It offers information and advice for families and other professionals about special needs/learning disability, help with behaviour management in areas such as sleep, toileting, challenging behaviour, play, social skills.  For children aged 3-18 years with moderate/severe learning disability or with a diagnosis of autism.  Parents or any professional can refer.  Children must be registered with a Bassetlaw GP. 

The fundamental role of the school nurse is to improve children and young people’s health and wellbeing by:

• leading, delivering and evaluating preventative services and universal public health programmes (as set out in the Healthy Child Programme 5-19) for school-aged children and young people, within both school and community settings
• delivering evidence-based approaches and cost effective programmes or interventions that contribute to children and young people’s health and well-being (e.g. reduction in childhood obesity, reduction in under 18 conception rates, reduction in prevalence of chlamydia and management of mental health disorders (such as depression and conduct disorder); co-ordinating services, referring to other agencies and delegating within the team to maximise resources and utilise the expertise of other skilled professionals)
• supporting a seamless transition into school, from primary to secondary school and transition into adulthood
• managing the interaction between health and education so that the child or young person enjoys good health and well-being (including emotional health and wellbeing) therefore achieving optimal education
• leading support for children and young people who have complex and/or additional needs including providing or co-ordinating support, education and training for families, carers and school staff
• identifying children and young people in need of early help and where appropriate providing support to improve their life chances and prevent abuse and neglect. This includes working with children and young people at risk of becoming involved in gangs or youth violence
• contributing as part of a multi-agency team, to the response for children, young people and families who have multiple problems.

Child health service

The School Health team is an excellent first point of contact for school aged children, young people and their parents who need health advice or information. They have a good knowledge of other statutory agencies and voluntary organisations that can offer advice and support related to health issues.

The teams include a wide range of health and social care specialists such as: Social Workers/Community Care Officers, Welfare Rights Officers, Transition Co-ordinators, Supported Living Co-ordinators, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Community Learning Disability Nurses.

The health professionals within the team will provide information and advice to adults with learning disabilities covering a wide spectrum of health related issues.  They are often best placed to provide supoprt and assistance in the end stage of an individual's life due to the existing relationships and knowledge within the framework of the CLDT.

At this often difficult but vital stage of an individual's life, the health focus of the team will be on supporting the individual and their carers to understand the processes involved and providing therapeutic interventions to assist with both the physical and emotional implications.  They will be integral to the liaison amongst wider members of the multi-disciplinary team and to the facilitation of all required planning and implementation of the individual's care needs.  The community learning disability team is available as a resource to the individual and their carers, to enable informed, considered and fairer access to health care at a time when it is needed most.

Available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts.

Call 116 123 from any phone OR email jo@samaritans.org

http://www.samaritans.org/

These centres provide local families with young children - or a baby on the way - with the facilities and support they need.

Information about local services for children, young people and their families including child care and help available to pay for it

Training opportunities for parents/carers delivered by local colleges and other training providers

Tailored packages of support are available if required

Provides a fun, safe place for children to play and develop, a place for families to talk to each other.  This could be in the centre, community venue or local toddler group.

A chance for all parents including fathers and young parents to get health and parenting advice and support from midwives, health visitors, family support workers and many more

Quality play and early learning experiences provided by children's workers, childminders, day care settings and schools; all supported by a teacher.  This includes funded education for all three and four year olds for 12.5 hours per week.

Links with Job Centre Plus if you are considering new opportunities in employment or training , or need advice on benefits

All services aim to be inclusive for children and parents with additional needs, linking with specialist services and early support.

Opportunities to volunteer and be part of the management, planning and evaluation of children's centres and have a say about local services.

Survivors Helping Each other (SHE) provides the following support services:

• Provides services for females only
• Information service
• Support service

Survivors Helping Each other (SHE) provides the above services to women who suffered any of the following types of abuse in childhood:

• Emotional abuse
• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Rape

To provide a variety of self help based support for young people & women over the age of 16yrs who are survivors of sexual abuse.  To promote public education and awareness of long term effects of sexual abuse.  We offer mutual support, drop in and crisis support, befriending, mentoring, creative therapy, personal development skills,  volunteering, skills and literacy.

Weekly drop in and crisis support - first call for details in your area.

We provide postal and email self harm support through a counsellor and other volunteers that have personal, supportive and/or professional experience of self harm. At this point we regret we cannot provide face to face support, this is something we hope to achieve in the future.

Our committed, friendly and well-qualified childcare team provides high-quality care and learning opportunities for children aged between 0-11 years. We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) with a focus on learning through play and we actively encourage parents to become involved in the life of our setting. 

We are open from 7.30am — 6pm Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year, excluding bank holidays and three staff training days.

The Ladybirds group is for the 6-week to 2 year olds. This room is calm and inviting, with age-appropriate toys and a dedicated outside play area.

The Caterpillars group is for 2 to 3 year olds. This group is on a steep learning curve with their language and communication and physical development.

The Butterfly group is for the 3 to 5 year olds. This group is playing and learning fast, developing and growing in their understanding. The Butterflies have the free 15-hour entitlement and are reaching their Early Learning Goals ready for school.  September 2017 will see us offering 30 hours free childcare for this age.

After-School Club: We have staff running an After-School Club for older children. Activities range from cooking to games in the sensory garden.

CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. It’s the part of the NHS which helps children and young people who have problems with their thoughts or feelings. We can help people until they are 18.  If someone like a teacher or your doctor is worried about you, they can write to CAMHS to see if we can help you. This is called making a referral. The person who is going to write to us has to get your permission first. As long as we think you are able to decide, it's up to you whether or not we let your parents know.

If you are having trouble with your thoughts or feelings talk to your parents or carers, or an adult you trust.  There is a useful website called Health for Teens that you may find useful:  http://www.healthforteens.co.uk/

Most children who get help from CAMHS see one of our community teams. This normally means you will come to see us for weekly appointments at one of our bases, at a health centre or at your school.  We have lots of people working for us who can help you in different ways. These include:

• family therapists – who talk through problems with you and your family
• CAMHS social workers – who support children and families through difficult times
• family support workers – who can give advice to your parents or carers
• mental health practitioners – who support young people and their families to bring about positive change
• psychologists – experts in how people think and act
• psychiatrists – doctors who work on thoughts and feelings
• art psychotherapists – who can help you by using art and music

For more information visit our website: http://bit.ly/2sQl6GD

Information for parents and carers can be found at: http://bit.ly/2sgBCkS

As well as our community teams, we have some teams which work on other difficulties. These include:

• Problems with eating
• Problems with drugs or alcohol
• Psychosis – when someone hears or sees things which aren’t there
• Intellectual disability – when someone finds it difficult to communicate or understand things

The project works with children and young people aged between 8 -13 on either a one-to-one or small group work basis. Our work focuses on addressing issues surrounding confidence & self-esteem building, managing feelings and young people's active engagement within their own community and supporting them to fulfil their potential.

Various Venues. 

To provide support, advice and guidance to parents or parents to be age 13 - 21 (male or female).

Various centres throughout Bassetlaw.

The principal aim of CASY is to provide a dispersed, confidential, one to one counselling service to young people aged from 6 to 25 within the area of the East Midlands. This service is provided irrespective of sex, race, political or religious beliefs.

This service is free to young people aged 6 to 19. Young people aged 19 to 25 may be asked for a financial contribution if they are in employment. Organisations requesting our counselling and /or training services will be charged according to our current rates at the time.

Our branch is run by a friendly team of local parents and we offer support, information and friendship to parents and parents-to-be. Whether you're looking for an antenatal class, want to come along to one of our weekly 'bumps and babies' or toddler groups or join us for a social evening without the kids, the Branch has got something to offer you.

Every Thursday 9.30 - 11.30  at The Well, Hospital Road DN22 2BP

Everything you need for your baby can be found at one of our highly successful Nearly New Sales.  The Bassetlaw branch run sales twice a year. 

Improving the emotional resilience of young children

Think Children is an effective, highly-valued local charity supporting vulnerable children aged 4-11 years old with emerging social, emotional or behavioural issues.

We provide an early intervention service at the onset of the problem with low-key, non-stigmatising one to one support for children who fall below the threshold for statutory intervention and for whom often there is often little or no other help available.

We provide:

• Very early intervention at the onset of issues
• One to one work, for up to 12 sessions per child, with a specially trained facilitator

Age appropriate method:

• Facilitators use play which is the young child’s natural communicative process
• Children at this age are only slowly developing the cognitive skills to identify & verbalise complex emotions
• Children can explore issues from the real world in the safety of the imaginary world
• The sessions are non-directive and are led by the child

Issue appropriate method:

• Children are often trying to cope with issues that may be complex, ambiguous and inconsistent.

In appropriate surroundings:

• Service taken TO the child - usually in the familiar surroundings of their primary school but we can now consider other suitable venues
• Minimal disruption to school day
• Sessions are low level, low key, and non-stigmatising
• Our facilitators are local
• Accessible to all

Our fees

We offer comprehensive and cost-effective membership packages for primary schools and also welcome enquiries  regarding fees from parents/carers or outside agencies.

https://www.healthforteens.co.uk/

Get help with all kinds of things like: Healthy eating, Sex, emotional Health, bullying, smoking, alcohol Drugs, self-harm, Contraception , relationships

Zero tolerence to bullying

On Twitter @healthforteens

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. Driven by their experiences we campaign, research and influence policy and practice.

We also provide expert knowledge to professionals, parents and young people through our Parents' Helpline, online resources, training and development, outreach work and publications.

Website:  www.youngminds.org.uk

YoungMinds does not offer advice to young people – our helpline service is for parents or carers worried about a child or young person.

Parents' Helpline:  0808 802 5544

Online Resources for Young People:  http://www.youngminds.org.uk/for_children_young_people

The team work with children and young people up to 18 years old who have an intellectual disability and suffer emotional distress. They work with parents/carers, schools, health professionals, social care and short breaks and offer individual tailored advice and strategies to support the young person.

The main base is Thorneywood, with clinics held in Langold, Newark-on-Trent and Mansfield. All sites have parking and disabled access.

To access this service we must receive a referral from a healthcare or educational professional.  For more information please call 01623 425 110.

Help in a crisis

Outside of office hours (Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm) please contact your GP service, NHS 111, or in an emergency go to your local Accident & Emergency (A&E)department.

Available 24 hours a day, a confidential telephone helpline for those under 19 years old offering support and advice on any issue you are going through. 

Telephone:  0800 1111

Chat with a counsellor online or post on the message boards:  https://childline.org.uk/

Information for adults concerned about a child also available online.

The Mix is the UK’s leading support service for young people. We are here to help you take on any challenge you’re facing - from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. Talk to us via online, social or our free

If you’re under 25 and need help but don’t know where to turn call us for FREE on 0808 808 4994. We’ll explore your situation with you and find organisations that may be able to help you further. We’re open from 11am to 11pm every day.

One to one chat allows you to live message our trained helpline supporters about any issue that is troubling you. Our team is trained to help you explore your situation and find organisations which might be able to help you further. We offer a non-judgemental service so you can speak to us about any issue. We’re open from 11am to 11pm every day.

We want to help you find the information you need. The more you are able to tell us about your current situation, the more we will be able to help. You can email the helpline at any time and we aim to respond within 24 hours.

Visit our website: http://www.themix.org.uk/

Our Parents Helpline is available to offer advice to anyone worried about a child or young person under 25.

You may have questions about a child’s behaviour, emotional wellbeing, or mental health condition. You may have a child who’s already been admitted to CAMHS and have questions about their treatment or want to know what to say to your GP when you visit them. 

Our trained advisers are here to give you help and advice, whatever the question. 

Under 25? Our helpline is there for parents, but there’s plenty of help and support for young people too whether it’s our expert guides or the various organisations and helplines we work with. Find out where to get help.

https://youngminds.org.uk/contact-us/

Talkzone can offer counselling sessions at different places within the Bassetlaw area, however we do not offer counselling sessions at home. Appointments can be offered at different times and days during the week, including some limited Saturdays. 

You can be referred to Talkzone by your Doctor, Support Worker, Social Worker or any agency or person who is offering you support or you can refer yourself.  All referrals are treated in the strictest confidence. To make a referral, please call Talkzone or The Centre Place on 01909 479191. You can also text your details to 07538318462 or email at info@centreplace.org.uk & we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Once a referral has been made to Talkzone, the young person will be offered an initial assessment appointment within approx 6 weeks, depending on availability. The young person may have to wait to start counselling depending on the waiting list. Full details of the waiting times will be given at the assessment appointment. Counselling sessions will be on a one to one basis, and will take place once a week & last for approximately 50 mins each time. Young person will be offered sessions for 6-12 weeks to start with, this will then be reviewed, and additional sessions can be offered if needed.

Service users will receive interventions if they are modertae to severe mental health problems, including depressive illnesses and disorders of personality

Interventions are offered on a 1-1 and/or group therapy basis

Support available Monday - Friday 09.00 - 5.00

Text: 07507 329 952

The service is available Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm (except bank holidays). During these times we aim to respond to all messages within 24 hours.

 Services include 1:1 therapy. Works regularly with external agencies & healthcare professionals to improve services for those living with anxiety & anxiety-based depression & also campaign to raise awareness of the conditions.

Phoneline is open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm 03444 775 774

Text Service: 07537 416 905

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Public Health have commissioned a new and exciting website ‘Health for Kids’ which will be managed by the Youth Service. The website is due to be launched in January 2019.

Health for Kids is a health promotion website offering information in a fun and interactive way for primary school children, parents/carers and teachers. The website will offer local news on upcoming events, campaigns, blogs, articles and useful information about services available to children within Nottinghamshire. The website aims to help promote the health and wellbeing of children aged 5-11 years. 

Moving forward, the Youth Service will also be managing the Health for Teens Website, which was launched back in January 2016. Health for Teens offers health and wellbeing advice and information to young people aged 11-19, promoting a healthy body and mind. The site provides local information on relevant services to signpost young people to within Nottinghamshire.

As a service we would like to inform you of how to contact us in regards to supporting the websites to ensure the information we include on the local pages is up to date and relevant for Nottinghamshire. For example, if you have an event you would like us to promote to children, young people, parents or carer, or if you have a campaign that is running locally we can publicise these on the Health for kids or Teens Website’s.

We would also like to request you to promote the relevant website to the appropriate age group through your service. We have a range of publicity material available electronically and a limited supply of hard copies.

To get in touch, request any material and add any information you feel is relevant and appropriate for the sites please email the content to; healthforkidsandteens@nottscc.gov.uk

For further information on the Health for Teens and Kids Websites, please contact; Jenny Quin-Smith from the Youth Service on; 01158041180; Jennifer.quin-smith@nottscc.gov.uk 

If you would like to visit the Websites, please see links below;

www.healthforkids.co.uk  (local page will be launched in January)

www.healthforteens.co.uk/nottinghamshire

We look forward to working together with you and your organisation in order to successfully promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Nottinghamshire.

Improving the Health & Wellbeing of Bassetlaw Residents through supported access and navigation in to local services and support

Ring 01909 476118 to speak to a local Community Advisor about all of your wellbeing needs

This service is available Monday - Friday 09.00 - 5.00 pm

Or you can email for support 24 hours a day. ( Your email will be picked up by an Advisor the next working day )

You can email. Communityadvisor@bcvs.org.uk or partnershipofficer@bcvs.org.uk

Mental health issues can have a profound impact on our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. These may range from daily worries and stressors, to serious long-term problems that require treatment and in some cases, professional support, to manage effectively.

It is thought that there are two main types of mental health problems neurotic (typically the more common concerns, such as extreme stress or anxiety) or psychotic (less common concerns, such as schizophrenia). However, they are not always so easy to distinguish. We all have mental health, and what causes us worry and affects our daily lives may vary between each of us.

What is important is that the right information is provided, and that none of us are alone in our journey. Support is available - it's a case of finding what works best for you, whether that be self-help, professional guidance or medical treatment.

Here you will find some of the common types of mental health concerns. On the fact-sheets, you will find general information on the topic such as signs or symptoms, as well as treatment options and information on how counselling may help.

Time to Change is a growing social movement working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems. We've already reached millions of people and begun to improve attitudes and behaviour.

Despite the progress we’ve made, we know that many people still don’t consider mental health relevant to them. They don’t believe mental health problems are likely to affect them or people they know.

But the reality is that mental health can affect anyone. Statistically, 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem in any given year. That’s why our work is so important. No one should have to fear being treated differently because of a mental health problem. 

If you're looking for individual advice, information or support for you or someone else, unfortunately Time to Change can't provide that but there are lots of people who can - visit our Mental health help and support services page for a list of numbers to call.

Grassroots is an award-winning charity and UK leader in suicide prevention. We believe that suicide can be prevented through open and direct conversations. We call this Real Talk. We provide people with the skills and confidence needed to save lives through our training, innovation, and thought-provoking campaigns. But that’s not all. We make change. We work with ChangeMakers - the people who share our beliefs and want to make a difference.

Please visit the website for more information, resources and support https://www.prevent-suicide.org.uk/

The aims of this forum are to:

Support individuals who self harm to reduce emotional distress and improve their quality of life

Support and provide information for family and carers of
individuals who self harm

Raise awareness of the needs of people who self harm, dispel myths and combat discrimination

Empower and enable those that self harm to seek alternatives to self harm and further help where appropriate
 

Online Support Forum

The forum provides crisis support, information and resources,
advice, discussions and distractions.

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