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Click this link for Young Person's resources and support

Young Person's Space -Up to 11

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Click this link for Young Person's resources and support

Young Person's Space 11-18

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Concerns about mental health deterioration, self-harm or suicidal ideation

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Concerns about mental health deterioration, self-harm or suicidal ideation

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Should there be any concerns about mental health deterioration, self-harm or suicidal ideation; CAMHS suggest the following:

To Contact the CAMHS on 01706 676000 (Weekday 9-5 hours) to speak to the young person’s case holder or a duty worker.

Call NHS 111 and select option 2 (available 24/7)

Or Visit Check your mental health symptoms - NHS 111

If there is an imminent risk to life, please contact 999 or access A&E.

CAMHS also advise to keep the environment as safe as possible by removing items that may cause harm.

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If you need to talk to someone right now, please see this link for further telephone/text services.

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Our 24/7 crisis mental health helpline is here to support anybody in (all ages): If there's an immediate risk of danger to life, you should ring 999. More info about our helpline Our helpline is for people of all ages who are experiencing increased mental health needs.

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YouTube Childline: Coping with Suicidal Feelings

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YouTube Childline: Coping with Suicidal Feelings

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Coping With Suicidal Feelings | Somewhere New | Childline

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You can be referred by your school mental health lead or link worker, if you are experiencing issues such as worry and low mood.

We will develop a package of support based on your individual needs.

This could include cognitive behavioural informed therapy (understanding the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour), counselling, or other types of support such as sport, drama, music or art.

We may provide this support face-to-face, in school or another community-based venue, by video, or by phone.

We can also help parents to understand your child's anxiety and low mood, and offer guidance and training to school staff.

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale young people's mental health support team

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You can be referred by your school mental health lead or link worker, if you are experiencing issues such as worry and low mood. We will develop a package of support based on your individual needs. This could include cognitive behavioural informed therapy (understanding the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour), counselling, or other types of support such as sport, drama, music or art.

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Please use the 'search' function in the top right hand corner buttons to help you find what you're interested in.

Language evolves over time, and the content on this Padlet reflects that. It is thoughtfully curated and reviewed every quarter by a team of professionals.

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Click this link for Parent/Carer resources and support

Parent/Carer Space

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Perinatal and Parent Infant Mental Health Space

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Perinatal and Parent Infant Mental Health Space

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Click this link for resources aimed at prospective parents and parents of babies and toddlers.

Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Perinatal and Parent Infant Mental Health

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Click this link for Young Adult's resources and support

Thriving Together: Emotional and Mental Health Support for Young People aged 18+

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#Thrive (HMR) :: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

We now offer same-day appointments on Tuesday and Thursday, which replaces our drop-in clinics. Walk-ins will no longer be accepted, please call ahead.

Call our new number 0161 529 7458 from 9-11am to book an appointment for that afternoon. Appointments are available from 12-4pm.

The appointments will be at Croft Shifa.

We are also looking to introduce similar same-day appointments at community venues across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.

#Thrive

The Croft Shifa Health Centre,

Belfield Road,

Rochdale

OL16 2UP

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We have lots of different types of support to help you. We can also offer advice to improve your general lifestyle, including exercise, diet and many other things.

We can provide this support in lots of different ways. We will always talk to you about what support will best meet your needs.

We can offer more traditional types of support, such as one-to-one or group counselling sessions, or online courses. We can also signpost and help you access other types of support, such as sport, drama, music or art.

If we aren't able to offer the right support, we can decide together what other options are available.

It is important to have a good support network around you, so we will always try to involve those who love and care for you (or work with you) in any support we provide. This does not necessarily need to be your parents or siblings - it can be anyone who you trust, or who provides support and care to you.

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We have lots of different types of support to help you. We can also offer advice to improve your general lifestyle, including exercise, diet and many other things. We can provide this support in lots of different ways. We will always talk to you about what support will best meet your needs.

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Online anonymous counselling support for young people up to age 25 years

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Explore Kooth - All kinds of articles, stories and content to help you through tough times

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Free online counselling & mental health support for young people - Explore Kooth

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Kooth is the UK’s leading online mental health service designed for young people. Join today for free online counselling, therapy & mental health support.

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Stop.Breathe.Think is a mental health charity offering online counselling to those aged 8-21, who cannot afford or access support quickly. No wait times and available nationally, we provide vital support to those who need it right now.

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Stop.Breathe.Think is a game changing mental health service based in the UK. We give young people access to free counselling and support.

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health service), formerly Healthy Young Minds.

We offer specialist services to children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

We help children and young people up to the age of 18 years, up to 19 for neurodevelopmental disorders, and provide support to families and carers.
Some of the problems that we can help with include:

Anxiety

Depression

Eating disorders

Psychosis

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Self-harm · ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder)

More complex psychological difficulties

We also provide consultation, advice and training to other agencies and accept referrals from a wide range of professionals.

In our team we come from a range of clinical and professional backgrounds, such as psychiatrists, nurses, social workers or psychologists, among others.

We're based on the Birch Hill Hospital site, click here for a site map.

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health service), formerly Healthy Young Minds. We offer specialist services to children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties. We help children and young people up to the age of 18 years, up to 19 for neurodevelopmental disorders, and provide support to families and carers.

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Neurodiversity Hub

Neurodiversity Hub for advice, signposting, help and support

hmr-ndhub@nca.nhs.uk

•A single point of access for all neurodiversity referrals.

•A multi-disciplinary team approach focused on delivering a Needs-Led service across the borough.

•Co-ordinated care between Health, Education, Local Authority and Voluntary Services.

•A targeted support offer bridging the gap between Universal and Specialist services.

•Training the wider workforce around neurodiversity and increasing confidence in professionals supporting families and young people with neurodiverse needs

Support and advice in the following areas;

•Emotional Regulation and Behaviour Support

•Toileting

•Early communication skills

•Parental information and support

•Anxiety related to Neurodivergence

•Behavioural support - Riding the Rapidsl

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The Neurodiversity Hub is a new service. It supports families and children who are neurodivergent or who have social communication differences, to work together with professionals to problem solve issues that are affecting them. It is based on needs and not a diagnosis.

The Neurodiversity Hub is a multi-agency screening, signposting, and support service.
Who is in our team?

Speech and language therapist

Paediatric neurodevelopment nurse

Neurodiversity liaison nurse

Specialist teacher

Local mental health practitioner

Team ead for the Rochdale Autism and ADHD service (RAASS)

Working hours: Monday to Friday from 8am until 4pm, excluding bank holidays.

We accept requests for help for children and young people under 19 years of age who live in Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale. You do not need a formal diagnosis to access support from The Neurodiversity Hub.

Where appropriate, we will work with families and services to gain the evidence required to move forward with referrals for autism/ADHD assessments.

For school age children (aged 5 years and above) the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) will continue to carry out the initial and diagnostic assessment. For early years children (under the age of 5 years) the Community Paediatric Service will carry out the initial assessment and the Autism Assessment Team will carry out the diagnostic assessment.

Families and professionals can still send information to CAMHS requesting an autism assessment. However, families may be signposted to the hub if they do not feel the request is appropriate at that time.

Your Appointment - what to expect?

Screening
Once we have received a request for help we will screen the referral to support any unmet needs. We will contact families in a timely manner to discuss the support available.
Signposting
We will signpost families to appropriate teams and services available to them based on their needs. We will offer follow up support where needed to ensure that the child/young person and their family are receiving the right support by the right service at the right time.
Support
As we are a new and evolving service, we are currently developing a support offer to include a mixture of professional training, parental group workshops, group sessions for children and young people and 1:1 support. We will regularly release information regarding the workshops we have on offer such as:

Emotional regulation and behaviour support

Sleep (non-medicated issues)

Toileting

Early Communication Skills

Parental Information and Support

Anxiety

Sibling and group support for children and young people

Families may be discharged from The Neurodiversity Hub after the above has taken place. However, families can contact the team to obtain advice and support as required.

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The Neurodiversity Hub :: Northern Care Alliance

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Early Attachment Service

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Early Attachment Service

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Direct specialist support for parents who may need help in building their relationship with their baby or young child.  The service works with parents from conception until the child’s second birthday.  Promotes the importance of parent and infant mental health and the first relationship an infant has with their parent or carer

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale early attachment service is a parent infant mental health service led by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

We work in partnership with Bury and Rochdale Care Organisation (part of the Northern Care Alliance group), Thinking Ahead (part of the Big Life Group) and Home Start.

We promote the importance of parent and infant mental health and the first relationship an infant has with their parent or carer.

We work with you and your baby during pregnancy, and with you and your babies and young children up until their second birthday.

We can help you if you need support in building your relationship with your baby or young child.

Lots of things can affect how you feel about your baby and yourself. Having a baby or young child can be difficult at the best of times.

Sometimes it can feel hard to cope with a baby's feeding, sleeping or crying.

Sometimes other things can affect how you feel about your baby, such as depression in pregnancy, or after birth, a traumatic birth, mental health problems, learning needs, events from the past or present, and you may feel worried about some of the feelings you have.

All these problems can affect anyone. We are there to provide extra support so that your relationship is a strong foundation for your future lives.

We will try to offer you an appointment within three weeks of the referral being made.

You'll have a number of appointments with one of our clinicians, to talk through your problems and concerns, and we'll work out together what sort of help will be most appropriate for you and your baby or child.

We also offer training and consultation to other professionals and services to help them support families they are working with.

We might talk to you about making a referral to our parent-infant mental health colleagues in your local perinatal community mental health team, or Thinking Ahead.

Staff training and development opportunities

We want to make sure that local colleagues (in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale) have the knowledge, skills and confidence to promote and support parent infant mental, for the families living in the area.

We have a growing range of training and development opportunities on offer. Many of these can be booked via our Eventbrite page.

Please take a look and get involved. It's always great to get together with colleagues to think about how we can support local babies and their parents and carers.

Your Baby and You materials

Your Baby and You has been written by families and professionals together, with information, videos and things to help you to get to know and understand your baby.

Take your time to read through the content during pregnancy, and remember to revisit it following birth.

We have also developed some materials with more information about the service, click the links below to view or download a copy:

Frequently asked questions

How long is the waiting list?

Someone from the service will get in touch with you, or the person who referred you, within a few days and meet with you within three weeks.

Do babies really have mental health?

Absolutely! Babies start responding to the world around them while still in the womb.

Just like adults they get sad, scared and lonely, but don't have words yet to let us know. They communicate these emotions in other ways such as crying, not being able to settle, not being able to feed, switching off/sleeping a lot.

Sometimes it's hard to tune into your baby's emotions and that's something we can help you with.

Isn't it more important that mum gets support?

In short, no. Becoming a parent is a life changing experience for all involved; dads, partners and other caregivers are as equally important to the baby as mum is.

Dads, partners and other caregivers can experience hormone and brain changes, have often shared stressful times in their journey to parenthood (whether that's by pregnancy and childbirth, adoption or another path), and generally had their world turned upside down. It makes sense that many dads, partners and other caregivers struggle with feeling low, anxious or stressed.

Babies need all their caregivers to look after their mental health and wellbeing, so they can build those healthy relationships that we know are needed for healthy brain and good mental health.

What does it mean if I ask for support?

Once we receive a referral, one of our practitioners will get in touch with you or the person that referred you to get some more information.

We will decide together which area of the service would be the best to support you and what that support should look like.

After this, we will think about your goals and how we will work towards them. We will review our work together and, with your consent, we will provide update letters to you and other key people involved (e.g GP, health visitor).

Alternatively, if we think another service will be better able to support you we will support you in accessing this.

Can we bring our baby into appointments?

Of course, we are all about babies and their mums, dads and carers.

There might be times when it is helpful to meet without your baby and we can think together about how we do this.

Is this different to the specialist perinatal community mental health team?

Some of you may have heard of the specialist perinatal community mental health team, which is separate to us.

They work across Greater Manchester and are provided by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The perinatal community mental health team supports women who experience high-risk mental health problems during and after pregnancy, and for their infant up to the age of one year.

There are many similarities between our services and we often support the same families. We share many specialist skills and knowledge of perinatal and infant mental health, meaning that both services are able to offer wide range of support.

The are some differences between our services, with the main one being that we are better placed to support more complex parent-infant relationship struggles or complex infant mental health concerns; while they are better placed to support high-risk perinatal mental health problems experienced by mothers.

If you are not sure which service is most suitable for you or a family's needs, then we would be happy to think about this with you. You can contact us on 0161 716 2873 or pcn-tr.hmreasadmin@nhs.net

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale early attachment service

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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale early attachment service brings together a range of professionals from CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health services), Home-Start, maternity, thinking ahead, and adult mental health. We promote the importance of parent and infant mental health and the first relationship an infant has with their parent or carer.

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Adventure Activities

Enjoy a fun-filled range of watersports and land-based activities. Activities include canoeing, kayaking, stand sp paddleboard (SUP), sailing, mountain biking, archery and much more! From absolute beginner to watersport experts, we can offer the perfect activity or course for you.

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Your Trust - Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust

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Your Trust is a charity that works in the heart of the Rochdale Borough inspiring people to live more active, creative and healthy lifestyles. We connect people with their cultural heritage, encourage creativity and foster wellbeing for each and every member of our diverse community.

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#Thrive - Video by Children and Young People

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#Thrive - Video by Children and Young People

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A welcoming video to help children and young people know a little more about #Thrive

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#Thrive  - Young people's mental health service for Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale

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A welcoming video to help children and young people know a little more about the CAMHS service in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.

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CAMHS - Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG

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Thriving in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale - Guide to Local Services and Support

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Thriving in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale - Guide to Local Services and Support

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A welcoming video explaining the Mental Health Services in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, including: CAMHS, #Thrive, Mental Health in Schools; the Single Point of Access, and Closing the Gap.

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'Thrive' Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG offer

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Click this link for resources, services and support aimed at neurodivergent children and young people and their parents/carers and families.

Neurodiversity Help and Support in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale

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Resources and Support for families during times of social unrest

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Resources and Support for families during times of social unrest

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Click this line for resources and support to help families affected by social unrest.

Support for children, young people & families during times of social unrest

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Is there anything you would like us to add or change?

Email us! gmicb-hmr.hmrpadletfeedback@nhs.net

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Who's who in CAMHS - guide for children and young people

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Who's who in CAMHS - guide for children and young people

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Describes what Child and Adult Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are and how people who work in CAMHS may be able to help you, if you, or someone you know, has a mental health problem.

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Information about Child and Adult Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and how people who work in CAMHS may be able to help you.

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Mental Health Support - Know where to go

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Mental Health Support - Know where to go

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

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Get to know where to go for mental health support

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Get to know where to go for mental health support and advice for you and your family in Greater Manchester.