Safeguarding and health:

For Parents
If you’re worried about your child’s wellbeing, you’re not alone — and there are people who can help.

  • • If your child is already supported by a mental health service, the best first step is to contact their medical practitioner or your local area team.

  • • If your child isn’t currently receiving support and you’re concerned, you can call:

CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) – 03000 123 4496

Open Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. You can also use this number outside these hours if you need urgent help in a crisis.

If you’re ever worried about a child’s safety, please call Social Services on 03000 416161.

If you’d like to get in touch with TRS directly, just email the site that looks after your child’s provision.

The Kent Local Offer is a great place to find extra support. It includes lots of groups and services across the county. For example, if you’re looking for free counselling, just type counselling into the search bar:
Explore the Kent Local Offer

 

For Pupils
We’ve put together some resources for you below. If you find something useful that we haven’t included, let us know so we can share it with others.

Action for Children Mental health and wellbeing support | Action For Children
Barnardos Our Services - Need a helping hand? | Barnardo's
Beat The UK's Eating Disorder Charity - Beat
CAMHS Further support | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Childline Childline | Free counselling service for kids and young people | Childline
Early Help Services MaidstoneEarlyHelp@kent.gov.uk
Health For Teens Health For Teens | Everything you wanted to know about health
KOOTH Home - Kooth
MIND Youth Services – Mid Kent Mind
School Health Team Supporting your child or teen's emotional wellbeing - Kent family
Stem4 stem4 - supporting teenage mental health
We Are With You Drug and Alcohol Support | WithYou
Young Minds YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People | YoungMinds

 

SHOUT - text SHOUT to 85258

CRISIS - Text HOME to 741741

 

 

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