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The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) Coordinator Team can also offer advice and support to staff/professionals working with children and young people with multiple needs below the threshold for social care intervention.  For more information, please refer to Wiltshire Council’s website.

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/children-young-people-access

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/children-young-people

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/children-young-people-fact

If you feel a child or young person has additional support needs, but does not meet the threshold for social care, please contact the Early Help team for advice and guidance.

• 01225 718230
• IYSReferrals@wiltshire.gov.uk

In an emergency, where a child or young person has made a suicide attempt or is thought to have a mental disorder and is presenting a serious risk of harm to themselves or to others, an urgent referral should be made. Emergency referrals should be directed in the first instance to the local Community CAMHS team via the Duty Clinician:

Melksham: 01865 903777

Salisbury: 01722 336262 ext 2779

Malborough: 01865 904666

Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)

Concerned about a child’s safety? Contact Wiltshire’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) 0300 456 0108 (Out of Hours 0845 6070 888) or call 999 in an emergency.

• MASH brings key professionals together to facilitate early, better quality information sharing and decision making, to safeguard vulnerable children and young people more effectively

Wiltshire Healthy Schools Thrive Hubs

Thrive Hubs are established in 11 Wiltshire secondary schools :

• Abbeyfield School, Chippenham
• Kingsbury Green Academy, Calne
• The John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge
• Matravers School, Westbury
• Sarum Academy, Salisbury
• The Stonehenge School, Amesbury
• The Clarendon Academy, Trowbridge
• The Corsham School, Corsham 
• Devizes School, Devizes 
• Downland School, Devizes 
• Kingdown School, Warminster 

Thrive Hub schools are given additional support to help build children and young people’s resilience, support parents/carers and promote mentally healthy schools.

harmLESS is a resource for those who have contact with young people who are self-harming. It is designed to help you talk about self-harm with a young person that you can decide what support might be useful.

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Wiltshire Healthy Schools is a Wiltshire Council programme supporting schools to address the health and wellbeing of children and young people.

The programme clarifies the actions all schools can take to promote the health and wellbeing of young people, from universal prevention and education to targeted interventions and treatment.

On their website you can find information about getting involved with the programme along with a variety of resources to promote the health and wellbeing of young people.

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Please follow the link for resources curated by the CAMHS Team. This includes useful videos, further reading, apps and self-help guides.

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