CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. We provide support and treatment for children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties. We support children and young people aged 0-18 (24 if they have been in the care system) who are experiencing psychological distress and need support with their mental health.
The CAMHS team includes mental health nurses, social workers, assistant practitioners, psychologists, consultant psychiatrists, peer support workers and administrators.
Accessing CAMHS
Lincolnshire have a range of services that can support young people’s emotional or mental health. To ensure that the right service is offered our Access Team review all referrals and staff the Lincolnshire Here4You Line. In Lincolnshire, you can 'self-refer' to children and young people’s (CYP) services. This means that if your child is struggling with their emotional or mental health, you or your child can self-refer directly to our services, without going to school or GP.
Lincolnshire Here4You Line Telephone 0800 234 6342
The Here4You line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for advice. However we are only able to take self referrals between 9am to 4.30pm.
What we can help with
If a referral to CAMHS has been accepted, you and your child will be invited to an assessment appointment. To learn more about what happens in this appointment, check out our My First Appointment page.
If it is agreed in this appointment that CAMHS is the right service to help, your clinican will discuss treatment options with you. CAMHS offers a wide range of evidence based treatments for a variety of conditions and presentations. These pathways are informed by NICE guidelines, ensuring we are providing the safest, most effective treatment possible. Treatment Pathways include
- Depression
- General anxiety
- Specific anxiety (such as obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety)
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Self-harm
- Attachment disorder
- Harmful sexual behaviour
Our bases
Details of where we are based and clinics are available on our Contact Us page
Our therapy groups for parents
Our groups are not a parenting course. We are not here to dictate or judge how you bring up your child or children.
When this intervention is suggested, most parents want to know why we are not working directly with the child. Research suggests that for some presentations it is more beneficial for us to work with parents than directly with the child themselves. We want to empower you by teaching you skills to support your child needs and act as a co-therapist.
One of the benefits of being in a group with other parents is the shared experience and the opportunity to learn from each other. We aim to help you feel supported and understood, with plenty of time for discussion.
The most useful part of the group was the interaction and discussion between all members of that group and this transfer of best practice for individual situations, also the space given to think up new strategies together.”
“Genuinely all of the group was extremely useful, particularly speaking to other parents going through the same emotions and similar experiences.
