HH CAHMS NHS

HOW DOES CAMHS WORK?
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) helps young people up to the age of 18 years old, who are struggling with their emotions, relationships, personal development or their behaviour.

You will need to have a referral made to Contact Point, this could be via:

 a professional you are seeing who will complete an online referral form for you
or your parent could phone Contact Point
 If you are over the age of 16 you can phone Contact Point yourself.
Contact Point numbers:

Hull – 01482 303688
East Riding – 01482 303810

Following receipt of your referral you will be contacted by the team who will complete a telephone triage with you and your parents / carer.

After your triage a decision will be made and if you needs require CAMHS intervention you will be sent a letter which invites you and your parent or carer to an appointment. At this first appointment we will discuss with you and your parent/carer any difficulties that you may be facing, you may find it helpful if you record some of your thoughts and feelings beforehand. Typically, this first visit will happen between 9am and 5pm on a weekday and will last for around an hour. We aim to see you as soon as possible but it may take a while before your first appointment. If people are concerned for you and your welfare then we may organise to see you sooner.

After your appointment with us we will send you another letter. This letter will summarise what we discussed in our meeting and the next steps that we will have agreed on. We may only  need to see you for one appointment but occasionally we may want to see you again or we may inform you of another service which will be more suited to you.

We are here to listen, help and support you without any judgement so please don’t worry about meeting with us. If you have any questions or queries about your visit or the next steps please feel free to ask us.