Services

The Croydon CAMHS Getting More Help Team (GMHT) work with children and young people up to the age of 18, who may have had previous treatments at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) or elsewhere.

Many of the children and young people that we see have more than one clinician involved in their care, and some may also have stayed in a mental health hospital, or been seen by one of our national and specialist services.

When you start treatment with us we will work with you to set clear goals so that we can develop a useful care plan to achieve them.

We work with children, young people and their families who may need treatment over a longer period of time, and those that may need two or more different types of treatment at the same time. This might be a combination of individual therapy, family therapy, or medication.

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.

Address: Christopher Wren House
113 High Street
Croydon, London, CR0 1QG

The Croydon CAMHS Learning Disability Team is a specialist team that works with children and young people, up to the age of 18 years, who have a learning disability. We also work provide support to their parents or carers.

We are passionate about supporting young people with a learning disability, and their families, whilst considering their special needs. The Croydon CAMHS Learning Disability Team provides support for families in the following ways:

1. We support children and young people with mild, moderate and severe learning disabilities without significant mental health problems who present with behaviours that may be challenging. Our team provides psychoeducation through personalised therapeutic interventions, parent groups, workshops, work within schools, and where appropriate, direct work with children, using adapted Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

2. We provide assessment and treatment of severe and enduring mental health problems for children and young people with a moderate, severe or profound learning disability. This may involve the use of psychological therapies, or medication. The Learning Disabilities Team works closely with parents and carers, schools, social care and paediatricians to coordinate a multi-agency approach, which aims to promote better mental health and improve future outcomes for children and young people.

What to expect
This will depend on the how complex the presenting problem is. In some cases, parents or carers may be offered a place on one of our groups or workshops. When there are more complex mental health problems, we will conduct a clinical assessment of the child or young person.

We may also ask parents and professionals to complete questionnaires as well as conduct meetings with parents or carers, family members, schoolteachers and professionals associated with the young person's care.

This evidence gathering helps us understand the young person's difficulties and their unique needs. We will work with families and other professionals to develop a care plan that will best support the child or young person and their family.

We will seek consent from young people and their families to contact all professionals involved in their care before starting work with the family, except in extraordinary circumstances. An example of this may be when it is necessary to intervene quickly in order to protect the child, young person or family safe.

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.

When completing referrals, please make it clear that the young person has a learning disability, rather than a learning difficulty, in the referral along with any available evidence. Examples of appropriate evidence may be previous reports or assessments by other health or social care professionals. Please also ensure to state any other relevant diagnoses and details of the child's current school.

We run several workshops and courses. For more information about our groups and workshops, professionals associated with the child's care should email LDTeam@slam.nhs.uk

Our team members
Our team is made up of a number of professionals from different backgrounds who work together to provide multi-disciplinary care. This may include psychiatrists, nurses, clinical psychologists, clinical specialists, trainees, and administrators.

Address: Christopher Wren House
113 High Street
Croydon, London, CR0 1QG

Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Local)

The Croydon CAMHS Mental Health Support Team (MHST) offers early intervention support to children and young people who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. We can help with issues such as exam stress, behavioural difficulties, low mood, anxiety, and friendship problems. We can also help those with more severe needs to access the right support.

Our team of Education Wellbeing Practitioners offer guided self-help over several sessions for anxiety, low-mood, or challenging behaviour. This can be face to face, telephone or online.

We see children, young people, and parents in educational settings, as well as offering assessment and screening in order to make specialist referrals to other services and agencies. These can include screening for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or more severe problems.

We also offer training for teaching staff on a variety of topics and can run small groups, and workshops both live and recorded.

We run an Emotional Wellbeing Helpline for children, young people or parents needing support. Our helpline is also open to school staff who would like to make enquiries or talk about a pupil they are concerned about.

Emotional Wellbeing Helpline - 07702 339000 Monday to Friday from 9am to 3.30pm.

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 CAMHS practitioners, mental health nurses, CBT Therapists, occupational therapists, and education wellbeing practitioners.

Address: Christopher Wren House, 
113 High Street
Croydon, London, CR0 1QG

Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Local)

The Croydon Flow team works within the borough of Croydon to manage and support clinical decisions around service users movements through the healthcare service.

We work closely with other services both inside and outside of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to ensure the best care outcome is achieved for every service user.

We work closely with the South London And Maudsley (SLAM) bed management structure and across teams to effectively manage and support services users' safe discharge from our in-patient settings in a timely manner.

The team provides Home Treatment Assessment, suitable follow up no later than 48 hours after discharge from in-patient wards and support for in-patient and community teams which encourages; right care, at the right time, at the right place, considering the most least restrictive options at all times.

The team consists of; Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Senior discharge coordinators Home treatment assessors, HAWK advisors, and a Community Clinical Service Lead who works proactively with care coordinators and community team leaders for swift support.

Address: Croydon Flow Team
New Admin Block
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Croydon IAPT is a free and confidential NHS talking therapies service. We offer a range of psychological therapies to adults 18 years and over, who are registered with a Croydon GP or live in the borough of Croydon. Our main offer of treatment is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or treatments based on these principles. We are currently also expanding into couple therapy for depression and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).

Our aim is to help improve the mental well-being of people experiencing difficulties such as:

¥ Low mood
¥ Feeling down due to unemployment or difficulties at work
¥ Sleep problems
¥ Low self-esteem
¥ Panic attacks
¥ Sadness that won't go away
¥ Excessive worrying or anxiety
¥ Relationship or family problems related to how you feel
¥ Low mood or anxiety related to a medical condition such as diabetes, Irritable bowel Syndrome and Fatigue
¥ Experience of a traumatic event
¥ Stress
¥ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
¥ Phobias

We are available at many GP surgeries and other clinics around Croydon

Address: Wickham Park House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Rd, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Category: Primary Care

CIPTS is a comprehensive established team of psychologists and psychotherapists delivering a range of talking therapies including Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).

CIPTS provides psychological assessment and treatment for adults mostly aged between 18-65 years who present with complex mental health difficulties that require a secondary care level of treatment. We support people who live in the London Borough of Croydon. CIPTS is an equivalent service to the Integrated Psychological Therapy teams (IPTT) in Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.

We receive referrals from the Croydon Assessment & Liaison Team, the Croydon Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service (IAPT) and the Croydon Treatment Team. GP referrals for secondary care psychological treatment come via the IAPT team and Assessment & Liaison Team. We work closely with other teams, providing consultation and teaching.

Please contact the service for information about the referral process, inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Address: Jeanette Wallace House
1 Edridge Road
Croydon, London, CR0 1FE

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Our Mental Health in Learning Disabilities (Croydon) is a specialist, community-based service based at Bethlem Royal Hospital. We provide outpatient and community assessment, inpatient liaison, advice and treatment for people, aged over 18, who have learning disabilities together with mental health problems. We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

We are psychiatrists employed by SLaM. We are part of the Behavioural and Developmental clinical academic group. We work locally as part of the Croydon Joint Community Learning Disabilities Team (JCDLT) which includes multidisciplinary health and social care professionals not employed by SLaM.

We provide mental health assessments and advice on services and treatment options to help people with learning disabilities and mental health problems maintain their health and independence.

How to make a referral to our service

Please complete the referral form and return this form via email to MHLDCroydon@slam.nhs.uk .

Or alternatively by post to:

Team Leader Croydon MHLD
1st Floor
Monks Orchard House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham
BR3 3BX

Monks Orchard House...

Address: 1st Floor
Monks Orchard House
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

Croydon Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 10 bedded unit that provides high quality care for men aged 18-65, who have severe and ongoing mental health problems. We also provide short-stay intensive assessment and treatment for people with acute mental illness with distressing symptoms who have been referred from other inpatient services. Our team is comprised of multi-professional staff including nurses, doctors, occupational therapist, psychologist, pharmacist etc.

We provide assessment, treatment and intensive nursing care. We work closely with other services both inside and outside of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to ensure the best care outcome is achieved for every service user.

We care for people who live in the London Borough of Croydon.

Address: Gresham House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

The Croydon, Lambeth and Lewisham Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Service is also known as the 3 borough service. This service launched in August 2020, and is a local, specialist outpatient service for adults registered with a GP in Croydon, Lambeth and Lewisham. Referrals can be made by GPs or NHS secondary mental health teams.

The team offers diagnostic assessment for adults who have suspected Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Initiation and titration of ADHD medication and annual reviews for ADHD are also offered. Following a positive diagnosis from the service (ADHD and/or ASD), patients may be offered some brief post-diagnostic psychological support.

For more information and to obtain a referral form, please email 3Breferrals@slam.nhs.uk

Three Borough Service...

Address: Bethlem Royal Hospital
1st Floor
Monks Orchard House
Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham,  London, BR3 3BX

Who are we?
We are a nurse led service of two Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) provided by South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

We aim to:
Improve the experience and quality of life of people living with dementia and their carers to have better integrated and coordinated care after their diagnosis.

Improve access to appropriate care and support at the appropriate time.

Reducing premature placements of people with dementia into residential and nursing care homes.

Improving End of Life Care support such as Advance Care Planning opportunities.

Who can use the service?
We work with anyone aged 18 or over, with a confirmed diagnosis of dementia. They must live at home at the point of referral and be registered with a Lewisham GP. You can access our service through your GP, Social Care and other professionals (or you can self-refer).

What happens at the service?
We arrange to see the person with dementia, and anyone offering support, about how the memory issues are affecting their life. This is likely to be at home but we can see you in other places if you wish.

What support can the Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialists offer?

• Offer a holistic review of the person with dementia and their carers' needs.
• Offer advice about management of physical, psychological social and spiritual issues that may affect people living with dementia.
• Advise on Crisis management and interventions to prevent this.
• Help with care planning and consider Advance Care Planning if you wish to, with you and your carers.
• Refer you on to other teams like the dementia advisors or Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), if necessary.

CNS review to inform the Annual Dementia review in Primary Care.

Address: 91 Granville Park
Lewisham, London, SE13 7DW

Category: Memory Services

The Drug and Alcohol Service (Greenwich) is part of the Addictions Division and based at the Beresford Project. We provide assessment, treatment and advice for people, over the age of 18, who have complex substance misuse (drugs and/or alcohol) related problems. We care for people who live in the London Borough of Greenwich.

We provide a a Tier 3 addictions assessment and treatment service.for dependent clients with complex needs.

Tier 2 services provide drug-related information, advice, interventions (including needle exchange, vaccinations and overdose training).

Tier 3 services provide specialised drug and alcohol assessments, treatment, care and referrals, delivered in the community or on hospital sites. People are provided with a care plan and a key worker.

Beresford Project...

Address: 36-42 Hare Street
Woolwich, London, SE18 6LZ

Category: Addictions

**Due to COVID restrictions our treatment model is primarily based on remote contact where possible**

The Drugs and Alcohol Consortium (Lambeth) is a consortium led by SLaM working with We are With You (formerly Addaction), Humankind and Phoenix Futures.

We provide assessment, treatment and advice for people, aged over 18, who have substance misuse (drugs and/or alcohol) related problems. We care for people who live in the London Borough of Lambeth.

We provide a Tier 2 addictions assessment and brief intervention clinic, and a Tier 3 addictions assessment and treatment service.

Tier 2 services provide drug-related information, advice, assessment, referrals, interventions (including needle exchange) and aftercare.

Tier 3 services provide specialised drug assessments, treatment, care and referrals, delivered in the community or on hospital sites. They provide people with a care plan and a key worker. They are often delivered alongside Tier 2 services, in the same premises and by the same staff.

Lorraine Hewitt House...

Address: Lorraine Hewitt House,  12-14 Brighton Terrace,  Brixton, London, , SW9 8DG

Category: Addictions

**Due to COVID treatment is being offered remotely where possible**

The Bexley Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) Service is part of the Addiction service based at Erith Health Centre. We provide specialist assessment, treatment and care for people, aged over 18, who misuse drugs.

We care for people who live in the London Borough of Bexley.

We provide specialist assessment, treatment and care for people, aged over 18, who are referred through the courts on a DRR Order.

A DRR service provides offenders with fast access to drug treatment programmes where their criminal behaviour is associated with drug misuse. The aim of a DDR is to reduce drug-related offending.

We care for people who live in the London Borough of Bexley, and for people in the borough who are homeless, of no fixed abode, and claiming social care benefits.

Our treatment programmes include rehabilitation, counselling and prescribing alternatives to drugs. We also provide advice and support on housing, relationships, employment and education.

We work with other teams in health and social care to help people to maintain their health and their independence.

Erith Health Centre...

Address: Erith Health Centre
50 Pier Road
Erith, London, DA8 1TA

Category: Substance Misuse Community Service

The Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Community Team is part of the LEO Service, which includes the Crisis Assessment Team (CAT) and inpatient Unit.

LEO Community Team supports people, aged 16-35, who are experiencing mental illness for the first time. We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Lambeth.

We provide emotional and practical support, education about medication, and psychological therapy, to maintain people's health.

We work together with LEO Services to provide the best help and advice in crises, recovery, or hospital.

Address: 190 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5DL

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)