How our service can help you
The Croydon CAMHS Getting Advice Team provides assessments of children
and young people with moderate to severe mental health disorders, as
well as those with complex and multiple learning disabilities and
neurodevelopmental disorders.
We work with other statutory, voluntary and private agencies that work
with these children and young people. This can include schools, local
authority children with disability teams, child and adolescent health
services and other CAMHS teams. Children and young people that need
longer term input may also be referred to the Croydon
CAMHS Getting Help Team
.
We provide three-day psychoeducation groups for parents and carers of
children and young people with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
We also provide urgent psychiatric assessments and follow up
appointments to children and young people who present at Croydon
University Hospital following an episode of deliberate self-harm, or
other psychiatric emergency.
A duty and triage service is provided by this team.
Duty service
Staff members responsible for being Ôon duty' each day will answer
telephone queries and concerns from parents/carers and professionals.
They will also screen all referrals made to CAMHS for possible risks.
If we have any concerns about the immediate safety and wellbeing of a
child or young person being referred, we will contact the parent or
carer, and/or referrers to discuss this and to make a plan of care.
Triage service
In the triage service, the duty clinician will contact parents, carers
and/or referrers in order to gather additional information which will
assist in making a decision regarding the referral. Team members include
psychiatrists, mental health nurses, clinical psychologists and
trainees.
Referrals
All referrals must be made by a professional associated with the
child's care via the Croydon Single Point of Contact (SPOC) webpage
.
Referrals can be made by a GP, paediatrician, school teacher, or
social worker. Our team is unable to accept referrals from parents,
carers, or self-referrals by the child or young person.
Our team members
Our service is made up of a number of professionals from different
backgrounds who work together to provide multi-disciplinary care. This
may include psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical specialists,
systemic family therapists, CAMHS practitioners, assistant
psychologists, trainees and administrators.
- Service Type: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Local) Service Borough Covers: Croydon Treatment type: Community
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Contact the service
Site Location: Christopher Wren House Email: croydoncamhsmail@slam.nhs.uk Fax Number: 020 3228 0000 -
Disabled Access:
- Wheelchair accessible building
- Evacuation chair
- Ground floor therapy room
- Disabled toilet
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Address:
Christopher Wren House
1 13 High Street Croydon,London, CR0 1QG - Business Hours/Visiting Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Conditions: Anxiety, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar disorder, Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), Childhood degenerative disorders, Conduct disorder, Depression, Dissociative disorders, Eating disorders, Learning disabilities, Neuropsychiatry, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Personality disorders, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Psychosis, Self-harm