Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a is a specialist mental health team that sits within Options4CYP mental health services within Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

The team is made up of a variety of professionals from a range of backgrounds including child and adolescent psychiatrists, mental health and paediatric nurses, social workers, therapists, psychologists, counsellors, support staff and our admin team.  

The main role of the CAMHS team is to offer comprehensive specialist mental health assessments and evidenced based interventions for children and young people under the age of 18 with moderate to severe mental health difficulties that cannot be supported by another child and young person’s mental health service. Children and young people with moderate to severe learning difficulties, may be better supported by specialist learning disability services.  

The CAMHS team offer a range of evidenced based one-to-one and group therapeutic interventions such as high intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Systemic Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-A) and psychology.  

There are many ways you can access help and support for your Emotional and Mental Health.

  • PMHW offer a ‘no appointment necessary’ drop-in every Monday at Westminster Academy 2-4:30pm.   PMHW Drop In’s are also accessible by the Family Hubs throughout the town within the week.  (Times can differ during half terms, please always call or go to Primary Mental Health Worker – FYi Directory)
  • PMHWs are connected to every Blackpool school and GP surgery, you can ask them to contact us for help.
  • If you are open to CAMHS you can call freephone 0800 121 7762, OPTION 1 and ask for your care coordinator.  If you are in need of immediate help and support regarding your mental health press OPTION 2 for CASHER at any time of the week / weekend.
  • Referrals are accepted by professionals working alongside you.  All referrals are screened every day with practitioners from each of the teams under Options4CYP.  This includes PMHW, Children Young people Wellbeing Practitioners (CYWP), CAMHS, Children’s Psychological Services (CPS), Youtherapy and CASHER.
  • There is now the option to self refer Healthier Lancs and South Cumbria: Blackpool CAMHS self-referral (healthyyoungmindslsc.co.uk)  Please complete this form with as much information as possible, to help you get the help you need

Access further support at the Healthy Young Minds website.

Where we are:

Whitegate Drive Health Centre
150 Whitegate Drive
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY3 9ES.

Availability:

Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm

Contact us:

0800 121 7762

Option 1 CAMHS
Option 2 CASHER
Option 3 YoutherapY
Option 4 MHST

We are on Instagram:@Blackpool_PMHW@entwined_minds

Extra help:

If you need help with British Sign Language or translation, the team can arrange help through a translator or note taker.

For Safeguarding and Child Protection please call 01253 477299.