Helplines & Out of Hours Services
OUT OF HOURS HELP OR ADVICE IN A SUDDEN EMERGENCY, OR WHERE YOU FEEL IN DANGER, ALWAYS DIAL 999 for HELP.
For non-emergency help dial 101.
FAMILY TOOLBOX: Family Toolbox is THE place for Wirral Parents to go to find support for the issues they are facing, either themselves or with their children. All support accessed through Family Toolbox is entirely confidential. Please click on this link to take you to the Family Toolbox Homepage, or type familytoolbox.co.uk into your address bar.
CAMHS Out of Hours Helpline: The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) has launched an extended out-of-hours advice line for people living in the Cheshire and Wirral area.
The advice line is open to everyone (children, young people, relatives, teachers, other professionals) and allows people to talk to a mental health professional if they are concerned or would like advice about child or young people’s mental health.
The advice line runs from 9-10pm (mon-fri) and 12 – 8pm (Saturday and Sunday).
Advice line number is 0151 488 8453
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre: This link https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/ takes you to the Thinkuknow parents page. Thinkuknow is the education programme of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre which protects children both online and offline. This is a must for advice about staying safe when you're on a phone, tablet or computer.In addition you can find home activity packs here: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/
There are a number of other agencies and charities that offer support to young people and their families. Please find details below.
Websites:
Family Toolbox
Kooth - Online counselling service
CEOP - Child Exploitation & Online Protection
Young Minds - Parents
MIND
Bully Busters
Wirral Metropolitan College
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Rainbow Resource Centre
Beat Exam Stress
Self Harm- Family Lives
Self Harm- Mind
Self Harm- NSPCC
Self Harm- Young Minds
Self Harm- Help Guide
Self Harm- Parenting.org
Autism Together
Catch 22
http://www.paceuk.info/the-problem/keep-them-safe
Manchester Aiport Autism Awareness
Parents' Online Safety Helpline (NSPCC)
MyMind
Wirral Foodbank
Phone Helplines:
CAMHS: 0151 638 7326
Catch-22: 0151 666 4897
Transition Team: 0151 606 6100
Autism Together (Formerly Wirral Autistic Society): 0151 666 9960
Samaritans: 116 123 or 0151 334 7560
Childline: 0800 1111
Autism Helpline: 0808 800 4104
Beating Eating Disorders: 0808 801 0677
Beaumount Society (Transgender helpline): 01582 412220
Brook Advisory Centres (Sexual Health clinic): 0300 123 5474
Carers Direct: 0300 123 1053
Carers UK: 0800 808 7777
Cruse Day by Day (Bereavement helpline): 0808 808 1677
Drinkline: 0300 123 1110
Frank (Drug advice service): 0300 123 6600
Response: 0151 666 4123
Mind Info Line (Mental health charity): 0300 123 3393 or text to 86463
Rethink (Mental Health Charity): 0300 5000 927
Shelter (Homelessness charity): 0808 800 4444