The Community Support Service or ‘CSS’ is the other major arm of Halfway’s service. The CSS provides a keywork service to people experiencing mental health problems, living in the south west of Sheffield. CSS workers work in partnerships with the client's Care Co-ordinator, who identified the issues to be addressed.

The CSS works with clients to develop mental health awareness, coping strategies, increased confidence, indepenence and motivation as well as providing structure and reducing isolation. In some instances, the work of the CSS can focus on specific issues, for example a targeted programme of work to deal with anxiety or depression, or perhaps a more gradual approach targeted towards longer-term objectives, such as supporting someone back into education.

In order to ensure that CSS work remains as focused and effective as possible, we regularly review our ongoing involvement at arranged meetings with clients. Where a client is being treated within the Care Programme Approach pr 'CPA', keyworkers will work in conjunction with other agencies to support this care plan.