Publish date: 8 February 2024
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - also known as CAMHS - support children and young people up to age 18 with their emotional and mental health and wellbeing.
When we talk to children about mental health, we talk about how they feel and how they cope with the things going on in their life.
This could be anything from school, friends or family life. If children and young people feel they aren’t coping too well with the ups and downs of life, it may be that they need some support to help manage better.
If children and young people do need help, CAMHS will work together with families to decide what support is needed to have good mental health and wellbeing. Their aim is to help young people get the support they need to tackle any problems early on before they get worse, and to act quickly if they do.
Using the Children’s Mental Health week’s theme of ‘My Voice Matters, express yourself’ staff in St Helens wore colourful clothes and interesting head dresses.
Knowsley staff Kerry Hughes, CAMHS Senior Nurse Practitioner and Nicola Wookey from the CAMHS Response Team are pictured wearing colourful outfits and showing cakes baked to support Young Minds.
While staff in Warrington created an ‘express yourself’ butterfly wall and had a tombola.
Halton Mental Health Support team in Schools have attended assemblies, held lunch time stalls, psycho-education sessions, parent workshops and school staff training to support Children’s Mental Health week. A big well done to all of the team for supporting this important week and the children and families of Halton.
Halton’s Mental Health Support Team hosted their first celebration event on Saturday the 10 February at Reel Cinema in Widnes. A viewing of Migration was attended by 59 people as a thank you for getting involved in participation and feedback with the service so far.
Mersey Care provides CAMHS services in Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Warrington, to make sure children, young people and their families can access the right support, in the right place and at the right time.