Services in the community

We are a values driven and experienced team committed to finding innovative ways of supporting people to live the life they choose and be positive contributors to the local communities. We believe in choices not options wherever possible. We believe that everyone has something to contribute and do our best to enable people to achieve goals, fulfil aspirations and realise their potential.

Our staff work with the people we support to pursue a range of vocational activities, including paid and voluntary employment. We have a strong community focus, encouraging people to make connections in their local communities in a way that meets individual needs and wishes.

We can offer support to people with a variety of different needs including:

• Mental Health
• Substance Misuse
• Learning disability and/or Autism/Asperger’s
• Acquired Brain Injury
• Physical Disability
• Sensory Impairment
• Older People

The services we provide support people to meet their needs and achieve their goals . this might include:

• Supported housing
• Employment/Vocation
• Help at home
• Community Involvement and getting out and about
• Short term support (e.g Respite / Crisis placements)
• Working with partners to develop bespoke housing and support options

You can read about what the people we support say in Our clients section.

Crewecial (Crisis Centre) 

Crewecial delivers a much needed service supporting people in Cheshire . Working closely with health and social care partners to deliver community based options for people experiencing a mental health crisis makes the centre a central part of our local offer in Crewe.

Crewecial is a Crisis Centre in Crewe which will provide a safe, welcoming and comfortable space away from a clinical environment for people in crisis, and those seeking to prevent the onset of a crisis. The onsite team will provide emotional support and resilience building as well as support people to develop positive relationships.

We can also provide practical advice and signposting. Where needed we will support people in a mental health crisis to access other support

• The service will work closely with the Crisis Home Treatment Team and 24 hour crisis line
• The café will provide beverages plus hot and cold snacks
• The service will be open from 1pm to 1Opm 7 days a week:

Drop in at:

3 Partridge Close, Flat 2,
Dunwoody Way,
Crewe,
CWI 3TQ

Contact our Crewecial team

07587507281

crewecial@isl-uk.org

If you need support in a crisis outside of these opening hours please call the crisis line 0800 145 6485

Rapid Response

ISL Rapid Response team works alongside NHS partners to provide support to people experiencing mental health crisis when it is needed most.  This includes:

• Reassure and de-escalation
• Support and supervision
• Support and supervision to patients during section S136 detention
• Safe and supportive transport for patients to acute beds
• Observations around self-harm and risk-taking behaviour
• Support with handover to acute mental health services
• Transport from clinical settings to home when ready to discharge
• Supervision in public spaces to use facilities
• Talking therapies and distraction
• Observations around self-harm and risk taking behaviour
• Act as liaison for family, professionals and other agencies
• Support with handover to acute mental health services
• Improving access to services in the community including outreach support