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Corner House is part of the National Deaf CAMH Service at South West London and St. George's Mental Health Trust. Corner House is an inpatient unit providing Tier 4 care to Young People from England, aged 11-17 years.

Corner House provides a 24-hour inpatient deaf environment, in which deaf young people and their families can receive the mental health assessment and interventions that they require, in an appropriate culture and communication environment. Corner House works closely with the outpatient teams, families and young people's networks to ensure that young people are discharged as soon as they can be, with appropriate recommendations and community support.

The service comprises of a six bedded inpatient unit. All of the young people admitted are deaf and are likely to use a variety of communication means, including British Sign Language (BSL), and Sign Supported English (SSE) and spoken language.

Corner House provides three pathways of care: complex assessment pathway; complex mental health pathway; and treatment review pathway. Most young people will have an initial stay of around six weeks. On admission, goals and estimated timescales will be individually agreed. A full therapeutic daily programme is provided including specialist education, individual and group work, alongside a range of age appropriate leisure activities.

The service has both deaf and hearing staff. All staff have Deaf awareness and study BSL. BSL interpreters are always available where required.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)

Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) help young people who are experiencing mental health issues.

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Adolescent Outreach Team (AOT)

The Adolescent Outreach Team is a multidisciplinary community team, working across South West London, with the aim of helping young people to avoid inpatient mental health care by working more intensively with them in the community during a period of mental health crisis. Once the presentation has stabilised their care is transferred back to their local CAMHS team.

This service is for Young People aged 12-18 years who are experiencing an acute crisis in their mental health and who might be at risk of needing an inpatient admission owing to the severity of their illness or risk.

We have Specialist Nurses, Senior Support Workers, Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist and Family Therapist.

A young person will have a key worker allocated and other staff will become involved according to the interventions/treatment required.

We see Young People at least once per week and this can be in their home, school, CAMHS clinic or other community venues. We also work with parents/carers to provide information, support and advice and to share risk management. We liaise with school and other services within the Young Person's support network, as appropriate. Owing to the nature of the presentations, we do not operate a waiting list and, if a referral is accepted, we will usually offer an assessment within a few days.

Referrals

Referrals are only accepted from Tier 3 CAMHS Services and need to be supported by a Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist.

Referrals are accepted on a 'Form 1' emailed to AOTAdmin@swlstg.nhs.uk

We are unable to accept self referrals.

Springfield University Hospital
1st Floor Newton Building, Building 3
61 Glenburnie Road
Tooting
London
SW17 7DJ

Telephone: 020 3513 5000
Email: AOTAdmin@swlstg.nhs.uk

Our opening hours

Monday - Friday: 8.00am - 8.00pm

Conditions we treat

We cover the following conditions:

Anxiety disorders in children https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/10

Bipolar disorder https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/12

Depression https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/18

Obsessive compulsive disorder https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/26

Post-traumatic stress disorder https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/31

Psychotic episodes https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/33

Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)

Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) help young people who are experiencing mental health issues.

Aquarius Ward

Aquarius Ward is a 12-bed mixed gender inpatient service for Young People aged 12-18 experiencing a mental health crisis, requiring short term crisis intervention in hospital.

Depending on your needs you will see a variety of people including Nurses, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Family Therapists, Social Workers or other Mental Health Practitioners.

If you use our services, you will receive an assessment of your mental health needs and a care plan detailing the support you will receive.

Aquarius Ward is a friendly, peaceful environment. However, things can get noisier at times! The staff are easy to get along with and will do all they can to help you. We aim to ensure effective intervention to support transition back into the community and Tier 3/local services.

During the day there are activities, groups and school.

Young People will be allocated a named nurse and named doctor who will be the main points of contact for Young People and their parents/carers.

Conditions we treat

Young people who use our services get an assessment of their mental health needs and a plan of the care and support they will receive. You will also have one named person who co-ordinates your care and support. This person will be called either a named professional or, if your needs are more complex, a care co-ordinator. This person will be your main point of contact and you can speak to them about how your treatment and support are going.

We cover the following conditions:

Anxiety disorders in children https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/10

Bipolar disorder https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/12

Depression https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/18

Obsessive compulsive disorder https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/our-services/conditions-a-z/syndicatedcondition/26

Referrals

Referrals are accepted from Tier 3 and Tier 4 CAMHS services. We cannot accept self referrals.

All referrals go through the South London Partnership Bed Management team.

Referrals can be made by a range of services including CAMHS, Paediatricians, Social Services, Schools, GP's and National Deaf Outreach Service.

We encourage telephone contact to discuss potential referrals. Following this a referral form is completed and sent via post / fax or secure e-mail to the unit. The unit is commissioned by NHS England and referrals are accepted from within the UK. For referrals outside England, funding will need to be agreed with the local team prior to admission.

Telephone: 020 3513 5421

Email: AquariusAdmin@swlstg.nhs.uk

Building 5 (Newton Building)

Entrance 8

Springfield University Hospital

Glenburnie Road

London

SW17 7DJ

Our opening hours

24 hours

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Waiting Times

It can be difficult waiting for support after being referred to CAMHS services. We are committed to seeing Children and Young people as soon as possible and endeavour to keep our waiting times to a minimum, however these can depend on the demand for services and staffing. We are dedicated to providing open and clear information about wait times for each of the services you are waiting to access. The following detail explains average waiting times, as well as number of people waiting and likely time you will wait from a referral to initial assessment.

Please note these are average waits and therefore you may find yourself seen sooner or slightly longer than estimated. A number of factors can influence how long you may wait to be seen, and cases are triaged to determine those who may be most at risk and may require sooner appointments.

To support you during your waits we have provided some useful tools and an information pack.

Single Point of Access (SPA) are the assessment services which receive the referrals and are the first point of contact with CAMHS

Part of the SPA process is that all referrals are screened and risk rated within a target of 24 hours.

These wait times reflect the average time from referral to the first meaningful contact (I.e. assessment, either by telephone, face to face, or e-consultation). As these times are averages you may be seen sooner or later than the times given.

Please note, these wait times incorporate the time waited for Neurodevelopmental screening questionnaires being returned from Parents/Carers and schools, which impacts on the reported average wait time figures.

Tier 3/Getting More Help Therapy Waits

Tier 3 services are for children and young People who require help with moderate to severe mental health needs.We sometimes call these services 'Getting More Help'.

Individual therapy - this table reflects wait times from referral to treatment in Tier 3 (numbers of people per waiting category) and overall average wait for individual therapy. As these are average waits you may be seen sooner or later.

Family therapy - this table reflects wait times from referral to treatment in tier 3 (numbers of people per waiting category) and overall average wait for family therapy. As these are average waits you may be seen sooner or later.

ADHD medication commencement/titration - this table reflects wait times from referral to treatment in Tier 3 (numbers of people per waiting category) and overall average wait for ADHD medication commencement/ titration. As these are average waits you may be seen sooner or later.

Psychiatry - this table reflects wait times from referral to treatment in Tier 3 (numbers of people per waiting category) and overall average wait for a Psychiatric review. As these are average waits you may be seen sooner or later.

SPECIALIST TEAMS

CAMHS Eating disorders - this table reflects wait times from referral to assessment in the CAMHS Eating Disorder Service (numbers of people per waiting category) for Urgent and Routine referrals. As these are average waits you may be seen sooner or later.

CAMHS Neurodevelopmental team (assessment service) - this table reflects wait times from referral to assessment in the CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Disorder assessment Service (numbers of people per waiting category). As these are average waits you may be seen sooner or later.

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