National charity Ambient Support has won the tender to provide “support at home” mental health services in the London Borough of Bromley.

The contract starts in October 2024 for an initial period of five years and is funded by Bromley council and the Integrated Care Board (ICB).

Support at Home aims to help people maintain independence in their own home, enabling them to move away from reliance on hospitals and residential care support. The service aims to integrate recovery and rehabilitation pathways, supporting people to move into more independent settings.

Jane Homer, head of business development at Ambient Support, said: “This new joint mental health recovery and rehabilitation Support at Home service with the London Borough of Bromley is a key priority for the borough’s mental health and wellbeing strategy. Many of the people using current services have mental health challenges including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar and this provision is a total transformation of the current model and will allow and facilitate move on and step-down to lower support services.”

Naomi Atkinson, Ambient Support director of operations, said: “This is a transformative programme and really brings services in line with best practice happening around the country. It also means that our current skilled workforce will now have further opportunities to develop and take on new roles, to deliver Bromley’s independence-focused model of support.”