Emotional Health Support Available for your Child

Services your child can contact:

City and Hackney Crisis Helpline:

• If you need urgent help and feel you may harm yourself or someone else you can call the City & Hackney Crisis Helpline to talk about it.

• 0800 073 0006

Shout:

• This is a 24/7 UK Crisis Text service available for times when you may need immediate support.

• Text the word 'SHOUT' to 85258 and you will be put in contact with a trained Crisis Volunteer.

Kooth:

• A free online counselling and emotional well-being support service for young people. You can access anonymously and there are no referrals or waiting lists..

• It is open 365 days a year from noon to 10pm weekdays and from 6 to 10pm Saturdays and Sundays

• Find out more on https://www.kooth.com/

Childline:

• A free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything.

• 0800 1111

Services we, or the GP, can refer your child to:

A Space: An external agency who come into school to offer individual therapy sessions. 

MHST: The Mental Health Support Team is an NHS service which comes into school to offer emotional health support. They run group sessions, as well as individual sessions.

CAMHS First Steps: Helps children and young people experiencing many common problems with emotional wellbeing, relationships and behaviour. Their aim is to provide prompt and easily accessible support - the first steps - to tackle problems early before they can become more of a worry. More information can be found here: https://cityandhackneycamhs.org.uk/services/first-steps/ 

CAMHS Specialist: A service for children and young people who have significant ongoing emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties that make it difficult to carry out everyday activities or relate well with other people. More information can be found here: https://cityandhackneycamhs.org.uk/services/specialist-camhs/ 

CAMHS Growing Minds: A service that aims to improve African, Caribbean and mixed heritage children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing in City & Hackney. The project provides counselling, emotional and practical support for African, Caribbean and mixed heritage children, young people and their families. More information can be found here: https://cityandhackneycamhs.org.uk/services/growing-minds/