for other organisations and individuals who would like to get involved with the hubs on a regular basis as well as providing sessions. Please do get in touch by emailing: derbyshirerecoverypeersupportservice@rethink.org

1:1 Support

Practical, goal-based support to help individuals develop tools to manage their mental health independently. Everyone will develop a personalised support plan to work towards with an allocated mental health recovery worker:

To make a referral into service:

· Call 01773 734989 to make a referral over the phone

· Complete a referral form and return to:

derbyshirerecoverypeersupportservice@rethink.org

· If you would like to discuss a potential referral prior to making one, then please call our single point of access number or email us

· We accept self-referrals and referrals made on behalf of somebody else. Please ensure you have discussed the referral and have consent to submit a referral

· If you are referring somebody into service, when completing the referral form all boxes need to be completed or marked ‘N/A’ and a detailed summary in the supporting information box

· If you have a risk assessment ready, please do email it along with the referral form

Criteria: Referrals must be aged 18+ (or 17 in transition from CAHMS to Adult Services), be living in Derbyshire (or accessing support from Derbyshire based services) and their primary support need must be their mental health. We are not able to accept referrals from people living within Derby City.

The current waiting times are as follows:

Across the whole of Derbyshire our waiting times are around 4-6 weeks but can vary across the area’s to be less or more than this so please bare this in mind when referring someone into the service.

High Peak, Derbyshire Dales: 4-12 weeks

South Derbyshire: 4-6 weeks

Erewash: Up to 12 weeks (currently telephone support only)

Chesterfield, Clay Cross, Killamarsh, Amber Valley and Bolsover: 4-6 weeks

Living Well:

As part of the new Living Well service in Derbyshire, new ways of delivering mental health and wellbeing services are being created. Living Well ensures that support focuses on the whole person’s needs and can be easily accessed.

The VCSE Living Well service for North-East Derbyshire, Bolsover and Chesterfield now have recruited 4 Peer Support Workers and 3 Wellbeing Coaches.

Both roles will support individuals in the community to work towards goal focused outcomes to improve their own mental health.

Peer Support Workers are bringing their own lived experience to the roles and will use this experience to support others.

The new workforce will work alongside the Community Mental Health Teams and Adult Social Care to ensure that individuals accessing the Living Well service receive holistic and person-centred care.

Volunteering Opportunities

We are currently looking for the following:

· PEER SUPPORT FACILITATORS

· SOCIAL MEDIA VOLUNTEERS

· GROUP DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEERS

· GROUP CHAMPION

We provide an incredible package of support to our volunteers within the service. Everyone, no matter their role receives:

· Training courses

· Regular 1-1 supervisions

· Personal Development Opportunities

For more information about our volunteering opportunities or to get involved please contact martine.roebuck@rethink.org

Social Media

Our social media is very much up and running since it’s revamp and we would love for you to give us a follow, likes and share far and wide! Our social media has all the latest on the service, any updates regarding groups, volunteer opportunities and much more.

DRPSS Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/DRPSS

Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support Service (@DRPSService) / Twitter

Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support Service - Home | Facebook

DerbyshireRecovery&PeerSupport (@drpssservice) • Instagram photos and videos

Please feel free to circulate to anyone who may benefit 😊

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A Carers Service was held at the Crooked Spire All Saints Church in Chesterfield (the 8th of December) A lovely day was had by all, where we were given a chance to say thank you to all the carers, the event was hosted by Derbyshire Carers. The Wellbeing Wednesday Singing Group (who are based in Ripley) were invited to sing a few songs including: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree and Merry Christmas Everyone. They were excellent renditions and went down a storm with everyone. Hymns where also played including Silent Night, God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen and Joy to the World. It felt good to be a part of and everyone clearly enjoyed the afternoon, the Trinity Wind Band also delighted everyone throughout. For more information about the singing group head here https://wednesdaywellbeingsinging.com/ I also listened to; All I want for Christmas is a hippopotamus for the first time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjPm0o04lGE and is well worth listening to. Happy New Year everyone.