We are a you the person not the diagnosis, support network within East Devon.
Offering a wide range of assistance & advocacy.
We have a small specialist team who advise the mental health Support & a qualified level 7 MH Advocate with 30 years experience & full DBS Covered staff.
We offer advocacy services for those who feel they have lacked support in the past, we offer alternatives to engaging with your own mental health & will look outside the box with you to help you move forward & we stay with you until a positive outcome is achieved. We offer a service from 11:59am - 11:59pm we will signpost to services if appropriate & triage if needed. The service is now up and running we welcome you to engage pre-crisis intervention strategies, coping mechanisms & we can support you in making Safety Support Plans S.S.P before you reach crisis.
““Don’t make a bad day, into a bad week month or year””
““I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become””
Putting passion for ethics, honesty & care into something more.
After working in Mental Health Services for a number of years, we decided to put our effort back into our community by opening services to give support, signpost, listening, Music, art & craft, wellbeing -education with the mantra that there is always a way to overcome & become & with support we can support you to independence through personal and domestic activities to give you the skills needed to become settled independent & to thrive & live well.
Here @ Functional People understand individualised person centred flexible support. We understand the difficult challenges that come from living with a long term mental illness and any impact this has on you @ the support around you.
Our mission is to consistently maintain a high standard of focus for your psycho-social recovery. in providing long term support staff who will stay with you through your journey
