Project Description
“The person who helped me was very easy to talk to, completely non-judgemental and gave me advice for everything I spoke about, not just some things. I didn’t feel like I was being monitored or managed, I felt listened to”
Mental Health Support
What do we offer?
We support young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing by providing counselling and guided self-help as well as signposting young people to resources and services that can help them. This offer is available for young people aged 13-25 living in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area.
You can find more about our services here:
How to get help
Young people have two ways of accessing this support.
- They can self-refer by contacting our helpline or our drop-in. Contact details are here, and our locations are here.
We encourage young people to contact us at a time and in a way that works for them.
- We are part of the YOUnited partnership. This is a group of 4 organisations supporting children and young people with their emotional wellbeing and mental health locally from 1st July 2021.
This partnership has been developed in order to alleviate waiting times, gaps in support and confusion about where to go for support.
YOUnited help – up to the age of 17
YOUnited offers a single referral hub for ALL young people aged up to 17 with the support of a professional. If the young person would like your help in getting support for their mental health then with their consent you can refer them via YOUnited.
You can find out more about the partnership and how to refer here.
YOUnited help – 18 to 25
Young people aged 18 to 25 can self refer to Centre 33 here or self refer to MIND here Good Life Service – Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire Mind (cpslmind.org.uk). GPs can also make referrals for mental health assessments to CPFT’s Primary Care Mental Health Service.
Notes
– for any young person in a crisis they should be seeking support via First Response – 111 and select the mental health option.
-if a young person has been on the waiting list to receive services from CHUMS then they will get a letter in July to inform them of next steps.
What happens next?
Self-referral: after a young person contacts us we will invite them to come to one of our drop-ins, or arrange for a worker to spend time talking them through their options on the phone. They will then go on a list to be allocated counselling or guided self-help.
YOUnited: after you have made the referral for the young person, they will be contacted for an assessment (usually on the phone). As a result of this assessment the young person will be referred to the service best suited to their needs (either Centre 33 or other partners).
Counselling in Schools
We offer an in-house counselling service in some schools.
You can find out more here or email us schools@centre33.org.uk or call us on 0333 4141809 to find out more
We also offer mental health awareness workshops for young people in school – contact us for more information.
If you are concerned as a professional about a young person at your school, GP practice or in your community, then you can encourage them to get in touch with us directly.
Young people are able to refer themselves for all our services or just drop in for a chat and some support– look here for opening hours.
We can also help with signposting them to other services that could help.
Professionals can refer young people to our young carers project. See below for more detail.
Support for young carers
Identifying and supporting young carers is everyone’s responsibility. We are here to help.
We know not all adults are confident to identify and support young carers.
The Capacity Building Team are here to develop strong working relationships with key partners to help raise awareness of young carers.
We provide knowledge, expertise, training and resources to enable professionals to identify and support young carers across services and settings.
Did you know?
- Most schools/colleges now have a Young Carers /Young Adult Carers Champion, which you can signpost young carers too.
- All GPs can now code YCs & YACs, please tell young carers and their families this!
- Young Carers & YACs can download a support app for FREE
- If young carers are 13+ they can come to Centre 33’s Drop-In
- Young Carers and Young Adult Carers have legal rights
- There are lots of services that may be able to support young carers/young adult carers and their families
Join our FREE training sessions! Click here to see what is coming up.
Resources
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For access to the resources hub, please email youngcarerstraining@centre33.org.uk
Reach out to us
Phone: 0333 4141 809 | Email for training: youngcarerstraining@centre33.org.uk | Email for everything else: youngcarers@centre33.org.uk
Cambridgeshire leads the way identifying young carers in the 2023 Schools Census – Centre 33