Getting More Help - THRIVE Framework

To improve the educational and life outcomes for children and young people with Language and Communication Needs, Social Communication Difficulties and Autism.

• Language and Autism Support Team

"Youth Space is a website and Youth Club for young people in Haringey who are aged between 11 and 19 (up to 25 years old where there is a specific additional need or disability). They can direct you to access a wide range of informal learning opportunities that enable young people to feel safe, to develop as individuals and to participate, and contribute, as valued members of our community including: What's On at Bruce Grove Youth Club, Jobs and Apprenticeships, local support services for young people, help for Young Carers, children in or leaving care and advice on staying safe or if you have been the victim of a crime".

• Bruce Grove Youth Space (external link)

CARIS Haringey is a holistic range of services for families in temporary accommo​​​​dation. If you are Homeless or living in temporary accommodation in Haringey, and have children who you care for at home, CARIS are available to help you.

• CARIS Haringey (external link)

Supporting the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people.

• CAMHS website (external link)

For children aged between 5-12 years old who have been exposed to domestic violence or abuse in the past.

• Chance UK (external link)

Children's centres offering parenting support and activities.

• Children's Centres

The CRHT service provides an urgent outreach service, and assessment 24 hours a day, seven days a week, wherever people are at the point of referral e.g. GP surgery, A&E, or in their own homes. A team of mental health professionals providing intensive care and support in patients homes as an alternative to acute inpatient admission. Patients can self-refer to the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT).

Tel: 020 8702 6700

• CRHT website (external link)

To provide high quality psychological support to children, young people and their families to improve their educational and wellbeing outcomes. Working in partnership with families, children’s centres, early years’ settings, schools, further education settings and other agencies to improve their understanding of a child or young person’s educational, developmental and psychological needs and how to meet them.

• Educational Psychologists

Advice and support for people with children living in Haringey.

• Family Support Services

The emotional, psychological and mental health needs of Haringey looked after child population, including babies and young children, children with neurodevelopmental a typicality, unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people (UASC), young people leaving Care and those with undiagnosed learning needs.

• For general queries Tel: 020 3961 3410 or email: first.step@nhs.net
• First Step (external link)

Supports an increase in child and family resilience. Builds stable communities using a common language. Empowers parents, carers and professionals to work together. Uses tools and language in the home, schools and other settings to reduce school and home breakdown, reducing harm and increasing social inclusion. Equips adults to invest in healthy parent/ child relationships for improved social, emotional and mental wellbeing. Increases confidence of parents/carers to share knowledge of their children and successful strategies with professionals. Upholds the rights of children, listening to them.

• Haringey Anchor Project

Insight Platform is a Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered service, located in the heart of Tottenham, that provides support to children, young people and families who are living with or are affected by drug or alcohol misuse in Haringey.

• Insight Platform Haringey (external link)

Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people.

• Kooth website (external link)

Provides information, advice and support to people affected by mental health problems, primarily in Haringey.

• MIND in Haringey (external link)

More Than Mentors programmes takes an Early Action approach aimed at preventing future mental health need for young people through an innovative model of peer mentoring. By supporting students who present early, we aspire to address early markers for mental health needs such as depression, stress and anxieties, and reduce associated symptoms. Through peer mentoring we are looking to build young people’s emotional resilience and self-confidence, improve their attendance and attainment at school and offer a preventative approach to mental health and emotional distress within Haringey.

• More Than Mentors (external link)

NCL Crisis Line:

• 9-5pm - 020 8702 3400

Haringey CAMHS Team:

• 5pm-12 midnight - 020 3758 2056

The Lighthouse is a facility in north London, set up in partnership with organisations in the voluntary and public sectors to provide a safe space to support children and young people, from 0-18, in their recovery from sexual abuse or exploitation. It also supports adults aged 18-25 with learning disabilities, if The Lighthouse service best meets their needs.

• Find out more at The Lighthouse (external link)

Being a young person can be tough, especially if you are struggling with personal or emotional difficulties. Haringey residents need to be referred by a GP, Social Worker or a local CAMHS service. Family assessment, Family Mental Health, Forensic CAMHS, Fostering, First Steps, Autistic Spectrum conditions and Learning Disabilities, Parent Condition Service (PCS), Patman Clinic for disturbing sexual behaviours, Criminality and Violence, Refuge Services.

Referrals are via CAMHS, Social workers in schools and GPs.

• Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (external link)