NOW Festival

18 February 2022

After last year’s NOW Festival was forced to go digital, this year the RAISE Team were delighted to be able to return to delivering two nights of live entertainment to a combined audience of over 300 people – tickets sold out on both nights.

Share your CAMHS story and give us your ideas:

15 February 2022

Liverpool and Sefton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural, or mental health difficulties. Aqua (an NHS based health and social care improvement organisation) are working with young people, families, volunteers, and professionals to review and improve access to these services.

CAMHS Child Mental Health Conference – Thursday 17th February 2022 9.30 am to 3.30 pm

11 February 2022

This year’s theme is about finding your window of tolerance. One of the positives that have come out of the last almost two years is the way considerations about mental health and wellbeing have been brought to light.

Children’s Mental Health Week in Liverpool 7-13th Feb

20 January 2022

Liverpool CAMHS partners have a host of events and activities planned for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Growing Together. We’re going GREEN for Children’s Mental Health Week!!! Look out for iconic buildings in Liverpool City Centre that will be illuminated green to raise awareness.     What’s happening? The MYA […]

Liverpool NOW Festival 2022

8 December 2021

Join us for our 7th year of the Liverpool NOW Festival, which will be hosted at magnificent Black-E!!! The festival will take place on the 3rd and 4th of February 2022. Come along and see some of Liverpool’s children and young people showcase their pieces all around the theme of mental health and ”What needs […]

Suicide Prevention Campaign

7 December 2021

Public Health Liverpool, in collaboration with the Liverpool CAMHS – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust, has launched a city-wide ‘Reach Out Liverpool’ campaign to raise awareness of suicide prevention. It aims to raise awareness that suicide is preventable and to remove the stigma surrounding suicide – something which prevents […]

Perinatal Mental Health Survey Liverpool

22 November 2021

Help us improve mental health services for pregnant women and new mums in Liverpool Liverpool City Council would like to hear from all women and their families who live in Liverpool who has experienced any type of mental health problem at any point during pregnancy or up until their baby turned one – also known […]

Autism Post-Diagnosis Learning Programme for families in Liverpool

13 November 2021

Liverpool CAMHS partner, ADDvanced Solutions Community Network (ASCN) is delivering a unique year-long programme for parents and carers whose child has received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Liverpool University mental health study – can you help?

9 November 2021

Liverpool University is running a study ‘Exploring the use of remote and digital/online services, and the perceived effectiveness of this mode of delivery in addressing young people’s mental health needs’. The team are looking for adults, and parents/carers of children and young people who have received mental health support online to talk about their experience.

YPAS Vacancies

29 October 2021

The Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) is seeking to recruit: Professionally qualified practitioners Data lead Admin receptionist

Vacancies working with children and young people in Merseyside

7 October 2021

Children and young people’s mental health promotion worker Hours: 35 hours per week (will include evening and weekend work) Salary: £23,469 p.a. – £26,769 p.a. – MYA Scale 5 Pt. 17-20 Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2023 The postholder is responsible for delivering a programme of mental health works across children and young people’s settings, delivering training […]

Youth Connect 5 Train the Trainer Opportunity

29 September 2021

Merseyside Youth Association’s RAISE Team will be delivering a Youth Connect Five (YC5) aimed at training new trainers. Two-day course: 14th and 15th February 2022, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Location: Merseyside Youth Association Ltd 65-67 Hanover Street Liverpool Book here   

Bullybusters NAIL IT programme for primary schools

22 September 2021

This is a two-session programme designed for primary school children. It can be delivered to a full class or a smaller group of young people, who may need support to make positive choices and understand the impact of their actions on others. Bullybusters have devised worksheets for young people to work through alongside our sessions […]

DfE approved Whole School Approach (WSA) training

22 September 2021

The Department for Education (DfE) is offering a grant for a senior member of school or college staff to access quality assured training to implement an effective whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing in your setting.

Become a Roots of Empathy Volunteer Instructor

14 September 2021

The RAISE Team at Merseyside Youth Association is looking for volunteers to take part in an exciting opportunity that will support children and give them the emotional skills to help them make a successful transition to secondary school by providing Roots Of Empathy’s award-winning programme in Year 5.

Roots of Empathy – Primary Schools Wanted

14 September 2021

The RAISE Team at Merseyside Youth Association is looking for ten primary schools to take part in an exciting opportunity that will support children and give them the emotional skills to help them make a successful transition to secondary school by providing Roots Of Empathy’s award-winning programme in Year 5.

Liverpool One’s Youth Mental Health Day

10 September 2021

To celebrate Liverpool One’s Youth Mental Health Day, the RAISE Mental Health Promotion Team were onsite to raise awareness of the support available through the Liverpool CAMHS partnership, and the current Reach Out campaign to young people and their families.

YPAS face-to-face groups open again

5 September 2021

YPAS is delighted to welcome young people back for open-access groups from Monday 6th September.

Liverpool CAMHS online referral form SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 HSJ AWARDS

25 August 2021

We’re delighted to announce that the Liverpool  CAMHS online referral form has been shortlisted for Mental Health Innovation of The Year at the HSJ Awards 2021, recognising their outstanding contribution to healthcare – in what has been an exceptional and challenging period across the sector. Despite the demanding circumstances of the past 18 months, over […]

Early evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Trailblazer Programme – Interim report

13 August 2021

The BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre and Policy Innovation and Evaluation Unit have published initial findings from the early evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Trailblazer programme.