We can work directly with you and
Here is our address:
your family member/foster carer,
Canalside
to ensure you're fully supported.
Abbotts Street
We will keep things confidential
but if you mention something to us
that is worrying, we have a duty of
care to share the information with
other professionals.
Bloxwich
Young People’s Leaflet
Walsall
West Midlands
Walsall Looked After
WS3 3AZ
Tel: 01922 607400
If you have any complaints about
the service, speak to your social
worker, PA, foster carer or nurse/
doctor. If you are still unhappy,
please ask to contact the Trust’s
Complaints
Service Experience Desk:
If you are already using the service
Tel: 0300 555 0535
and have an allocated clinician,
Fax: 01384 362363
you may want to speak to them
Email: [email protected]
directly or ask that they, or the
service, are contacted by an adult
for some reason.
Leaflet Control
Ref: S081
Version: 1
Issue Date: October 2015
Review Date: October 2016
Children’s (LAC) Service
Hi there.
We hope you’re doing okay.
There is a team at CAMHS who
specialise in supporting you! We
also support children who are
moving from foster care to
adoptive placements too.
The first thing we should say is
that we are always listening to you.
We know that you hate anything
that has ‘mental’ in the name, let
alone using a service that does.
The word ‘mental’ is just used to
describe symptoms and conditions
that are different to anything else.
It certainly does not mean you're
We can help you to think about
‘mental’ or ‘mad’ so please do not
what has happened in your life and
be put off by this!
deal with things in a way that’s
We know that, as a child or young
different to how you do now.
adult, you may have experienced
very difficult situations in life and
those experiences may have
affected you.
You may feel all sorts of different
Hopefully things like school,
things - unhappy, nervous, anxious,
friendships, and other
sad, angry.
relationships, will feel more
Some children and young people
may manage better than people
expect, considering what they
have been through.
Other children and young people
may really struggle, and this is
where we can help!
manageable.
Okay, so how do we do this?
Well, we will have a consultation
meeting with your social worker.
This is so we have an idea about
your experiences and how they
affect you. It also saves us asking
really difficult questions when we
first meet you.