Mental Health and Wellbeing Tookit

Useful Contacts and Resources

Contacts for Support

Emergency Services phone: 999

NHS 24 phone: 111

Addictive Eaters Anonymous - Tel: 07873 621372 or email: aeainverness@gmail.com

Advocacy Highland

Alcoholics Anonymous - phone: 0845 769 7555 (24-hour helpline)

Anxiety UK - Text Service: 07537 416 905 or phone: 08444 775 774 (Monday to Friday 9:30am - 5.30pm)

Beat - Support for eating disorders, phone: 0845 634 1414 (adults) or 0345 634 7650 (for under-25s)

Befrienders

Birchwood Highland

Breathing Space - Open up when you are feeling down phone 0800 83 85 87 (Weekdays, Monday-Thursday 6pm to 2am, Weekend Friday 6pm-Monday 6am)

CALM - Helpline for men, phone: 0800 585858.

Carers UK - Help and advice for Carers, phone: 0808 808 7777 Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm or Email advice@carersuk.org

CBT  (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) can be accessed through a telephone support service, phone 0800 328 9655 (Mon-Fri 1pm to 9pm).

Cruse Bereavement Care - phone: 0845 600 2227 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)

Harmless Support for self harming, email info@harmless.org.uk

Highland Substance Misuse Team, phone: 01463 716324, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Mental Health Representatives (for Highland Council staff)

Mental health services from NHS Highland.

Narcotics Anonymous - phone: 0300 999 1212 (daily until midnight)

National Debtline - Free debt advice 0808 808 4000 (Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday 9.30am to 1pm)

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) - phone: 0845 390 6232 (Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5pm)

Osprey House - Addiction rehabilitation, phone: 01463 716888

PAPYRUS - Suicide for young people up to the age of 35, phone: 0800 068 4141

Rape Crisis Scotland - phone: 08088 010302 (daily, 6pm to Midnight)

Road Less Lonely - Scottish Partnership for Palliative care

Refuge - Advice on dealing with domestic violence, phone: 0808 2000 247 (24-hour helpline)

Rethink - Help and support for people affected by mental illness, phone: 0300 5000 927 Monday - Friday 10am - 2pm

Samaritans - 24 hour emotional support for anyone in a crisis, phone: 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org

Shirlie

Sane - Practical help, emotional support and specialist information to individuals affected by mental health problems, their family, friends and carers. Phone: 0845 767 8000 or Email support


Training

Highland Council Mental Health Reps

Highland Council Mentally Healthy Workplace

Highland Council Stress Awareness

For Highland's Children Self Harm & Suicide

Highland Council Skills Network


Highland Council Information and Support

Bereavement - registering a death

Bereavement - funeral, graves & cremations

Healthy & Safety

Housing Homeless Team

Human Resources

Learning & Development

Life Limiting Conditions, Palliative Care, Loss and Bereavement, Trauma, and Tragic Incidence Information

Managing Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace policy

Mental Health Officer Service

Occupational Health

Scottish Counselling Services

Tragic events guidance for schools 2016

Trade Unions

Wider Wallet


Useful Resources

Coping with Stress

Developing Resiliency

How are you? self assesment

Headspace

Mental Health Reasonable Adjustments

Mental Health at Work - A Young Workers Guide

My Online Learning

Palouse Mindfulness

Promoting Postitive Mental Health at Work

Wellness Action Recovery Programme

Work and Cancer Toolkit

Guidance on Managing Stress at Work 2017

Stress Booklet

Stress Map

Stress Response Self Assessment

Stress Symptom Checklist

Top Ten Stress Busting Tips

Life Change Stress Self Assessment

How to Cope with Work Related Stress

How Can I Deal with Stress at Work

A Guide to Talking, Listening and Reducing Stigma Around Suicide

Return to Work Interview Checklist Form

Template Support Arrangement Form

Example of a Completed Support Arrangement Form


Useful websites

ACAS

Bereavement Support in Scotland

Bereavement, benefits and help with money

Big White Wall

Bipolar UK

Citizens Advice

Calm

Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland

Depression Alliance

Drinkaware

Frank

Highland Community Planning Partnership (CPP)

Know the Score

Mentally Healthy Working Lives

Menopause Matters

Mind

Moodjuice

NHS Choices

SAMH

Scotland Mental Health Foundation

Scottish Recovery Network

See Me 

Steps for Stress

Support in Mind Scotland

The Daisy network

Time to Change