We will:
- Give you a health passport, which is a summary of your health information and history up to your 18th birthday
- Support you to register with a doctor, optician and dentist
- Help with transport costs to get to health appointments if you need it
- Support you with the cost of eye care
- Help you get free period products
- Support you to get dental treatment
Eye care
We’ll give you vouchers for a free eye test at Specsavers and up to £70 towards glasses. Please speak to your social worker or Personal Advisor for more information.
Stay Well
Staffordshire’s Stay Well service offers emotional wellbeing and mental health support.
For details about how to use Stay Well, please speak to your social worker or Personal Advisor.
Staffordshire Health App Finder
Staffordshire Health App Finder can help you find free apps to manage stress, handle your emotions or learn more about mental health.
Other support
Your social worker or Personal Advisor can help you find other support, including community mental health services or the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
Useful contacts
Community drug and alcohol service
Helping adults, young people and families get the support they need with drug and alcohol challenges.
Call: 01782 283 113
Visit: www.scdas.org.uk
Papyrus Hopeline247
A confidential support and advice service for children and young people experiencing thoughts of taking their own life.
Call: 0800 068 4141
Text: 88247
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
Visit: Papyrus
Sidekick
A confidential helpline for young people in the UK.
Text: 07888 868 059
Email: help@sidekick.actionforchildren.org.uk
Visit: Sidekick
STaRS (Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery System)
Drug and alcohol treatment service for adults and young people in Staffordshire.
Visit: Staffordshire Treatment and Recovery System
Stay Well Staffordshire
Services to improve the wellbeing of children and young people in Staffordshire aged 5 to 18.
Visit: Staffs stay well
Young Minds
UK-based charity supporting children, young people and families with mental health struggles.
Visit: Young minds