Emotional support

From the section: Help and advice for carers

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Emotional support

As a carer you may sometimes find it difficult to manage in your caring role. This can often leave you feeling stressed, overwhelmed or guilty as your caring priorities change, often without time to plan. 

These feelings and experiences are often combined with other issues such as: 

  • financial problems
  • physical or mental health issues
  • difficulties managing or accessing support 

Find help

If you're struggling to cope, it's important to remember you're not alone and there are a range of services that can listen, offer advice and support, or provide 1-1 support if needed. These include: 

Wellbeing support for carers

For help with issues such as debt, housing and accommodation or other social care issues, you can use the Community Advice Hubs in North and South Solihull. 

Sandant Care

Sandant Care provides mental health drop-in sessions on behalf of the Council.   

You can find out more on our mental health support services page or by: 

Oasis Mental Health Support (formerly Solihull Mind)

Oasis Mental Health Support offers a number of services for carers requiring emotional support. 

You can get in touch by: 

NHS counselling and psychological services

Counselling and other talking therapies are accessible on the NHS. 

In Solihull, therapies are provided by NHS Talking Therapies. You can be referred to NHS Talking Therapies by your GP or you can refer yourself by: 

  • calling 02476 671 090 (Monday to Friday between 9:00am and 4:30pm)
  • completing an online referral form on the Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies website 

Additional emotional support services

Bereavement

The impact of losing someone you care for can be devastating and can leave you struggling with grief. Grief can affect people in different ways and can sometimes begin before the person has died.

There are a range of specialist bereavement support and organisations who can help you in the lead up and afterwards including: 

There are often many practical matters to deal with when a person dies, such as registering the death. For guidance on what to do after a death, GOV.UK has put together a step-by-step guide.

Once you have registered a death, you can use the GOV.UK Tell Us Once service to inform all relevant government departments, including Solihull Council. This will update adult social care, as well as other Council services such as council tax and benefits.  

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