Family Well-being
Support for Essex school families.
Family support
Family lives - support for families
Rainbow services - community supportSt Clare Hospice - bereavement support
Free/Low Cost Activities
Housing
Mental Health
Serious or life-threatening issues
If you or someone that you care for is in immediate danger, you should:
- contact the emergency services on 999
- go to your nearest A&E department
Urgent issues
If you or someone that you care for is having an urgent mental health issue, you should:
- call your mental health support worker, if you have one - this may be your care co-ordinator or key worker
- call NHS 111: This NHS service is available 24 hours a day
- book an emergency GP appointment - they should be able to offer you an appointment in a crisis with the first available doctor
- call Adult Social Care on 0345 603 7630 or 0345 606 1212 (outside of normal working hours)
- search for EPUT crisis support services or call NELFT (for young people) on 0300 555 1201
- NHS Choices has a mental health helpline page with a list of organisations you can call for immediate assistance
Non-urgent support
Parent helpline for child mental healthPupil mental online mental health supportMIND mental health support
Online safety
Internet matters - Internet safety advice
Safer internet - Internet safety advice
The 2 Johns - lots of information and guidance for parents around online activity and social platformsThink U Know - Awareness and support for online sexual abuse