CCOS (Croydon Community Opportunities Service)

To promote, educate, communicate and empower, for the benefit and interest of people affected by mental health issues

SLaM 24 hr
Information line:
Help line gives
information and
support to people
in Croydon with
mental health
problems.

0800 731 2864

SAMARITANS

A 24 hour service providing confidential emotional support to any person who are suicidal or despairing

020 8681 666

A 24 hour confidential help line providing
advice and information on a range of health issues.
0845 46474

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Service name:	CCOS (Croydon Community Opportunities Service)
Provided by:	Croydon Integrated Adult Mental Health Service (IAMHS)- South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)
When and where:
9-5, Monday to Friday Various venues by appointment, including mental health resource centres & community bases.
Aim of service:
A “community bridge building” service, providing a bridge for service users from statutory mental health services to mainstream community services and opportunities. People who use this service will be helped to identify their social inclusion needs and will be matched to services and opportunities in the community that meet their recovery aspirations (eg. getting appropriate training and education, support in finding and sustaining paid employment, introduction to leisure and sport services).
What will be offered:
Everyone will have an assessment and will be allocated a key worker who will help to make a personal development plan. Service users will be offered active advice and support, including skills development (for example: motivational interviewing; interpersonal skills development; time management skills). Written referrals will be made, as appropriate, to other services.
[New referrals]: Who is the service for and how to access it?
People who are receiving a service from the Integrated Adult Mental Health Service (IAMHS), whose case is being managed by a care co-ordinator. Referral by Care Co-ordinator.