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Open Mental Health ‘Stay Well in 2025’

If you're going through a difficult time or are struggling with how you're feeling, it can be really scary and upsetting.

Whatever you're feeling right now, we're here for you. We have information and advice so you don't have to go through it alone.

Citizens Advice: Follow link

Citizens Advice Taunton has merged with the local offices in Sedgemoor, South Somerset, and Mendip to become Citizens Advice Somerset – one independent charity providing free, confidential, and impartial advice for people who live and work in the county.

Our goal is to help everyone find a way forward, whoever you are, and whatever the problem. For details about the new Citizens Advice Somerset service and how to get advice please visit us below.

NHS: Where to get urgent help for mental health - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

If you need help for a mental health crisis or emergency, you should get immediate expert advice and assessment.

It's important to know that support services are available for you to access, whatever you’re going through.

Samaritans of Taunton and Somerset: Samaritans - Preventing Suicide, Providing Hope (samaritanshope.org)

Or 01823289456 Local call charges apply. 116123 free from any phone.

We're waiting for your call

Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We're here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

NHS Somerset Foundation Trust. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Somerset (CAMHS) - Somerset CAMHS - CAMHS (somersetft.nhs.uk) or 0300 1245012

Who we are

The CAMHS Liaison service is a tier 3 service, part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

We have two dedicated CAMHS liaison teams, one at Yeovil District Hospital and one at Musgrove Park Hospital but we are one team who work together within both sites.

We work with young people who require hospital treatment for their mental health. This may mean that you are currently admitted to, are due to leave, or have just left hospital. Additionally other professionals currently working with you may be concerned about increases or changes in your mental health.

Anyone under the care of our CAMHS Liaison service could be referred to our CAMHS Enhanced outreach team (EOT) in the community for additional support in understanding, managing or supporting you with your difficulties. We also offer consultation to these teams to support them in exploring other ways of supporting you and your families to better support you. These teams include:

• Community mental health teams

• CAMHS

• Community eating disorder service

• Forensic CAMHS

• National deaf CAMHS services

• Somerset team for early psychosis.

SomersetCouncil: Somerset Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Adviceand Support (SENDIAS)

Somerset SENDIAS

Somerset SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support) can give children, young people and their parent carers information, advice and support about SEND. This can include information on Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs Assessments and Plans.

The service is free, confidential and impartial.

Somerset SENDIAS offers:

• a phone helpline and email support

• information, advice and support on SEND law through the Somerset SENDIAS website and leaflets

• information, advice and support for mediation and SEND tribunals

• information on SEND groups available in Somerset

• information on Somerset’s Local Offer

• signposting to other services

Somerset Council Children Services (SOMERSET DIRECT)

About Children’s Social Care (somerset.gov.uk) Or 0300 123 224

Children’s Social Care aims to work with parents, carers and young people in a partnership. This is based on respect, equality and fairness, and to offer advice and support before a situation reaches a crisis point.

We also work in partnership with and may refer to, other services and community groups, including education, health, housing, benefits agencies and the police.

Report a Concern - Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership

Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership – Multi-agency guidance for all who work with children and young people and their families for graduated early help, targeted and specialist support.

SEND-Effective-Support.pdf

Contact (somersetsend.org.uk) Or you can call SENDIAS on 01823 355 578

SOMERSET DIRECT Childrens Services 0300 123 2224

Every Life Matters

Orange Button - Every Life Matters

About the Scheme

The Orange Button Community Scheme is a way of identifying people that have undertaken suicide prevention training. That they have the confidence to talk to others about suicide. It is a way of showing others in your community who are having thoughts of suicide, or are worried about somebody else, that you are:

• Comfortable to say / hear the word suicide

• Can listen without judgement

• Can inform people where to find help and support

Age UK Somerset

Age UK Offers lots of services for local older people, their families and their carers.

Age UK Somerset | Our Services

Open Mental Health Somerset

Somerset's Mental Health Alliance - Open Mental Health

Somerset Village & Community Agents

Village Agents | Somerset Village & Community Agents

Village and Community Agents provide confidential, practical community-based solutions for you, wherever you are in Somerset.

You local Village Agent can be contacted directly, or by referral through your Doctors surgery.

CCS Community Agents can only be contacted by a referral from your Doctor or by Adult Social Care Services.

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