Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Deaf CAMHS) – National

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Community Mental Health Survey 2023

Young people aged 16 and 17 years old are eligible to participate in the 2023 Community Mental Health Survey, we want to inform them and their carers about the survey and provide them with details of how they can opt out if they do not wish their contact details to be used for this purpose: 16-17-year-olds-leaflet – with LYPFT contact

The Patient and Carer Experience Team can be contacted if any young people want to opt out of the Community Mental Health Survey 2023.

Email address Patientexperience.lypft@nhs.net

Contact number:  0113 855 6840

About National Deaf CAMHS

Our National Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (NDCAMHS) have created an information booklet which provides information for deaf children and their families during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Our National Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (NDCAMHS) works with children and young people aged 0-18 who have a severe to profound hearing loss, have deaf parents or have BSL (British Sign Language) as a first language and who also experience emotional and/or behavioural issues consistent with a Children’s Global Assessment Scale [CGAS] rating of 50 or less. We work to improve the mental health of these children and young people through supporting them and their families.

From the service experience to date we note that for a variety of reasons the children, young people and families who receive a service from NDCAMHS will be with the service for a longer period of time than young people accessing local CAMH Services.

It is known that deaf children are more likely to experience mental health issues, (anywhere between 30% and 50% more likely). Communication is a huge issue for deaf families, there is also recognition that, for a variety of reasons, the developmental pathways for deaf children differ from their hearing counterparts. This needs to be properly considered for intervention to be effective. NDCAMHS was established within this context as a specialised response to the particular needs of deaf children, young people and families.

The Deaf Service represents the Northern Arm of the National Deaf CAMHS. The service is commissioned by the NHS England and operates across the North of England.

About the Service

The team

Our multi-disciplinary team is made up of child psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, specialist deaf outreach workers, BSL/English interpreters, managers and administrators.

Referrals

Referrals can come from any professional working with the child, young person and family. This includes schools, mainstream and deaf, teachers of the deaf, CAMHS, GPs, paediatricians and other arms of the NDCAMHS and Children’s Services.

Useful guides and information

The following guides have been created to support Families and Carers, those wanting to make a referral and for those who want to find out more about BSL interpretation services.  Click on the image to download the leaflet.  A BSL version of each guide is also available below, and you can watch these by clicking on the play button:

 

    

A guide for parents and carers
A guide for referrers

Working with BSL / English interpreters

National Deaf CAMHS is based at:
Suite 12
IT Centre
Innovation Way
York
YO10 5NP

NDCAMHS can be contacted in the following ways:

  • by voice over the telephone on 01904 294231
    by mobile / SMS on 07980 969113
    by fax on 01904 294154
    by email on NDCAMHSNorth.lypft@nhs.net

The team are available from Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm

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