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The The service service service is city wide and will will take referrals from any route The The service service service will will maintain close links with acute mental mental health health services including admission wards and community mental mental health teams This year we supported 47 women
and ran 26 peer activity groups Dedicated Self Harm Worker
A large number of women
who use our services self-harm self-harm Managing their self-harm self-harm remains a a a a a a a a a a a a a priority for them and we have a a a a a a a a a a specialist worker worker to work work work work with with this issue The worker worker will work work work work with with a a a a a a a range of of forms of of self-harm including cutting overdosing alcohol and and drug misuse and and eating disorders the worker worker will also work work work work with with women
with with dual diagnosis The dedicated worker worker works as part of the Missing Link team and and undertakes preventative and and harm reduction work work work with any woman who is is is receiving our services During this year understanding of their self-harm self-harm since seeing the the the dedicated support worker 74% said their their self-harm self-harm reduced in in in in frequency 90% had alternative strategies to to to turn to to to to to to help prevent a a a a a a a a self-harm incident Counselling Service
we worked with 97% had a a a a a better 50 women
Our counsellor works with with any women
who use our services She offers support with with some o of the underlying psychological issues
88% of women
we supported said they feel This year we received that may have 113 referrals and resulted in in worked with homelessness or or or 104 women
mental ill health The counsellor more confident
To find out out more about these services please call 0117 925 1811
review She works closely with the the the other support support workers and is included in in the the the service user’s support support plan offers each woman a a a a set number o of sessions followed by a a a a “I look at life in a a a a different way now and do not blame myself ”
3 • Missing Link