The Community Core Mental Health Service is Voluntary and Community Sector-led.
The service provides support in a community setting for people in the Bradford District with severe mental illness (SMI). Service users can be referred to one of the four different delivery partners:
- Inspired Neighbourhoods
- The Cellar Trust
- Bradford District and Craven Mind
- Restore Recovery College
The VCS Alliance is the Lead Accountable Body for this contract and hosts this system access point page.
The service exists to support people who cannot currently access statutory services or are transitioning between statutory and community support.
Other community-based VCSE-led services are available for people experiencing lower level mental ill health. Please visit www.healthyminds.services to see other provisions available in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale, and Craven.
Community Core Referral Criteria
Please read the full referral criteria before referring a person to this service.
This criteria applies to individuals with diagnosed severe mental health conditions OR to individuals without a formal diagnosis where they are experiencing significant emotional distress, affecting their quality of life.
This service caters to individuals aged 16 and above, but excludes those:
- already accessing secondary mental health services.
- deemed an immediate risk to themselves or others.
- with substance/alcohol issues posing a risk or hindering service use.
The full referral criteria can be downloaded here:
Mental Health Connect – Sister Service
Pleased note that this service is separate from the Community Core service and is not managed by the VCS Alliance. Unlike Community Core, individuals must be over 18 to access Mental Health Connect.
For similar VCSE-led support in Airedale and Wharfedale, there is a service called Mental Health Connect. For ease of referrals, we are including this service in the referral form redirect tool below.
This is a sister service for those 18 and over, that also works with people with severe mental illness. However it is not managed nor governed by the VCS Alliance, and the VCS Alliance is not responsible for this service in any way. Keighley Healthy Living leads the Mental Health Connect Service. You can read more about this service on their website and you can contact Keighley Healthy Living about the service at mentalhealthconnect@khl.org.uk
GP Practices in these areas are now included in the list below. They are marked in the list with [MHC Referral].
When you choose a practice marked [MHC Referral], the tool will direct you to the Mental Health Connect referral form managed by Keighley Healthy Living.
Submitting your Community Core Referral
When referring a client to the Community Core Mental Health Service, the delivery provider of the service is dictated based on the client’s GP practice. Different delivery providers cover different Primary Care Networks. Please also note that “Community Core” and “Mental Health Connect” are separate services with independent local governance and accountability. The Mental Health Connect service is included in the referral tool below, and if you are taken to their service, the GP Practise will be marked with [MHC Referral] below.
If you have any trouble with accessing or submitting your referral form, please email core@thevcsalliance.org.uk
