Resource library

Information and advice about moving on from Children and Young People's Service (CYPS) to adult services.

Redburn is a specialist adolescent mental health service based in Prudhoe, Northumberland which provides a safe place to stay, with support from trained staff. The unit is open 24 hours a day and is run by trained nurses and support workers. There are also Doctors, Social Workers, Occupational Therapy, Psychologists, Activity Workers and Teachers.

This leaflet provides information about the Specialist Adolescent Mood Disorders Service (SAMS), a service which provides assessment and intervention for children and young people.

The following leaflets provide information that you may find useful about the Kolvin Service.

This leaflet provide information about The Riding which is an integrated, inpatient assessment and treatment service for young people with complex mental health, behavioural and emotional needs, including those with a learning disability.

This leaflet contains information for parents and carers about the Therapeutic Assessment Group (TAG), part of the Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders Service (CNDS). It contains information such as who will be working with your child, what sorts of things your child will do at the group and what the assessment sessions involve.

The leaflet is about what can happen when people are distressed on wards, as well as the use of force. We hope by raising this topic we can avoid ever having to use force whilst you are in hospital.

Information which will help you during your stay on Alnwood, a medium secure unit for young people aged from 12 to 18.

This leaflet provides you with information that you will find useful during your stay at Ferndene, it tells you about the staff, the ward, the treatments and therapies available to you.

A leaflet about engagement and observation which is used by your care team to help us keep you and others safe and well. Everybody on an inpatient ward is nursed on one of four levels of observation.