About North Kent Mind
North Kent Mind is an independent mental health charity operating in Dartford and Gravesham, Swanley and surrounding villages, and the Unitary Authority of Medway.
We provide a wide range of services for people who experience mental health issues, whether these are described as anxiety, depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), Personality Disorder, or otherwise. We work with people individually or in small or large groups.
Our services include supported housing, affordable counselling and anger management courses, employment services, training, a range of well being services including open activity sessions, support groups, self-management courses, peer-led activities, and a range of therapies and courses made available through the NHS Talking Therapies Service (commonly referred to as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: IAPT)
We work closely with other local organisations where this is the best way of achieving our aims, and liaise closely with the other Local Mind Associations based in Kent. We are supported in our mission by paid staff, trained volunteers, sessional self-employed workers, and student social workers on placement.
In North Kent Mind we are committed to continuously improve our services through quality review and services users’feedback. We hope you find our website useful.
Our Vision:
We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.
Our Mission:
To work in partnership with people on their journey to recovery.
We try to help people to:
- Stay Well
- Increase their self-confidence and self-esteem
- Move through their mental health issues on the road to recovery
- Be empowered to make informed choices about how they live and recover
- Develop their skills for self-help and mutual support
- Increase their awareness and understanding of mental health
- Participate fully in society
- Influence the way mental health services are planned and delivered.
To do this we:
- Provide direct services including supported housing, a wide range of community services (in groups or individually), low-cost counselling and other fee-paying services, and talking therapies on the NHS
- Campaign in response to local and national concerns
- Provide mental health education
- Develop our work in response to changing needs.
Our values:
As part of the Mind network we have the following values:
Open: We reach out to anyone who needs us
Together: We’re stronger in partnerships
Responsive: We listen, we act
Independent: We speak out fearlessly
Unstoppable: We never give up.
