Our mental health team

Over 60% of St Mungo's clients have issues with their mental health. Our mental health team:

  • monitors the progress of clients who have an identified mental health need, referring them to statutory services where appropriate
  • runs client support groups and offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • provides support, advice and training to staff - working in partnership with clinicians to maintain best practice

The Neighbourhood Link Service

This service aims to prevent people with mental health problems living in Islington who are involved, or at risk of being involved, in crime, from becoming homeless. The service helps people to access the support services they need to find different paths and opportunities away from crime, making a visible difference to the community.

We work jointly with other agencies involved in the Safer Islington Partnership, and are able to provide early intervention and a holistic service. We currently work with Islington's Safer Neighbourhoods Team (Police), Homes for Islington (registered social landlord), Highbury Grove Crisis Centre, the Drug and Alcohol Action Team and the local Primary Care Trust.

St. Mungo's works in partnership with Revolving Doors Agency to provide and develop this service and we hope that this way of working, and the lessons that have been learned, will be replicated by other local authorities across London

The Service is funded by the Big Lottery, Section 64 Department of Health and Safer London Foundation.

You can contact the mental health team at:

6th Floor
207 Old Street
London
EC1V 9PS

Tel: 020 7549 8236

The Mental Health team have recently rolled out the Adults facing Chronic Exclusion (ACE) programme across St Mungo's. The programme tackles chronic social exclusion through the provision of specialised counselling, which helps clients to regain control of their own life stories.The programme, based on psychodynamic models and narrative testimony work, will be offered at a range of sites across London and is available to all St Mungo's clients and clients of specific statutory services.