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Lambeth Vocational Services,
Beale House, Lingham Street,
London, SW9 9HG
Tel: 020 3228 6800
Vocational Services – Lambeth.
Vision, Mission and what we believe in
Vision: Everyone has the opportunity to thrive and not just survive.
Our mission: is to help people find their own way forward, to
improve quality of life and well- being through the achievement of
vocational goals.
What do we believe in?
 Given the right validating conditions everyone has the
potential to learn, change and grow.
 Mental health services (specifically vocational and peer
support services) are better quality when developed,
influenced and facilitated by people with personal experience
of distress.
 We believe that access to high quality personalised
vocational information and support is essential for the
improvement of well- being.
 That working as a part of a peer support/work training project
may be part of a wider vocational journey, not the end point
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Our Philosophy and Principles
Social inclusion and peer support are not things, agendas or
concepts - they are journeys that can only be lived and
experienced individually.
Everyone has to find their own way forward and different people
ask for different opportunities at different times. The process of this
journey is different for everyone, but there are effective ways of
facilitating progress and conditions that service users tell us they
value.
The key thing is to find out what people can or want to do -what
are they good at, what kind of life do they want? Rather than what
they can’t do, or what is ‘wrong’ with them.
The link between recovery and social inclusion is that people
engaged in a recovery process benefit significantly from a range of
opportunities to change and grow as individuals. People often
report a desire to move toward a more satisfying life experience
through doing things that support the achievement of their goals.
The implication for us is that we help people find their own way to
achieve their full potential, as a core part of our practice and
strategy.
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A person centred orientation, to listen, to validate and
genuinely help people get to where they want.
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Inclusion is a multi-dimensional process involving the self
and an opportunity or a goal, to reach somewhere better.
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The primary principle underpinning any helping process must
start with- in an emotional, social and practical sense- where the
person is.
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Currently our projects and services are:
Vocation Matters
Vocation Matters is a user- managed project offering time
unlimited vocational information and support, that helps service
users achieve their own personal goals. Including paid
employment, voluntary work, education and vocational
qualifications.
Carpet Cleaning Care
Carpet Cleaning Care is a well-established project, offering training
and part-time paid work to service users. The project’s main
activity is a commercial carpet and upholstery service. The aim of
the project is to help the workforce gain the necessary skills,
confidence and references that are needed to obtain employment
or other socially inclusive activities.
Incubator Hub
We have an accessible and well- resourced building, where we coproduce innovative solutions and projects with service users. This
includes an I.T. suite, training facilities and supportive office
spaces for individual and community groups. Service users also
run the reception area.
Partnerships
We support a range of community groups to develop community
inclusion projects. This includes partnership bidding and project
management expertise. For example supportive cycling and
horticultural projects. We also host- in our hub- an evidence based
voluntary sector employment project consisting of six staff, that we
work closely with.
Piloting innovation
We work closely with a number of pioneering service users, to coproduce and integrate peer support in our hub and with other
partners. We have extensive expertise in evaluating and publishing
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pilot developments and have successful obtained partnership bids
to evaluate projects with a range of voluntary sector organisations.
Named contacts:
Mark Bertram- Vocational Service Manager- Tel: 0203-2286815
Shaun Williams- Vocational Information Project Manager- Tel:
0203- 228- 6818
Kevin Poulton Carpet cleaning care project: 0203-228-6805
0789-154-4150
Judy Newman – Clinical Service Lead: 07947-4000-130
Main SLaM Tel: 020 3228 6000
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