Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD)

✨Fantastic news to start off 2025 with! Following successful fundraising in 2023, our Safeguarding Team took on the NSPCC's Walk for Children again on 21 December 2024, in order to raise further money to help answer more life-changing calls to Childline. On average, a child contacts Childline every 45 seconds and last Christmas, 5,499 children contacted Childline to ask for help. This year they raised an amazing £883, exceeding their £800 target amount and previous fundraising amount in 2023 of £750. The Safeguarding Team would like to send out a huge THANK YOU to all who have already supported us in this event and kindly donating. The fundraising page remains open if anyone else would like to donate to this highly worthy and much needed cause: https://lnkd.in/eCewCasQ

📣Job opportunity We are looking for experienced Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists to join us in senior roles in our Mood, Emotions and Relationships pathway, providing mental health provision to children and young people across Devon. Main duties of the job: As a Senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist, you will be offering high-quality complex assessments and psychotherapy to children, young people and their families. You will bring advanced assessment, formulation, therapy and consultative skills to the pathway as well as applying your specialist thinking to wider service development contributions. To find out more and to apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/eZCtdMwF ❗Closing date: 5 January 2024 Devon Partnership NHS Trust | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Acronym busting: Part 2 Here are some more frequently heard acronyms and what they mean... AHP: Allied Health Professionals OT: Occupational Therapy / Therapist MDT: Multi Disciplinary Team RDUH: Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust TSDFT: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust DPT: Devon Partnership NHS Trust SPA: Single Point of Access Team CYP: Children and Young People FRS: First Response Team We are here to make things as clear as possible, but if you ever hear a term or acronym your are unsure about, just ask. #nhs #childhealth

❗Need urgent help? If you or your child is in a mental health crisis and need to talk to a mental health professional call 111. The following organisations are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 🌟Childline 🌟Samaritans 🌟Shout textline: for help text SHOUT to 85258 🌟NHS 111: Select mental health option Please note: Our Crisis Team operate between the hours of 09:00 and 22:00. If your child needs to attend A&E for a physical health concern outside of these hours and you feel they need an urgent mental health assessment, please let the clinicians in the hospital know. They will refer directly to the Crisis Team who will arrange an assessment during their operating hours of 09:00-22:00. If you need urgent mental health advice but there is no concerns around your child’s physical health please call NHS 111 selecting the mental health option to speak with a mental health professional who will be able to support you. 📣Visit our website and hit the red 'need urgent help' button at the top of our homepage or visit: https://lnkd.in/eXaHTR2n Devon Partnership NHS Trust | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust | Livewell Southwest | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | Young Devon #nhs #urgenthelp #childhealth

🎄Wishing all of our followers a very merry Christmas!🎄 Thank you again to Leah for designing this year's Christmas card! #nhs #childhealth #Christmas

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) opening hours and support: If you or someone you know is in a mental health crisis and need to talk to a mental health professional call 111. The following organisations are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: *Childline: Call 0800 1111 *Samaritans: Call 116 123 (free) *Shout textline: for help text SHOUT to 85258 *NHS 111: Select mental health option For more information about urgent help, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eXaHTR2n #nhs #childhealth #support Devon Partnership NHS Trust | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust | Livewell Southwest | University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Devon County Council | Torbay Council

Job Opportunity 📣 Join us in this new brand new role within the Neurodiversity Pathway. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of an innovative care pathway for children and young people with neurodiversity. Main duties of the job: ✔You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team, conducting specialised assessments to better understand the needs of neurodiverse children and young people. ✔Beyond assessments, you will provide guidance, advice, and training to colleagues, families, and partner agencies. Your expertise will promote a unified and cooperative approach to supporting neurodiverse individuals. For more information, please visit: https://lnkd.in/dT7dhSK2 ❗Closing date: 30 December 2024 Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust | Devon Partnership NHS Trust

📣Since launching in April this year, we have seen over 178,000 visits to our new website. We are continuing to expand our online resource library, with over 320 resources now available. These include support with mealtimes, attention and listening developmental milestones, information on autism and sensory processing and advice and information on sleep. If you would like to take a look at our online tools and resources, visit https://lnkd.in/eqZE3VwX Devon Partnership NHS Trust | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

On 21 December, the longest night of the year, the Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) Safeguarding Team will be walking 5km at Haldon Forest to help Childline be ready for every question this Christmas. On average, a child contacts Childline every 45 seconds and last Christmas, 5,499 children contacted Childline to ask for help. How your donation could help: ✔£4 could pay to answer a life-changing call to Childline ✔£29 could pay for a Childline supervisor for one hour, supporting our volunteer counsellors ✔£48 could help answer a call from one child every day over the 12 days of Christmas ✔£100 could pay for our trained volunteer counsellors to answer up to 25 calls for help to Childline To find out more and support, visit: https://lnkd.in/eCewCasQ

In the run up to Christmas, we would like to share with you our highlights from 2024. Why not take a look at just some of our best bits from the last 12 months! Today we are focusing on our young advisors and just some of the fantastic work they've been up to! This year our amazing young advisors have… 🌟Interviewed potential CFHD candidates 🌟Taken part in a virtual reality (VR) workshop 🌟Contributed ideas to a Neurodiversity online resource 🌟Joined workforce colleagues to develop and implement new approach to involvement in staff recruitment and selection 🌟Recorded information to support CFHD's growing resources library including content around Autism and Neurodiversity If you would like further information regarding the young advisors and participation groups within CFHD, please visit our 'get involved page' on our website. https://lnkd.in/egVPi9KA Devon Partnership NHS Trust | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust