Children Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CCATT)

Our assessments are confidential however, there may be individuals you would like us to share your information with (i.e., family, school, etc.). If we felt you were at risk to yourself or anyone else we share this with relevant adults/agencies involved in your care (e.g. social care, school counselling, parents/carers, etc.). Where this is the case, CCATT endeavours to talk this through with you and be transparent.  

The crisis team will carry out an assessment and decide together with you and your parent/carer what support is available.
There are many options:
Referral to the relevant CAMHS service
Referral to (Positive Behaviour, Autism, Learning Disability and Mental Health Service) PALMS
Referral to Step 2 (a service run by Hertfordshire County Council that supports in community settings).
Hospital Youth Worker Youth Connections Hertfordshire (YC Herts)
Other specialist community agencies (CGL, ADD-Vance, Wellbeing Team, etc.)

Our assessments involve sitting with a member of the C-CAT team and talking through what is going on for you. Following this we collaborate with you and your existing support network to get a care plan in place to support you going forward; this may include things like onward referrals to longer term mental health support.

If you are already being seen by a community CAMHS team, you would contact them first by either trying to phone your care co-ordinator or the duty line.

If you are not already being seen by CAMHS or can't get through please call our 24hr Single Point of Access (SPA)/ Crisis Line number on 0800 6444 101 for us to arrange to support you in the community.

If it is an emergency call 999.

We work 7 days a week, 24/7

C-CATT provide an assessment and follow-up with support to help young people (under 18) and families experiencing a mental health crisis

If the primary concern is mental health with no physical health care required from hospital CCATT advise you contact us using the 24hr Single Point of Access (SPA)/ Crisis Line number on 0800 6444 101 where we can arrange to support you in the community. We are flexible in our approach and offer support in a variety of settings e.g. community, homes, schools or in our mobile clinic.

Where physical health care is required alongside mental health care, CCATT offer support in the A&E departments across two hospitals:

Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Watford General Hospital, Watford