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| Provider name: | Central Beds Camhs (North) |
| Provider type: | Support service |
| Service Description: |
Central Beds CAMHS (North)
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provides outpatient assessments, support and treatment for children and young people up to the age of 18 experiencing moderate to severe mental health problems. The service works to provide them with a greater knowledge of their condition and improve coping techniques.
We provide help to children and to the wider family, including those with living with foster parents, adopted children and young people living in children’s homes. The service may see children and adolescents on their own, with their parents or with their family, and may also see parents on their own.
Children, adolescents and their families referred to the service may be experiencing different kinds of problems. These may include:
•Eating difficulties
•Emotional feelings such as those of unhappiness, loneliness
•Fears and anxieties
•Parents having problems managing their children or feeling that their own difficulties are affecting their children
•Relationship problems
•Traumatic experiences
The service is also available to help children, adolescents and their families with mental health issues related to physical or learning disabilities.
The service consists of a multi-disciplinary team which offers a range of expertise including:
•Art Psychotherapists
•Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists
•Clinical Psychologists
•Nurse Specialists
•Psychotherapists
•Social Workers
•Other Child & Adolescent Clinicians |
| Offers Stretched Entitlement: | No |
| Availability: | Term Time Only |
| Total vacancies: | Contact provider for vacancy information |
| Address / Area: | 5 - 9 Rush Court,
Bedford,MK40 3JT
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| Telephone: | 01234 893300 |
| Website: | https://camhs.elft.nhs.uk/service_detail.aspx?ID=189 |
| Referral Criteria: | EHA Referral
GP Referral
Health Professional Referral
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| Referral Procedure: | Referrals are accepted from: GP, Health Professional, Social Worker, Teacher or Youth Worker. We do not accept self referrals. |