SCC PT First Steps & Community Connections

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The integrated commissioning strategy for emotional wellbeing and mental health identifies priority areas in Surrey including: early intervention, working as a whole system, crisis care, enabling recovery and working in partnership with service users and carers. The Community Connections and First Steps services are an integral part of the mental health pathway which helps achieve these priority areas The contracts for these two services will help deliver mental health services and support to the residents of Surrey: 1. First Steps – an evidence based, integrated emotional wellbeing, mental health and anti-stigma service, for the Surrey population and also targeting areas of higher need and priority groups; 2. Community Connections – The broad aim of community connections services is to work in partnership to expand opportunities for individuals with self-defined mental health needs to achieve their full potential, through participation in social, leisure, sports, art and education, within their local community. This is a jointly commissioned contract between SCC and Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).