Wakefield Support and Services
There are a range of services on offer across the Wakefield area to support children and young people.
Wakefield 0-19 Services
The Wakefield and Bradford 0-19 services can help parents, children and young people from antenatal care onwards. This includes help from midwifes, health visitors, and the school nursing team.
Better Lives, Healthy Futures is a hub of information about all different topics for children and young people aged 0-19, plus contact information for the healthcare professionals working in this service.
Star Bereavement
Bereavement can affect anyone. Star Bereavement is a specialist charity for young people aged up to 25 who are struggling to cope with grief and loss.
Based in Wakefield, Star Bereavement can offer support to young people and their family and friends in the form of 1-to-1 support, peer support, group support and text support.
WF-I-CAN
WF-I-CAN is a Wakefield support service for children and young people, and is divided into sections for under-13 and over-13 to ensure the topics are most appropriately phrased for your child.
Resources include tips on friendships and relationships, healthy eating, happiness and energy, and provides a place for children to access support directly online.
(Please note the above link directs to the under-13 area of the website.)
Wakefield CAMHS Resources
The Wakefield CAMHS Team (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) are the central mental health team for young people in Wakefield.
They have compiled a selection of resources that can be used by children, parents and carers, and education staff to help with issues such as:
- Anger
- Anxiety and health anxiety
- Phobias and OCD
- Grief
- Friendships and relationships
- Low mood
- School and education
- Mindfulness and unhelpful thoughts
Your child does not need to be under CAHMS in order to access these resources; they are available to all, free of charge.
Children First Hubs
Children First Hubs can help children and families in the local area with a range of issues. Support can be provided for families with at least two of the following:
- School attendance problems
- Have a child who needs help
- Domestic abuse
- Employment and debt problems
- Health problems
- Crime and Anti-social behaviour problems
Please visit the website to find your local hub, and how to contact them.
Wakefield Mental Health Helplines
In Wakefield 24/7 open access to our mental health services:
Adults (aged 18+) – 01924 316900
Children and young people (CAMHS) – 01977 735865
People with a learning disability – 01977 465435