How our service can help you
FCAMHS is a Specialist Forensic Community Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Service for young people and their families working with
professionals in South London. We provide advice, consultation,
assessment and some limited short-term interventions. The service can
also provide training for local professionals.
We are a multi-disciplinary service including Consultant Adolescent
Forensic Psychiatrists and Psychologists.
W
e accept r
eferrals from:
- CAMHS Tier 3 and Tier 2 services
- Local Authorities (Children's Social Care)
- Youth Offending Teams
- CAMHS Inpatient Facilities
- Youth Justice services
- Education
If the referrer is not from a local CAMHS team and the referral is
accepted for further input after an initial discussion, we usually
discuss the referral with the young person's local CAMHS team. This
will facilitate a clear joint approach to the referral from relevant
mental health providers and, wherever possible, joint assessment and
working would be undertaken.
Other information
As part of the NHS England evaluation we will be collecting
written feedback. We also welcome verbal feedback from professionals
and young people.
- Service Type: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist) Service Borough Covers: Croydon, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth Treatment type: Outpatient
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Contact the service
Site Location: Services at other sites Known As: Community FCAMHS Email: SouthLondonFCAMHS@slam.nhs.uk Fax Number: 020 3228 8863 -
Disabled Access:
- Wheelchair accessible building
- Ground floor therapy rooms
- Accessible toilets on all levels
- Lift access to the 1stfloor
- Address: South London Forensic CAMHS, Michael Rutter Centre, Maudsley Hospital,De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ
- Conditions: Addictions, Anxiety, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar disorder, Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), Childhood degenerative disorders, Conduct disorder, Dementia, Depression, Dissociative disorders, Eating disorders, Learning disabilities, Neuropsychiatry, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Perinatal disorders, Persistent physical symptoms, Personality disorders, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Psychosexual, Psychosis, Self-harm
Other essential information
Interventions
Our interventions may include:
- Assessments involving structured diagnostic interviews, psychometry, risk assessment, risk formulation and treatment recommendations
- Support and partnership work with community child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and other agencies, to help manage risk and complex behavioural difficulties
- Medico-legal assessments and reports for criminal or care proceedings
- Offence related interventions for anger management, violence reduction, sexual offending and dangerous fire setting behaviour
- Trauma-related interventions
- Consultation and care planning for forensic cases in outlying secure facilities
Eligibility criteria
- Children and young people up to 18 years old
- Male or female
- Young people who are vulnerable or present high risk behaviours including children involved in care or criminal proceedings
Outcomes
Our outcomes include:
- Completion of structured risk assessment
- Identification of protective factors (mitigating risk)
- Provision of risk management strategy
- Involvement of the young person and their family in the care plan
- Improvement in the young person’s children’s global assessment scale score in cases where intervention is provided
Care Options
Resources
This is a national specialist Tier 4 service commissioned by NHS England. Background information can be found on the NHS England website.
Our experts
Dr Duncan Harding, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Anna Meechan, Registered Mental Health Nurse
Dr Mariana Reis, Forensic Psychologist
Dr Rebecca Packer, Principal Clinical Psychologist