Type of service: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

Website: http://www.sompar.nhs.uk/our_services/childrenandyoungpeople/camhs

We provide a specialist mental health service for children and young people aged 0 - 18 (up to 19 for young people with additional needs), who may be experiencing a range of mental health problems. The service consists of a range of teams and specialist functions: .

• Community CAMHS teams - 3 main bases (Wells, Yeovil and Taunton)
• Outreach/Home Treatment Team - intensive support and treatment for children and young people with very complex mental health needs
• Additional Needs Resource - for children and young people with Learning Disability/Autistic Spectrum Condition as well as mental health needs
• Specialist substance misuse service - for young people with complex, problematic drug and alcohol needs
• National Deaf CAMHS (ND CAMHS) - for Deaf children and young people who have mental health needs (based in Taunton, covering South West Region)
• COMPASS and specialist paediatric psychology service - based in acute hospitals (Taunton and Yeovil)
• Link to Youth Offending Team (YOT)

We provide a wide range of services including: Assessment and diagnosis; Care planning; Therapeutic treatments and therapies; Medication: advice and prescribing; Advice, consultation and training to other agencies (Children's Social Care, Education, Housing Providers, School Nurses and Health Visitors, GPs etc) - this is particularly to provide support to other agencies for children and young people who may be experiencing mental health difficulties but not at the level of severity or concern which means they need to be referred to Specialist CAMHS. .

Aimed at: Adolescent , Child , Young person

Gender: All genders

Referral Sources: NHS Only

Specialisms: Has autism-specific elements

Other specialisms: Learning disability