Norfolk Integrated Housing and Community Support Service Information Day held in Norwich
Following a survey undertaken by Norfolk County Council, Norfolk Integrated Housing and Community Support Service (NIHCSS) organised an Information Day on 26 February 2025 to promote the main NIHCSS service and other Together services in Norfolk.
The event included Together and NIHCSS partnerships, including St Martins, CGL and Reed Wellbeing and our supported living landlords, St Martins, Broadland Council and Places for People.
NIHCSS is a partnership between Together for Mental Wellbeing and St Martins Housing Trust supporting people aged 18+ with complex and enduring mental health needs across Norfolk with a recovery-focused approach. Our service is run as a psychologically informed environment, considering the psychological and emotional needs of both our service users and staff.
As NIHCSS are the block provider for adult mental health support in Norfolk, this event was specifically targeted at Norfolk County Council Adult Mental Health Social Services staff to showcase all the available support through NIHCSS.
Staff from all NIHCSS Supported-living accommodation at Astley Cooper Place (Great Yarmouth & East community support), Boudicca Court (King’s Lynn & West community support), Bridewell Street (Wymondham – Autism support), Bakery Court (Norwich & North community support), Devonshire Place (Norwich & Central Norwich community support), Vanguard Court (Norwich & South community support) were on hand to speak with NCC staff.
Together Learning & Development team were in attendance to speak to NCC staff about the various training opportunities on offer to our staff.
We welcomed several speakers throughout the day, including Linda Bryant, CEO –Together, Dr. Jan Sheldon, Chief Executive –St. Martins, Alison Simpkin, Assistant Director of Operations (Mental Health) – Norfolk County Council, and Jane Donohoe, Trauma Informed Expert.
In addition to the main contract, there are a number of other projects under NIHCSS and Together including NIHCSS Norwich Intensive Community Support, Hoarding & Neglect Specialists, Specialist Housing Related Support, SMI Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis, SMI Tobacco Cessation, SMI Physical Health Check Outreach and Service User and Lived Experience Engagement – Peer Research Project.
We now have a total of 145 staff across all services in Norfolk.
NIHCSS is a recovery-based service, supporting people to live independently, make their own choices, connect with the community and encourage engagement in activities to facilitate recovery.
In our exhibition area, we were extremely fortunate to have a wealth of amazing artwork, crafts and poetry created by our clients who wrote openly about how art helps their mental health.
We would like to thank everyone for joining us to the day and for your continued contribution and passion to support anyone with mental health distress.
