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Who we are
Child and Young People's Mental Health Services - sometimes known as CAMHS - support children and young people up to age 18 with their emotional and mental health and wellbeing.
When we talk about your mental health, we mean how you feel and how you cope with the things going on in your life. This could be connected to anything from school, your friends or even your family life. If you feel you aren’t coping too well with the ups and downs of life, it may be that you need some support to help you manage them better.
If you do need help, we will work together with you and your family to decide what support you need to have good mental health and wellbeing. Our aim is to help young people get the support they need to tackle any problems early on before they get worse, and to act quickly if they do.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington Council, local schools, school nurses, social services and other local organisations including Kooth and St Joseph’s Family Centre, all work closely together to provide services across Warrington, to make sure you can access the right support, in the right place and at the right time.
If you have any worries about your mental health and wellbeing speak to someone, an adult you can trust, your parents or carers or your Mental Health Support Team in School.
You can call us on 01925 575 904.
Your parents or carers can also call us too if they’d like to speak to someone. You can call this number between 9am and 5pm, from Monday to Friday.
Crisis Response Team
Our 24 hour crisis response team is for young people up to the age of 18 experiencing a crisis needing an emergency response.
Call NHS 111 and select the mental health option.
If you need immediate medical attention, you should visit your local A&E department.
We also accept referrals from GPs, school nurses or social workers. If you are a professional and would like to make a referral for a young person you are working withcall 01925 575 904 (9am-5pm, Mon-Fri).
All referrals to our services from professionals should be directed to our Assessment and Response Team. Download the referral form or call the advice line (from 9am to 5pm) on 01925 575 904.
Watch our video around what you can expect when coming for an assessment within our service.
DISCLAIMER: Waiting times may vary and all information was correct at the time the video was recorded.
The sessions are for children and young people who use mental health services at Mersey Care.
Monthly sessions are part of care and treatment and completely free.
We use animal sessions to help young people relax, socialise, communicate, and learn social skills that can help you recover or help you to cope with ongoing mental health symptoms. It’s a very relaxing and enjoyable session which can have a positive effect on your wellbeing and resilience.
The sessions are put together by the Home Safari Animal Assisted Therapy Service in partnership with Mersey Care and have already had a significant impact on the patients, including:
- One young person struggling with social anxiety has started to engage well after attending only three of the animal therapy sessions
- Another also benefitted from the sessions with their parent saying: “My child’s tics reduced, almost stopped during the session"
- A third child with multiple complex needs is now able to tolerate being around a large group of people, including other children, which is something they have never been able to do previously after just a few sessions with the animals.
One parent told us this is the happiest day of their week.
You can drop in, there is no need to book, and each group has around 12 to 15 people. You will be able to interact with animals, which may involve holding, petting and grooming. There is a wide range of animals from rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and other critters, there is an animal for everyone, and you’re under no pressure to take part.
At the sessions we might also ask you some questions about how we can improve our services. The group has a theme each month that we talk about.
Contact us for details Tel: 01925 575 904 (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday).
Our Warrington team is based at the Alders on Birch Avenue in Winwick. The building has free parking for staff and visitors.
Happy OK Sad website - mental health advice and signposting for people living in Warrington - happyoksad.warrington.gov.uk
Warrington Borough Council - information for young people - https://www.warrington.gov.uk/children-young-people-and-families
Kooth - free online counselling service - www.kooth.com
Young Minds - useful information for young people - www.youngminds.org.uk
Finding us
Contact us
Warrington
The Alders
12 Birch Avenue
Warrington
WA2 9TN
Tel: 01925 575 904 (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday)
Crisis Response Team
Our 24 hour crisis response team is for young people up to the age of 18 experiencing a crisis needing an emergency response.
Call NHS 111 and select the mental health option.
You can contact the Crisis Response Team on 01744 415 640
How we can help you
