Our team is made up of a range of trained professionals, from different backgrounds, specialities and life experiences. Our team works closely together in order to provide the best offer of care to support every young person and their families in our service.
You may see various members of staff here at Young Minds Matter depending on what you need support with. This will be in order to best support your needs.
Who will see me?
Our team includes:
- mental health nurses
- psychologists
- psychiatrist
- social workers
- children’s nurses
- occupational therapists
- assistant psychologists
- wellbeing practitioners
- peer support workers
- support staff
- admin staff.
Our core team is built up of highly trained staff with various backgrounds from nursing to social work to occupational therapists. This part of the team help deliver the main packages of care.They work with young people and their families through our one to one meetings and also our various skills courses and groups. These are all designed to help provide coping strategies, support and the chance for young people to meet people of their age with similar difficulties.
Our crisis team is not a stand-alone service but an extension of the Young Minds Matter service. They support continuity of care where possible for the child, young person and family. The service works to maintain the child or young person in their 'home' setting and works closely with:
- local A&E services
- Police
- adult mental health
- duty team within Children's Services.
For more specialized needs, we also have a range of other professionals in our team who are here to help young people and their families if needed.
