In this section...

  1. Adult Community Services
  2. Children's services
  3. Carers corner
  4. Community mental health services
  5. Community response to COVID-19
  6. Expert Patient Programme
  7. Dementia and older people’s mental health
  8. Health for Homeless Service
  9. Medication
  10. Learning disability services
  11. Personalised care planning
  12. SilverCloud
  13. Spiritual and pastoral care
  14. Suicide Liaison Service
  15. Transforming wound care
  16. Tuberculosis Service
  17. Talking Therapies
  18. Useful information following a bereavement
  19. Video appointments
  20. Virtual wards
  21. Wheelchair Service
  22. Worried about someone's mental health?

The different teams offer consultation and evidence-based interventions based on the level of mental health need that children and young people present with. This also depends on the children, young people, and their carers readiness to engage with what our teams can offer.

  1. CAMHS Access Team
  2. CAMHS ADHD Service
  3. Kernow and Isles of Scilly keyworkers
  4. CAMHS Learning Disability Team
  5. CAMHS locality teams
  6. Children's Mental Health Support Team
  7. Sowenna
  8. Thriving Together

Other CAMHS teams

There are several other teams within the service. Each team has its own webpage, which can be accessed in the menu bar above. If the page is not listed, it is because we are currently developing the page, please check back again soon.

Multi-agency Rapid Response Service

I-thrive domain: Getting risk support.

Supports young people in crisis in a holistic way joined up with social care. This service webpage is located under children's services as it is a dual-agency service.

Primary Mental Health Team

I-thrive domain: Getting help.

Work with children and young people aged 5 to 18 with a moderate level of mental health need or less. This is a countywide team with clinicians working across the 6 locality areas in Cornwall.

Suspected neurodiversity

To access the most personalised and timely support for a child or young person with suspected neurodiversity, someone who knows them well needs to complete the neurodiversity profiling tool with them and their family first.

The profiling tool can help to pinpoint specific areas of impact and identify ways to support them with neurodiverse needs and differences straight away. The actions identified from the profiling need to be completed, and strategies and reasonable adjustments trialled for a sustained period of over 12 weeks.

If you are still struggling with how to support a young person after this, we would invite you to speak to our multi-disciplinary consultation team to access support.

Due to a change in neurodevelopmental pathways in Cornwall in 2024, our service is supporting the old pathway assessment process for a specific cohort children and young people. This is to help move those children and young people through the previous pathway and is not an ongoing part of our service offer.

For more information, visit the Parent Carers Cornwall website. For support, email our Neurodiversity Team.

Resources

BLOOM

BLOOM is an early intervention consultation model. The model proactively promotes maintaining the positive social, emotional, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

Our key aim is to help to build resilience and empower children, young people (and the adults in their lives) to get the help they need, when they need it. BLOOM supports in the earlier identification and actioning of support to address emerging signs and symptoms of emotional and mental distress.

Designed to provide a rapid response for children and young people aged 5 to 18, BLOOM works by finding ways to support the network already in place around the child or young person.

How can BLOOM help my family?

Some of the things we may be able to support with:

  • mild to moderate difficulties with behaviour
  • dysregulation, difficulties in recognising and managing emotions
  • persistent feelings of anxiety stress and worry
  • disengaging from school, general lack of interest
  • difficulties in establishing and maintaining relationships with friends and/or family
  • lack of interest in participating in activities

Referrals for BLOOM

If you have concerns about the wellbeing of your child or young person, as a first step speak to your mental health lead at school. You can also speak to any other professional known to you and your family, such as a GP or youth worker. They will talk through the presenting difficulties and can either offer you additional support, and/or refer you to BLOOM.

Service feedback

The NHS Friends and Family Test is an important feedback tool that supports the fundamental principle that people who use NHS services should have the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience. Share your experience.

If you would like to help us celebrate good practice in our service, you can also submit a WOW Award nomination for a member of staff or team. We would value any positive feedback you would be happy to share.

If you feel dissatisfied with the service we are providing, you are welcome to submit a complaint via our Patient Advice and Liaison Service.

Resources and videos

Out-of-hours-support

If you are in crisis, or know someone else that needs help, call NHS 111 and select the mental health option.

  • Childline: A counselling service for children and young people. Call 0800 1111.
  • Kooth: Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people. Open Monday to Friday, midday to 10pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 6pm to 10pm.
  • The Mix: Call their 24/7 helpline on 0808 808 4994.
  • Nightlink: An emotional support helpline. Call 0808 800 0306 or text 07717 989 021. The helpline is open 5pm to midnight.
  • Papyrus: Call 0800 068 4141 if you have concerns about suicide either for yourself or for someone else. The helpline is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, evenings 7pm to ;10pm and weekends 2pm to 5pm. You can also text 07786 209 697 or email Papyrus.
  • Samaritans: Talk to the Samaritans if things are getting to you. Call 116 123 free 24/7.
  • Stay Alive app: A pocket suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis.

Neurodiversity Hub

The Neurodiversity Hub aligns to the Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly neurodevelopmental profiling tool and can be used by everyone. It forms a part of our early help offer of support for children, young people and their families. The contributors to the content of the profiling sections are varied. It includes those with lived experience and professionals working with neurodivergent children and young people. There are ample resources for a range of neurodiverse and other needs.

Downloads

Resources

Videos

Virtual tours of CAMHS bases across Cornwall

Bolitho House, Penwith CAMHS

The Hive, Kerrier CAMHS

Shaw House, Restormel CAMHS

Truro Health Park, Carrick CAMHS

Launceston, north CAMHS

Heathlands, Caradon CAMHS