Care Leavers Local Offer

Most people think of health as just keeping healthy for example eating healthy or even regular exercise but that is not always the case it also refers to someone’s mental health, sexual health, and this can also refer to people who may in the future have a problem with alcohol or substance misuse. If your feel as you’re not completely healthy there is lots of support on offer that can help you with this you can find useful websites for this on the back of this guide.

Don’t forget you can get free prescriptions, glasses and dental treatment until the age of 18.

You can contact the NHS on 111 with any query about your health.  In an emergency always call 999 and non-emergencies on 101.

• Child Exploitation and Online Protection
• CEOP Reporting Centre for staying safe
• Get Safe Online
• Sexting
• Internet Matters
• CEOP’s Thinkuknow
• Digital Parenting Guide
• Keeping Kids Safe Online – O2/NSPCC
• What’s the Problem? For young people in trouble due to inappropriate or illegal online behaviour
• Underwear Rule
• PACE – Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation and Parent’s Guide
• Grooming – signs to spot it happening

We provide psychological treatments, sometimes called talking treatments, to help people who are stressed, be that feeling low in mood (depressed) or very nervous (anxiety)

• Online Referral – Halton IAPT is a non-urgent service – if you feel you are in urgent crisis or are worried that you might seriously harm yourself in the near future, please contact your GP or refer yourself to the Mental Health Assessment Team
• Contact Details: Tel – 0151 292 6954

Emergency Crisis Situations

Medical emergencies (e.g. self-harm or suicide attempt) call 999 or go to a hospital Accident & Emergency

For non-medical emergencies, contact Halton Assessment/Home Treatment Team first to see if we can deal with the emergency

Halton Assessment/Home Treatment Team – Manager is Matthew Oultram

• Assessment Team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and see all new referrals for people not already being supported by mental health services based in a hospital or clinic rather than in the community.
  • The team completes a telephone triage and, if appropriate, face to face assessments to signpost to the appropriate service
  • We aim to assess, plan and care for the person within 12 weeks, if we offer intervention in our service (such as Medic input, brief interventions, extended assessments, etc. this can go up to 16 weeks)
  • We cover all of Halton for emergencies from 8pm to 8am
  • Referrals for Assessment Team will be accepted primarily from GPs, however if the service user was in a crisis/emergency then self-referrals can be made, we will also accept referrals from any professional but again we would primarily ask that they start at the beginning of the treatment pathway with their GP first
  • Contact Details: Assessment Team – 0151 422 6804
• Home Treatment Service is available from 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week
  • The team is considered an alternative to hospital admission and will only take cases requiring intensive support, have significantly high risks and need a lot of care to ensure they remain out of hospital (i.e. potentially visiting 1-4 times every day).
  • From 8pm emergency cases will be dealt with by the Assessment Team night practitioner as mentioned above
  • Referrals can only come from a hospital or clinic mental health services (this includes Assessment Team), they will not take referrals from GP’s or self-referrals (unless under a hospital or clinic mental health service and it is out of hours)
  • Contact Details: Home Treatment Team – 01928 753981

Halton Recovery Team – Managed by Martyn Veevers

• The Recovery Team is available from 9am to 5pm, Monday-Friday
  • The team will take cases needing care co-ordination and longer-term support, those with a diagnosis of a severe and enduring mental illness (i.e. Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar, Severe/Recurrent Depression, etc.)
  • We hold a caseload of people under shared-care service for people who are prescribed certain medications that the GP cannot prescribe alone and therefore require a Psychiatrist review every 6-12 months but do not require any other support from mental health services
  • We will also take referrals for people who require more intensive psychological therapy, (classed as Step 4 therapy), these people usually have complex symptoms and higher risks
  • People who have less complex symptoms and considered as high risk that require psychological therapy will go to Halton IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) for Step 2 and Step 3 therapy e.g. depression, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Referrals can only be made by other a hospital or clinic mental health service – GPs, professionals or Self-referrals need to go through the Assessment Team first
  • Contact Details: Recovery Team – 01928 753968

One place for all the publicly available links to career information and resources includes Barclays Lifeskills, Apprenticeship Vacancies, subject related career information and is being further developed to include local labour market information and local employer profiles.

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Discounted rate to Halton schools, colleges and education providers via 14-19Team@halton.gov.uk

Free for young people aged 16 to 18 who are not in education, training or employment – contact a local Career Connect Connexions Adviser or email 14-19Team@halton.gov.uk for the access registration code to view resources e.g. job profiles, employer video tours, interviews with employers and lots more to help you decide on your career

Lifekit (Halton Housing Trust Toolkit)

LifeKit is your online toolkit to managing your finances, home, job prospects and more

Independent, professional and high quality careers and skills advice, available from age 13+ online or over the telephone.  Adults have additional access to community-based face-to-face advice.

Post 16 Directory

This directory is to support professionals working with young people to move on to Education, Employment or Training

Benefits Calculator

Halton Young Addaction are looking for motivated, enthusiastic and caring people over the age of 14 who are willing to spare some of their time to become volunteers and young leaders

• Take a look at their Volunteer App.
• Volunteer intakes are throughout the year – if you want to apply or need more information contact: 01928 240406
• Lots of opportunities for young people to get involved in their local community, training, development opportunities and more
• Information Brochure

Inspire – Wellbeing Enterprises supports young people who are experiencing difficulties or going through a tough time. Inspire gets young people involved in things that interest and inspire them.

Mind Halton – interested in volunteering to support mental health – contact Mind Halton for more information

National Citizenship Service is aimed at 16/17 year olds and up to 24 if they have specific needs. The programme helps engage young people during school half terms and summer holidays

Provide a wide range of activities and groups that you might wish to get involved in

Local Libraries, Parks & Leisure

For details of groups, activities, ways to keep active and leisure opportunities