Child Health
Contact for families with Disabled children
Contact support families with the best possible guidance and information.For every shape and size of family, whatever they need and whatever their child’s disability.
Facebook: @contactfamilies
Twitter: @contactfamilies
Telephone: 0808 808 3555
Website: www.contact.org.uk
Email: info@contact.org.uk
Milton Keynes Health Visiting Service
The Milton Keynes Health Visiting Service promotes the health and wellbeing of families with children under five.
Telephone: 01908 725100
Website: www.cnwl.nhs.uk/service
Childhood illness visual guide
Use this visual guide to help you identify common conditions and illnesses that may affect your child. Includes conditions such as measles, slapped cheek syndrome, chicken pox and warts.
Website: www.nhs.uk
How to Get Advice, Help and Risk Support
Get Advice and Help
- Lacking confidence
- Problems with self-esteem
- Friendship issues
- Bullying
- ‘Worry tummy’
- Worries keeping them awake
- Stress
- Low in mood/sad
- Isolating
- Lack of motivation
- Change in appetite
- School attendance issues
- Anxiety
- Bereavement
KOOTH
Website: www.Kooth.Com
Teacher or School mentor 0-19 services SPA
Children and Family Centre parent support and training programme
Website: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/schools-and-lifelong-learning
YIS Young People’s mental health
Website: www.mkyis.org.uk
Tel: 01908 604700
Arthur Ellis
Website: www.arthurellismhs.com
Mental Health Apps
Website: www.nhs.uk/apps-library
The Mix
Youth Starz
Child Bereavement UK
Good Grief
Get Risk Support
- Suicidal plans
- Severe self-harm needing treatment
- Emotional deregulation
- Unable to keep safe
- Daily function severely impaired
- Hallucinations/hearing voices
Mental health crisis line
24/7 Chlldren’s mental health crisis service located in Children’s Emergency Department
In an emergency call 999
Get More Help
- Extreme stress
- Moderate sever anxiety
- Depressed/withdrawn
- Sleep and appetite problems
- Hearing voices
- Self harm
- Drug and alcohol issues
- Suicidal thoughts
Children and Young People’s mental health service or School mentor 0-19 services SPA
MK Council drug and alcohol service
Children and FamiIy Practice (via MASH)
SAIT and FAST (if child open to Children’s Social Care)
01908 253232
Educational Psychology and Specialist Teachers (if child open to SEN Support, referral via school)
Milton Keynes Special Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
MK Specialist CAMHS provides support to children and young people up to their 18th birthday. The child must reside in the Milton Keynes area and have a Milton Keynes GP or have plans to register in the immediate future.
Telephone: 01908 725 372
Website: www.carersmiltonkeynes.org
Vaccination planner
Download a personalised vaccination calendar, which highlights the dates your child needs to have their vaccinations by.
Website: www.nhs.uk