Facilitate timely discharge from assessment if clinically indicated within 24 hospital where hospital admission has hours as a maximum. been necessary Significant risk of to self or Deliver intensive support for children, others with mental health identified as young people and their families and the key contributing factor within the optimal therapeutic Presentation of severe psychotic environment, by supporting and symptoms engaging them and their families by Presentation of anorexia with serious means of individualised home and physical side effects and/or rapid community treatment packages weight loss (e.g. BMI below 15, pulse Work with colleagues in Community rate 45 and below with low blood CAMHS teams in the integrated model pressure) or co-morbidity with low of care and other agencies to ensure mood / depression / suicidal ideas / appropriate follow-up care for the thoughts client once the acute phase of mental Please note: consideration should illness has passed and intensive home initially be given to referral to treatment is no longer necessary paediatric or medical teams in the first instance if there is serious concern Out of Hours about the physical state Out of Hours the OSCA team will provide a Presentation of symptoms of severe first response for all emergency clinical depression with suicidal ideas / enquiries; they will provide consultation thoughts and advice and/or coordinate a psychiatric Presenting with significant self-harm by overdose or significant self-injury CAMHS Learning Disability service Referral criteria Children with Learning Disabilities often We will offer an assessment to children present mental health differently from that and young people who meet the following of children without Learning Disabilities. criteria: Have an identified emotional, mental Therefore, in addition to the criteria for health or behavioural difficulty mental health listed this service will also Have a diagnosed learning disability or address the following: significant impairment of intellectual Challenging behaviours of sufficient and social adaptive functioning severity to destabilise placements, Assessment indicates that other including physical and verbal services involved with the child are not aggression and self-injurious able to meet the current need if there behaviours are not the skills or competence Severe disturbance in eating, self-care, available toileting, relationships
Facilitate timely discharge from hospital where hospital admission has been necessary Deliver intensive support for children, young people and their families and within the optimal therapeutic environment, by supporting and engaging them and their families by means of individualised home and community treatment packages Work with colleagues in Community CAMHS teams in the integrated model of care and other agencies to ensure appropriate follow-up care for the client once the acute phase of mental illness has passed and intensive home treatment is no longer necessary Out of Hours Out of Hours the OSCA team will provide a first response for all emergency clinical enquiries; they will provide consultation and advice and/or coordinate a psychiatric assessment if clinically indicated within 24 hours as a maximum. Significant risk of to self or others with mental health identified as the key contributing factor Presentation of severe psychotic symptoms Presentation of anorexia with serious physical side effects and/or rapid weight loss (e.g. BMI below 15, pulse rate 45 and below with low blood pressure) or co-morbidity with low mood / depression / suicidal ideas / thoughts Please note: consideration should initially be given to referral to paediatric or medical teams in the first instance if there is serious concern about the physical state Presentation of symptoms of severe depression with suicidal ideas / thoughts Presenting with significant self-harm by overdose or significant self-injury CAMHS Learning Disability service Referral criteria We will offer an assessment to children and young people who meet the following criteria: Have an identified emotional, mental health or behavioural difficulty Have a diagnosed learning disability or significant impairment of intellectual and social adaptive functioning Assessment indicates that other services involved with the child are not able to meet the current need if there are not the skills or competence available Children with Learning Disabilities often present mental health differently from that of children without Learning Disabilities. Therefore, in addition to the criteria for mental health listed this service will also address the following: Challenging behaviours of sufficient severity to destabilise placements, including physical and verbal aggression and self-injurious behaviours Severe disturbance in eating, self-care, toileting, relationships