We offer support to anyone associated with the trust, whether you are a service-user, family member or carer, a volunteer or a member of staff, to help you find or reconnect with the things in your life that help you to make sense of what is happening and/or which can help you with recovery.
We do this by:
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offering to listen to you without being critical, judgemental or telling you what to do
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meeting with you to explore spiritual issues, individually or in groups
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providing inspirational materials and resources
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helping to ensure that all in-patient areas have access to space for reflection, prayer and/or meditation in any faith or non-faith tradition
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training staff in identifying, respecting and addressing spiritual care needs
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support for special events to celebrate festivals
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contact/links with local faith communities and training to help them support their members
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having faith-specific chaplains and support, including religious services of baptism, Sacraments, Holy Communion, funeral or memorial, from a wide range of faiths and traditions.
Handbook of Spiritual Care in Mental Illness
You may download a single copy of the PDF Handbook of Spiritual Care in Mental Illness for personal or research purposes here. For multiple copies, please email bsmhft.spiritualcare@nhs.net, requesting an order form: £5 per copy including UK postage, discounts available for 10+.
Contact details
You can contact us by:
Telephone
Office: 0121 301 1276
Barberry: 0121 301 2013
Ardenleigh: 0121 678 4641
Email
bsmhft.spiritualcare@nhs.net
Post
Head of Spiritual Care, Trust headquarters, Unit 1 B1, 50 Summer Hill Road, Birmingham B1 3RB
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