Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services - CAMHS

 St Andrew’s Healthcare provides low and medium secure Tier 4 CAMHS inpatient services, with the objective of enabling young people to live well and to their full potential in the least restrictive environment possible.

A medium secure forensic service for boys aged 13 - 18 with learning disabilities.

Our service ethos is based on a Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) framework, using boundaries, positive role modelling and solution focused therapies to enhance the young people's quality of life, taking account of their developmental stage.

Sitwell: Boys, Medium Secure Mental Health Ward

Delivered by a full time, on-site multidisciplinary team (MDT), young people will benefit from a range of therapy programmes and interventions, specially adapted for the needs of vulnerable young boys:

• emotional regulation
• social skills
• adapted Sex Offender Treatment programme
• fire setting reduction programme
• self-care groups to promote cleanliness and confidence
• weight management
• education at St Andrew's College - rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted
• sensory integration
• physical healthcare - access to gym, football sessions, physiotherapy, physical education, regular health checks
• dietetics - supporting nutrition, weight management and healthy eating
• speech and language therapy
• Workbridge vocational opportunities - enabling young people to learn work and life skills.

Next steps

Discharge is considered at admission and our clinical and social work teams work with appropriate case managers to support a single transition back into the community.