Health and Wellbeing
Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
In Birmingham, services are working together to improve the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. This section of our Local Offer details the wellbeing and mental health services that are available locally.
Birmingham and Solihull Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
This service will help and support you with your mental health and wellbeing, making it quicker and easier to get the right support by bringing together a range of services available in the NHS and in your community.
We welcome anyone aged 18 or over who is experiencing new or ongoing mental health symptoms, as well as people who have an existing mental health diagnosis.
Kooth is a free, safe and anonymous service to support young people’s emotional and mental health. It provides online support through helpful articles, discussion boards and chats with Kooth team members.
Find out more at www.kooth.com
PAUSE
If you are under 25 and registered with a GP in Birmingham, you can receive support from Pause. We also provide support for parents and carers who are concerned about their child or young person’s wellbeing.
There are pause hubs in Digbeth and Sparkbrook. Find out more at Pause hubs | Forward Thinking Birmingham
Forward Thinking Birmingham provides mental health services for people up to the age of 25 in Birmingham. They offer support, care and treatment through one organisation, making it easier to access the right support at the right time.
You can find out more about the range of services offered by Forward Thinking Birmingham by visiting their website.
Situational Mutism Information Pack
This Situational Mutism (SM) Information Pack was co-produced following feedback from Birmingham and Solihull Parent Carers that there was little information about how to get support for children, young people and young adults with Situational Mutism.
This pack includes:
- Information about Situational Mutism and how it presents
- Feedback from young people on their experience of SM
- Advice and guidance for professionals and parent/carers
- Signposting to resources for young people, professionals and parent carers
Situational Mutism Information Pack
Mental Health & Well-Being Resources – Birmingham Education Partnership
#youvebeenmissed
Guidance for schools and primary care professionals has been developed to support children and young people to remain in school. A range of resources, videos and webinars has also been created for children, young people, parents, carers, and professionals to support the mental wellbeing of children and young people in school in Birmingham.
You’ve Been Missed – Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Trust
Breathe is a collaboration of mental health experts from the NHS, academia and local government seeking to provide innovative digital solutions and strategies for the well-being of young people.
Breathes’ mission is to develop a new digital infrastructure for mental health, one that unleashes mental health services, schools and community partners to perform as more than the sum of their parts.