What we treat

Open Acute Service (Orchard) 15 bed unit

• Inpatient treatment for males and females aged up to 18 years
• Rapid assessment and admission 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Treatment for young people with a broad range of acute presentations
• Safe and supportive therapeutic environment
• Comprehensive educational provision across a range of age and abilities providing the full national curriculum, vocational courses and work experience as well as certified numeracy and literacy courses
• Outcome-driven and evidence-based interventions and care plans flexible to individuals’ needs
• Access to a wide range of psychological therapies

Secure psychiatric intensive care (Meadows) 12 bed unit

• Inpatient treatment for males and females aged up to 18 years
• Rapid assessment and admission 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Safe, supportive and containing environment for young people detained under the Mental Health Act
• Highly skilled multidisciplinary team in engaging and working therapeutically with complex young people who may pose a high level of risk to themselves and others, or who are likely to abscond
• Reducing lengths of stay by facilitating transitions to open unit on site

Low secure rehabilitation (Woodlands) 11 bed unit

• Inpatient treatment for females aged up to 18 years
• Low secure therapeutic and rehabilitative environment for young people presenting with severe risk issues and complex needs, including emergent personality disorders and severe self harm or risk to others
• Highly skilled multidisciplinary team experienced in engaging and working therapeutically with young people with the most severe and complex needs
• Elective admissions for 13 to 18 year olds lasting between 6 and 18 months
• Intensive psychotherapeutic interventions
• NAPICU Team of the Year 2009 and runner-up 2011 for commitment to service development and improvement