Who can we support?

The Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (LD CAMHS) team offer assessment to children and young people who have:

• An identified challenging mental health or behavioural difficulty, impacting quality of life and/or presenting risk of harm.
• A diagnosed moderate-severe learning disability or significant impairment of intellectual and social adaptive functioning.

What can we do?

• Diagnostic assessments
• Ongoing management of mental health conditions
• Proactive support for behaviours that challenge

Accepted referrals

An initial assessment will be carried out to determine the support needed. LD CAMHS can provide:

• ASD and ADHD assessments and support
• Psychiatric assessment and medication
• Challenging behaviour assessments and support

Who we work with

Our aim is to ensure children, young people and their families are supported with the right resource.

This includes coordination with other agencies involved in the young person’s care.

Our team will also support other agencies with consultation and training.

The environment around your child is key:

• The home environment can be supported by social care.
• The school environment can be supported by education.
• Physical and mental health monitoring can be supported by health services.

Support and guidance

For further information about the service and how to support a young person with a learning disability, scan the QR code below to visit our website:

www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/camhs/oxon/ld

Where you can find us

Slade House, Horspath Driftway, Oxford, OX3 7JH

Telephone: 01865 902 785

Email: LDCAMHSOxfordshire@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Emergency Contact Information

Please inform the CAMHS team promptly after any significant incidents which might change our treatment plan or risk assessment of the young person.

For non-life-threatening emergencies

If you need medical attention but it’s not a life-threatening situation, call NHS 111 or get help from 111 online. This is for urgent advice on mental health or a medication administration error.

For severe and life-threatening emergencies

Accident and emergency (A&E) is for serious injuries and life-threatening emergencies. Attend A&E if there is a medical incident such as significant self-injury, heavy bleeding, choking, and seizures.

If a young person goes missing, or there is an immediate life-threatening risk of harm to self or others, please contact the police on 999.

If there are safeguarding concerns about risks to a young person from others, contact:

• Oxfordshire MASH Multiagency Safeguarding Hub: 0345 050 7666
• Oxfordshire Social Services Emergency Duty Team out of hours: 0800 833 408