Mental health toolkit
Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS)
Looking after your mental health
The Children and Young People’s Service provides a single service to all children and young people aged 0-18 years living in Newcastle and Gateshead who present with mental health difficulties. This includes children and young people who may be living in difficult and challenging circumstances.
Services for children and young people with a learning disability are provided through collaboration between the Children and Young People’s Services and Community Learning Disability Team.
Services for children and young people experiencing psychosis are provided through collaboration between Children and Young People’s Services and the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team.
The service is able to provide:
- Assessment, diagnosis and intervention on a range of mental health issues.
- Intensive response and home-based treatment for those children and young people whose mental health is causing significant concern.
- A comprehensive transition support package to those young people who are approaching their 18th birthday and may need continuing support as adults.
- Training, consultation, support and advice to front line staff working in targeted services for children.
- Eating Disorder Service within the CYPS team. Eating Disorder in Newcastle is delivered by Community Eating Disorder Services (CEDS) North of Tyne
CNTW Single Point of Access
Looking after your mental health
What is Single Point of Access (SPA)?
SPA is a team of clinicians and call handlers who receive referrals for Children and Young People up to the age of 18 across Newcastle and Gateshead who need support with their mental health. Following triage, SPA will transfer the referral into the most appropriate service across Getting Help and Getting More Help.
Who can refer into SPA?
Parents, carers, other services, professionals with parental permission, GP, Teachers, Social Services, Paediatrics.
Single point of access
Telephone number: 0303 123 1147
Email: NGSPAadmin@cntw.nhs.uk
Kooth
Looking after your mental health
Kooth.com provides children and young people a safe, online platform available 24/7, 365 days per year, where they can explore and access professional and peer support around their emotional wellbeing and mental health. The service is available for young people aged 11-25 years old across Newcastle and Gateshead
KALMER Counselling Services
Looking after your mental health
9-25 years of age, providing Getting Help services for, mild to moderate learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, anxiety, self –confidence, low mood, low self- esteem, transition stress, relationship problems and managing independence.
Website: https://kalmer-counselling.co.uk/contact-us
Telephone: 0191 2416731
North East Counselling
Looking after your mental health
4-25 years of age, counselling intervention for anxiety, stress and low mood
Website: https://necounselling.org.uk/
Telephone: 0191 4661314
Young Minds
Looking after your mental health
Young Minds are the UK’s leading charity fighting for children and young people's mental health.
We want to see a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health, and all young people get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.
Tyneside Outdoors
Looking after your mental health
Tyneside Outdoors helps young people enjoy the outdoors by providing a range of fun, active and challenging activities in local parks and open spaces. It's a youth club but outdoors!
c/o Connected Voice, 1 Strawberry Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BX
Tel. 07554127288
Facebook / Instagram / Twitter
info@tynesideoutdoors.org.uk
Eating distress
The Community Eating Disorder Service (CEDS) provides community support and hospital inreach. This specialist eating disorder service supports young people and their families in the community to manage their condition and prevent hospital admission. They provide family based therapy in a range of settings as well as specialist clinical assessment and inreach to paediatric and acute mental health settings.
Website: Community Eating Disorder Services (CEDS)
Telephone: 01434 612 704
Email: CYPCEDSNOT@cntw.nhs.uk