Children and young people

Our Autism Diagnostic Service provides assessments to identify if a person has autism or not. We have a youth team who provide assessments for young people between the ages of 11 and 18. We have an adult team who provide assessments for those aged 18 and over. If we diagnose somebody with autism, we offer advice and short term limited support to help them, and their family, to understand their diagnosis. Our team will explore ways that might help manage difficulties or challenges faced at home, work or in education.

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The Autism Diagnostic Youth Service for Suffolk (ADYSS) is a specialist autism assessment service, for 11-17 year olds, who have a GP in Suffolk. ADYSS is part of the neurodevelopmental (ND) pathway.

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This service provides intensive support within the community to Children and Young people (under 18s) within all of Norfolk and Suffolk. The team have the aim to support Children and Young People (CYP) under the age of 18. The aim of this new pilot team and the wider system is to prevent CYP from having inpatient admissions, and to support Service Users and their families in the community, within Norfolk and Suffolk. The team will serve as a gateway in and out of Tier 4 (T4) provision, so CYP will be able to access T4 provision / support without the need for admission. This is a significant change in both the clinical offer and culture. CATAT are trialling a intensive home treatment/post discharge support as evidence shows that children and young people in the first 5-7 days post discharge may be more likely to re-engage in risk behaviours, which can potentially result in a re-admission or attendance at an acute hospital. With this in mind CATAT are looking at it as a preventative rather than a reactive intervention to enable admission avoidance. Using the Ambit & Thrive model, this adds to the total offer and supports stabilisation of the system, around the child.

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Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Great Yarmouth and Waveney provides care pathways for children, young people and their families in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. We provide a range of assessments and interventions for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We offer interventions through a range of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed pathways including pathways tailored to mood, emotional regulation, trauma, anxiety/OCD.

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The Learning Disability CAMHS Community Service in East and West Suffolk is a community-based specialist mental health service for children and young people who have a moderate – severe learning disability, are under 18 years old and registered with a GP in Suffolk. This service is not for children and young people who have not been diagnosed with a learning disability or who have a stand-alone diagnosis of ASD or any other neurodevelopmental disorder.

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