Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
5.5 Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health ServicesSpecialist CAMHS is configured into a core service and an adolescent outreach arm consisting of: theCAMHS for Young Hackney Team, an Adolescent Team and the Multi Systemic Therapy Team.The service provides a high-quality, evidence-based mental health assessment and treatmentservice to children and young people in the community. The service will assess and treat childrenand young people who are experiencing serious risks to their emotional and psychological wellbeingand development. The threshold for referral to specialist CAMHS is that the suspected mental healthdifficulties are urgent, persistent, complex or severe.Therapeutic & Mental Health Services for Children & Young PeopleService Contact Detail Referral ProcessSpecialist CAMHSSouth Team15 Homerton Row,London E9 6EDNorth TeamJohn Scott HealthCentre, Green Lanes,London N4 2NUDescription:T: 020 3222 5600F: 020 3222 5792T: 020 8809 5577F: 020 8802 8678Referrals can be made by anyprofessional working with a child.Referrals to be made on thespecialist CAMHS referral form andwhere possible should include acopy of the most recent assessmentand any interventions.Specialist CAMHS will see children and young people where it is likely that the child or young personhas a severe mental health disorder; children and young people whose symptoms, or distress, anddegree of social and/or functional impairment are severe. The service will work with children, youngpeople and their families where there is a high level of case complexity, that is, where there aresignificant mental health problems, and in addition, multiple risk factors (co-morbidity), includingcomplex family problems, child protection concerns, significant risk of harm to self or others, risks ofviolence, terminal illness, parental substance misuse/ mental illness, seeking asylum, refugee status,or being the victims of torture, placing self or others at risk, being at the threshold of corporate careor being looked after, or being subject to child safeguarding procedures.For severe/urgent/ life-threatening conditions and for other conditions where there is severeimpairment of functioning, the referral should be made immediately and discussed with theCAMHS Duty Clinician.22Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013
Adolescent MentalHealth TeamJohn Scott HealthCentre, Green Lanes,London N4 2NDescription:T: 020 8809 5577F: 020 8802 8678Referrals through Specialist CAMHSand the Coborn Centre for MentalHealthThe service will provide assessment and treatment of mental health problems of an acute andsevere nature for young people. The service will implement appropriate discharge planning,liaison and community outreach in conjunction with the Coborn Adolescent Centre for MentalHealth (In patient unit).The team provides the early intervention in psychosis service to offer quick identification ofthe first onset of a psychotic disorder and appropriate treatment including intensive support,crisis intervention, assertive outreach and home treatment in the early phase. The team willalso provide a service for adolescents with severe mental illness including highly complex eatingdisorders, OCD, ASD, Anxiety and Depression.CAMHS for YoungHackney Team15 Homerton Row,London E9 6EDDescription:T: 020 3222 5600F: 020 3222 5792Referrals through Children andYoung People’s Partnership Paneland Young Hackney UnitsThis team works with adolescents (up to 19 yrs) and their families known to Young Hackneywho have traditionally not engaged with services and need an assertive outreach approach ofintervention. This will include young people who are not in education, employment and training,young offenders, and those with complex eating disorders, anxiety and depression, psychosis,self harming behaviour, OCD, ADS, and conduct disorder. This service will also work with youngpeople with problematic sexualised behaviour, post traumatic stress disorder and will liaise withadult services where an adolescent’s parent/s has a mental health problem and there is a needfor better social support for the family.The service will provide a high level of contact with young people who need additional supportand will provide an assertive, proactive and responsive outreach service accessible where youngpeople feel most comfortable.The service aims to improve the mental health outcomes for young people through the provisionof evidenced based CAMHS interventions; and will develop a timely and effective integratedoutreach mental health service for adolescents and their families.Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013 23
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5.5 Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health <strong>Services</strong>Specialist CAMHS is configured into a core service and an adolescent outreach arm consisting of: theCAMHS <strong>for</strong> <strong>Young</strong> Hackney Team, an Adolescent Team and the Multi Systemic Therapy Team.The service provides a high-quality, evidence-based mental health assessment and treatmentservice to children and young people in the community. The service will assess and treat childrenand young people who are experiencing serious risks to their emotional and psychological wellbeingand development. The threshold <strong>for</strong> referral to specialist CAMHS is that the suspected mental healthdifficulties are urgent, persistent, complex or severe.Therapeutic & Mental Health <strong>Services</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Children</strong> & <strong>Young</strong> PeopleService Contact Detail Referral ProcessSpecialist CAMHSSouth Team15 Homerton Row,London E9 6EDNorth TeamJohn Scott HealthCentre, Green Lanes,London N4 2NUDescription:T: 020 3222 5600F: 020 3222 5792T: 020 8809 5577F: 020 8802 8678Referrals can be made by anyprofessional working with a child.Referrals to be made on thespecialist CAMHS referral <strong>for</strong>m andwhere possible should include acopy of the most recent assessmentand any interventions.Specialist CAMHS will see children and young people where it is likely that the child or young personhas a severe mental health disorder; children and young people whose symptoms, or distress, anddegree of social and/or functional impairment are severe. The service will work with children, youngpeople and their families where there is a high level of case complexity, that is, where there aresignificant mental health problems, and in addition, multiple risk factors (co-morbidity), includingcomplex family problems, child protection concerns, significant risk of harm to self or others, risks ofviolence, terminal illness, parental substance misuse/ mental illness, seeking asylum, refugee status,or being the victims of torture, placing self or others at risk, being at the threshold of corporate careor being looked after, or being subject to child safeguarding procedures.For severe/urgent/ life-threatening conditions and <strong>for</strong> other conditions where there is severeimpairment of functioning, the referral should be made immediately and discussed with theCAMHS Duty Clinician.22<strong>Resource</strong> Guide <strong>for</strong> <strong>professionals</strong> | Updated January 2013
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