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Southdown SWS (Staying Well Space) – East Sussex

Age range:16+ Location:East Sussex Tel:0800 023 6475 choose option #1
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About the service

Open 7 days a week, 365 days a year, the Staying Well service provides psychosocial support and crisis prevention planning. This includes proactively contacting clients who have been referred or self-referred to the service to build crisis plans together, increasing resilience and coping skills.

Individuals can also phone the service directly to self-refer for support when they feel they aren't able to cope or feel they are headed towards a crisis point.

The East Sussex services are provided by Southdown, in partnership with the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and is part of a network of mental health recovery support across the county, called the East Sussex Community Network.

How to access this service

The service is free and available to adults* with urgent mental health support needs living across East Sussex (*aged 16 and over) and Brighton and Hove (*aged 18 and over).

To self-refer or refer on behalf of an individual, contact your nearest Staying Well Space service and we will complete a short referral form with you. We can do this by phone or email, whichever is easiest.

You can also download a referral form in the ‘Downloads’ section on our website - please take care to choose the right form.

Urgent referrals to the service can be made by calling 0800 0236475 during the opening times listed below:

Weekdays - 4pm to 10.30pm
Weekends - 3pm to 10.30pm

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