Getting help

Stockport Community CAMHS

Stockport CAMHS referrals are now accepted for young people up to their 18th birthday.  

When to refer? 

When a young person up to their 18th birthday needs a specialist assessment or treatment for moderate to severe mental health needs.  

Who can refer? 

Anyone can now make a referral into our service, including: • All health professionals • All social  care professionals • Education professionals • Anyone who works with or comes into contact with a  young person. 

How to refer? 

Please complete the relevant referral form via the Stockport Council website: Contacting the  MASSH - Stockport Council www.stockport.gov.uk/contacting-the-massh

The Early Help Assessment is a simple, easy to use form. This helps you and your Lead Practitioner think about what is working well for you and your family, if there is anything you are worried or concerned about and what extra support you think might help. Together with support from other practitioners/services working with your family, you will think about the next steps and create an action plan. 

The types of things an Early Help Assessment can support you with:

• if you’re struggling to get your children to school on time

• helping you with your children’s behaviour and development – things like setting boundaries and routines

• if you’re feeling you just can’t cope and it’s all getting too much – so feeling overwhelmed

• if any of your family are drinking a lot of alcohol or using drugs

• if you are in a relationship that is making you unhappy or scared

• if your family are struggling to communicate - maybe there are lots of arguments

• Not having a job and struggling to provide for your family

• if any of your family are involved in crime or anti-social behaviour – and maybe you’re at risk of losing your home

After completing an Early Help Assessment, it may be suggested that you, your family and everyone working with your family attends a meeting to make sure you get the best support. This is called a Team Around the Family (TAF) meeting. You can also invite extended family members and close friends to this meeting if you feel they could support the family plan. A Team Around the Family (TAF) meeting helps put the right support in place and supports you and your family to move forward. You and members of your TAF will meet on a regular basis, usually every 6-8 weeks, to see how the family plan is working, if anything needs to change or if you need some extra help. You and your family’s views at these meetings are really important. This is your time to share your concerns and your successes.

Team around the School 

The Team Around the School (TAS) (PDF 6.1Mb) is a partnership between schools, Stockport Family and other agencies. They'll work together with you to offer early help and support. It's intended that this will help support children and families in Stockport better.

What children and families need

As a parent you know your child better than anyone else. Services involved in the TAS want to support the development of relationships with families to make sure professionals and parent/carers are working together.

We'll share appropriate information when additional support is needed or requested for children and families.

Schools and key agencies will follow government guidance on information sharing when considering and explaining support available from the TAS.

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