Maan Somali Mental Health Sheffield

Maan Somali Mental Health provide culturally sensitive services to members of the Somali community in Sheffield experiencing mental health problems.

Maan works with Somali individuals, families, carers, community members and community organisations. They also work in partnership with mainstream organisations and structures (including settings such as hospitals, colleges and universities, prisons and workplaces).

The service is available to members of the Somali community aged  18 and over and living in Sheffield.

Their community development work is based on a preventative model which promotes positive strategies for the management of mental health and well-being, while opening up dialogue and actions which challenge negative stigmas and taboos.

Their one to one support is based on a person-centered approach and they aim to:

• Provide assistance for Somali individuals with a mental health problem to access support and services.
• Be the first point of contact for both service users and providers, facilitating access to mainstream mental health and related services in the public sector 
• Support local NHS to provide appropriate culturally sensitive services to the community and help services access the community
• Provide advice, basic counselling and information for adults with mental health problems, and those experiencing post-traumatic stress, including refugees and asylum seekers
• Help with interpreting, home visits and accompanying service users to hospital and GP appointments, social services and the police as needed
• Provide advocacy and support in dealing with Mental Health Tribunals and other legal proceedings, including case reviews
• Reducing the unnecessary uptake of hospital beds, A&E facilities and ambulances through enabling early interventions
• Supporting the implementation of the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and working closely with the Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs). CPA is a framework used to assess each person’s self-identified needs. And make sure that you have support for your needs.

You can self refer, or ask someone to refer on your behalf.