Richmond Fellowship

Richmond Fellowship is a national organisation that provides specialist mental health services for over 12,000 people and employs over 1,000 members of staff. Richmond Fellowship, offers a range of services across the country for people experiencing mental health problems including:

• Career Guidance And Support Into Open Employment
• IAPT Services
• RETAIN – Job Retension Programme
• Vocational Rehabilitation And Training
• Training And Consultancy Services
• Work Experience In The Local Community And Commercial Settings
• Day Services And Resource Centres
• Floating Support And Community Support Services
• Accommodation Based Supported Housing With A Range Of Staffing Levels
• Registered Care Homes, Independent Hospitals And Nursing Homes
• Housing And Support For Survivors Of Sexual Abuse

At RF we understand the benefits of work to mental health. Consequently we now deliver 16 employment services (15 in the south and 1 in the north). Often this work centres around clients who have been unemployed for long periods of time and in some cases may never have held full-time employment.

Our service is based upon the following principles:

• The promotion of recovery, including use of the Recovery Model;
• Achieving equal access to all communities;
• Focusing on community participation and addressing social stigmatism;
• Delivering a flexible, personalised service which meets the needs of the individual;
• Assisting clients through their journey to recovery through the ‘Recovery star’ to evidence service outcomes;
• Meeting both the emotional and social needs of the client
• Encouraging and promoting client involvement;
• Offering variety and choice