Why Choose SMHC?
We care. We aim to be an outstanding care provider building on our 6 values where Speaking Up is supported and integrity is embedded.
St Matthews Healthcare was started in 1995 by Sean Sidhu-Brar and Rani Sandhu. This husband-and-wife business thrived with its employees being the core of the SMHC family delivering high quality, compassionate care.
From the first small nursing care home in Northampton, it has now grown to an extended family of 10 specialist adult and social mental health care facilities in the Midlands and East Sussex.
Progressive, Growing Care Provider
As a leading, regional UK adult mental health and social care provider with a team of over 1000 people, we have a progressive, dynamic approach to delivering mental health care services across hospitals, community-based MDT units and nursing homes. We have grown both organically and through acquisition over the years. We plan to keep growing and innovating while keeping People at the heart of everything we do
Inclusive, Multi-disciplinary Therapeutic Programmes
The dedicated, highly qualified clinicians at St Matthews Healthcare offer personalised, effective care pathways to our service users. They use current, best practice treatment to reduce risk behaviours, and support service users to be in control of their care and promote the development of both social and adaptive skills so they can be as independent as possible.
90.2% of SMHC service users have had a positive experience.
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Putting People at the Centre of Everything We Do
We value our people and what they do. Without them there would be no SMHC.
Therefore, we recruit people who share our values and have important skills such as empathy and compassion. Our people then enjoy a supportive, empowering, unique workplace environment where they are genuinely respected and valued.
This enables them grow, excel in their careers and make a positive difference to our expanding organisation.
Did You Know?
- Our staff turnover rate is 24%, much lower than the national average of 32.25 (www.health.org.uk).
- SMHC managers are approachable and have an open-door policy according to our 96% of staff (2021 survey).
- 90.2% of SMHC service users have had a positive experience (Iwantgreatcare.com).
Professional, Personal Caring Approach
We’ve a passion for promoting mental and physical wellbeing through effective personal therapies in safe, nurturing environments. We are committed to fostering a culture of empowerment and accountability that drives the highest standards of care. We treat service users with dignity and respect.
We recruit people with empathy and compassion that share our corporate values. We then develop and support them by having delineated career pathways, continuous skills development, and ongoing employee engagement. So, that they are empowered to make a positive difference at St Matthews Healthcare and to our service users. This all helps to create a unique workplace where our People feel valued, respected and enabled to provide outstanding care.
Diversity and Inclusion
We promote equality and diversity among our colleagues and service users so that St Matthews Healthcare is safe, fair place to be. All our team are encouraged to foster our 6 values in their work, so that they can deliver professional, holistic, compassionate, empowering care to service users.
Our Freedom to Speak Up, Whistleblowing and Safeguarding policies drive all our activities in ensuring that our settings are a safe place to be.
What Next?
For general enquires, please telephone 01604 844 192 or email info@smhc.uk.com. If you want to contact a particular hospital or nursing care home see here for the contact details.
Or to make a referral please call our central referral line on 01604 844 192 (select option 1), send an email to commissioning@smhc.uk.com or complete this form.