Community Mental Health Services

We give help to adults with mental health problems, such as depression, phobias and other serious conditions. The service is provided by professionally qualified mental health social workers who are based in a variety of locations throughout Southwark.

Our teams are made up of social workers, community psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, psychiatrists and psychologists. This improves communication between service users, staff and carers and means that people can get the services they need from one place.

How we can help

We assess each person's mental health problems and, when necessary, we will give ongoing community mental health care, in partnership with the individuals, their carers and their GP. For most people, we provide help in the person's home, although they may sometimes have to attend one of our offices.

Working with other agencies

We work closely with other support agencies, such as the in-patient wards, day centres, the housing department and support agencies from the private and voluntary sectors.

The mental health strategy and partnership board

The joint mental health strategy for the borough has links to all departments in the council. The strategy is led by the Southwark Mental Health Partnership Board, with representatives from a range of local stakeholders including Southwark Primary Care Trust, the voluntary sector, and users and carers.

The mental health partnership board

The partnership board is advised by our users council, which meets monthly, and a growing carers project which is managed in partnership by Southwark Carers and Rethink.

Counselling and mental health

Find services and resources for mental health on the Southwark Health and Social Care website.

Contact

Our community mental health teams are based throughout the borough. Please contact the team nearest to you.

Lordship Lane Locality

Tel: 020 7525 1881
20-22 Lordship Lane
London
SE22 8HN   

North East Locality

Tel: 020 7231 4578
Chaucer Resource Centre
13 Ann Moss Way
London
SE16 2TH

North West Locality

Tel: 020 7525 2751
27-29 Camberwell Road
London
SE5 OEZ

St Giles Locality

Tel: 020 7919 3825
Douglas Bennett House
12 Windsor Walk
London
SE5 8BB

Out of hours and emergency contact

Tel: 020 7525 5000
You will be put through to the out of hours emergency duty social worker.