Children & Adolescent Mental Health Services
The needs of children have a high profile within our organisation. These services are provided across two sites in Bradford and Craven. Working with parents and carers, our aim is to create a family centred approach, providing the highest level of mental health care for children and young people.
Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) works with children and young people from the pre-school years up until age 16, or older if still at school. The CAMHS adolescent substance misuse team and dedicated workers who link to the Youth Offending Team (YOT) work with young people up to the age of 19 years.
Around 2,000 referrals are received annually and approximately 140 young people are assessed each year following deliberate self-harm. Direct referrals are accepted from the full range of health and social services. Other referrals come from education, the voluntary sector and other agencies via the consultation process.
Services Provided
Tier 1 Link Services
These offer specialist consultation, advice and training to colleagues working in primary care, social services, the voluntary sector, and education.
Community Multi-disciplinary Teams
The Community Teams provide comprehensive assessments, and care coordination in service user’s homes, in partnership with other agencies. A range of therapeutic approaches and interventions are offered, including:
- play therapy
- occupational therapy
- psychology
- child psychotherapy
- family therapy
- art therapy
- groupwork
Specialist Approaches
Targeted specialist services providing assessment and therapeutic responses:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Eating disorders
- 7 day nursing service
- Paediatric liaison
- Child and adolescent psychiatry on-call rota.
- Deliberate self harm rotas
- Services for 16-17 year olds
- Alternatives to inpatient care
District-Wide Resources
Through the CAMHS development agenda targeting of resources to national and local priorities:
- Young people’s substance misuse services
- Input to the Youth Offending Team
- Services to Looked After Children
- Mental health services for children with learning disability/autistic spectrum disorder learning disabilities
- School Refusal project