Services for People with Mental Health Problems

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead works in partnership with the Primary Care Trust, Berkshire Healthcare Trust and the voluntary sector to provide the following services to adults with mental health problems. 

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Community Mental Health Team

A multi-disciplinary team of professionals providing support for those suffering from
severe emotional distress or mental problems.  For more information on the
Community Mental Health Team please use the link at the bottom of the page. 

CMHT
Reform Road
Maidenhead
SL6 8BY
Tel: 01628 626948
Fax: 01628 788378

Carers Support Network

An advisory and support service for the families, relatives and friends of
those with mental health problems that can be accessed via the
Community Mental Health Team.  For more information on the Community
Mental Health Team please use the link at the bottom of the page.  

CMHT
Reform Road
Maidenhead
SL6 8BY
Tel: 01628 626948
Fax: 01628 788378

New Voice

New Voice Mental Health Service User Group has been
established to enable service users to contribute to the development and
delivery of mental health services within Windsor and Maidenhead.

People with Mental Health problems are often discriminated against.
For example, many find getting back to work very difficult.  New Voice aims to
support people by providing information on employment projects, benefits and help
in the community.  By raising awareness within the community New Voice helps
promote a positive image of people with mental health problems. 

Tel: 01753 833425

Crisis Response Team

The Crisis Response Team provides an out-of-hours community
mental health service for those people in crisis.  The team
operates throughout East Berkshire.  The service aims to prevent
unnecessary admissions to hospital by supporting people in their home.
The team responds to client contact by travelling to the clients own home.

Forest Care Centre
Central Depot
Old Bracknell Lane West
Bracknell RG12 7QT
Tel: 01344 786543
Fax: 01344 786535

Mental Health Promotion

Mental Health Promotion offers health awareness training, presentations and
advice on all aspects of mental health.  Work is completed with schools,
employers as well as voluntary statutory agencies.

Tel: 01753 638672

New Horizons Day Centre Services

The day centres offer anyone with mental health concerns help and advice.
At New Horizons you can just relax and meet people, get advice and support
in your day to day life, look for work or move your life in a new direction. A wide range of activities
are on offer including complementary therapies, creative arts, sports and leisure, outings,
practical workshops, in addition to access to a wide range of training and opportunities to
work within the centre.

Maidenhead - Tel: 01628 781644

Windsor - Tel: 01753 833425

Step Forward

Step Forward provides training and employment opportunities for people with
Mental Health Issues who are resident in Windsor and some outlying areas.
In partnership with individuals the project provides support to enable people
to maintain their employment or work towards returning to employment.

Tel: 01628 770090

Therapeutic Day Unit

These are Day services for acute psychiatric in-patients and day patients.
This service only operates for residents of Maidenhead.

Opening Times:
8:15am - 4:15pm Monday/Thursday/Friday
8:15am - 8:00pm Tuesday/Wednesday

Therapeutic Day Unit
Wexham Park Hospital
Slough SL2 4HL
Tel: 01753 634998 or 01753 634217
Fax: 01753 634204

If you think you might benefit from any service provided by Social Services and you would like us to contact you by phone or email, please complete the Social Services Contact Us/Self Referral Online Form and someone will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

Mental Health Handbook
Information on Carers

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The Mental Capacity Act 2005

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 represents a major advance in that it provides a comprehensive statutory framework for assisting those lacking capacity, for example, those with dementia, learning disability, mental health problems or stroke and head injuries, to make decisions for themselves wherever possible and for proper decisions to be made by others when that is not possible.  However, to be successful the framework has to be "accompanied by changes in attitude which recognise the rights of those lacking capacity and the need to instil respect and good practice in dealing with them". (Joint Committee)

Mental Capacity Act

The following document is a summary of the Mental Capacity Act in an easy read format

•   Mental Capacity Act Easy Read Version PDF 260kb

The following document provides a summary of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

•   Mental Capacity Act 2005 - Summary PDF 25KB

•   Mental Capacity Act 2005 - Guide to people needing help, PDF 476KB