- Description
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The Southend, Essex and Thurrock Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (SET CAMHS) provides advice and support to children, young people and families who are in need of support with their emotional wellbeing or mental health difficulties.
The service covers Southend, Essex and Thurrock and is open to young people between the ages of 0 to 18, or up to 25 for those with special educational needs.
Any child or young person experiencing mental health difficulties as well as any parent, guardian or professional can access the service for help and guidance.
There are lots of ways to access the service.
- a child or young person can contact us directly
- any parent/guardian or professional such as a teacher, school nurse or GP can contact us on behalf of the young person
When the service can help?
Everyone goes through ups and downs, but sometimes feelings or behaviours can start to get in the way of day-to-day living. When this happens, it might be time to seek some help.
We can support people with a range of mental health difficulties faced by young people, which can include:
- low mood
- anxiety
- obsessional thoughts
- sleep problems
- body image and eating difficulties
- behavioural and emotional difficulties
- trauma and loss
- parenting and family difficulties
These are some of the things we can help you with. If we feel SET CAMHS is not right to help your particular need, then we can put you in contact with a number of different organisations who might be more appropriate.
What the service can do
SET CAMHS offer a range of both individual and group talking therapies such as;
- CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
- DBT (Dialectical Behavioural therapy)
- trauma focused therapies
- play based therapies
- art and creative therapies
- psycho-dynamic therapy
- family therapy
- group therapy
- medication
Waiting times may vary but we aim to see people within 12 weeks. However, if you find that things become more stressful while you are waiting to be seen, contact us as soon as possible so we are able to provide support.
- Telephone
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0800 953 0222.
For urgent help or out of hours help call 0800 995 1000.
- Email address
- Website
- Referral notes
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A young person living in Southend, Essex and Thurrock can access SET CAMHS services in two different ways:
- By a referral to our services via their GP, teacher, school nurse or any other professional
- By self-referral – which means parents or young people can call our central phone number for all of our services or use the online referral form and get the help and advice that they need straight away.
Once the referral is submitted to set-camhs.referrals@nelft.nhs.uk, you will recieve a confirmation email. If you don't get an email within a few minutes, please check your junk folder, then call 0800 953 0222 to speak to a member of the team.
Visit the SET CAMHS website for the referral form.
- Age range
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0 to 18, or up to 25 for those with special educational needs.
- Supporting people with;
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Mental health conditions
