What we do
AIM of the service:
To develop and deliver a Barnardo's Inner Resilience and Development Service across the 4 Black Country acute Emergency Departments (ED’s). The service will have 4.5 dedicated MHWB support workers operating over the 4 sites, with a named support worker lead for each ED.
Following presentation at EDs, Barnardo’s can support in the following ways:
1. Offer a direct referral into service for CYP who do NOT require a CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) Crisis intervention assessment (i.e. low-level/social MHWB presentations). This offers a discharge option/package for ED practitioners and self-referral options for families/parents
2. Offer a step-down pathway following assessment from the CAMHS Crisis Intervention Team and are not requiring acute admission and/or further involvement from the CAMHS crisis intervention service.
Key activities of the service:
• Offer CYP appropriate support during their admission at ED (as and when available, including provision of self-referral and self-help material, information/advice/guidance resources and simple mechanisms for ED practitioner referral to service.
• Provide short- and longer-term information and support (including therapeutic approachs) for the CYP and family, offering a follow up programme of:
Holistic 1:1 support for CYP, to improve their mental health and wellbeing
The development of integrated pathways into community support; including schools, early help, community/voluntary provision
Family support/parenting to build capacity within the home, to manage and support the CYP’s needs.
The development of a conduit between the CAMHS Crisis Teams, the ED, core CAMHS provisions, early help/children’s social care, and wider community support, to create alternative solutions to ED presentations and hospital admissions, wherever safe and practical.
We work in Black Country Hospitals/remote working.
We offer support with
- Abuse
- Anxiety
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Autistic spectrum condition (ASC)
- Behavioural challenges
- Bereavement
- Body image
- Care leavers
- Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family relationships
- Learning disabilities
- LGBTQ+
- Looked after children
- Loss
- Low confidence
- Low mood
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Parenting
- Resilience
- School related worries
- Self-esteem
- Self-harm
- Social skills
- Stress
- Any LOW to MED emotional/mental health well-being support
We provide support using
- 1:1 support
- Assessments
- Emotional support
- Face to face sessions
- Family support
- Parenting programmes
- Phone support
- Referrals to other services
We work with
- 13 years and under
- 14 to 18 years old
- 19-25 if care leaver or/and SEN
We can help with
- No child should be left to deal with poor mental health alone so we provide services supporting children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing. We have centres where children and young people can visit and have a trained worker they can trust and talk to. We help them build their confidence and get to the root of their difficulties so they can feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful.
- If you are a parent/carer, find out more about Mental health
- Search for Mental health services
- We know looking after your family can be tough at times. We support parents, carers and families with guidance and activities so children and young people can feel safe, happy, healthy and hopeful.
- If you are a parent/carer, find out more about Family support
- Search for Family support services