Services and Support for Young People

This page will provide you with a list of services and support available for young people to support them around specific areas of their emotional wellbeing and resilience.

Single referral pathway for both the Therapeutic Support Service (TSS) and the Kent Therapeutic Alliance (KTA)

The Kent Therapeutic Alliance (KTA) brings together a range of established partners to ensure that children and young people get the right support at the right time. When you make a referral, we’ll match you with the service that would be most helpful, but you can also find out more about the individual KTA partners below.

The Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service (TSS) supports children and young people in Kent who would benefit from support to improve their emotional wellbeing.

The alliance offers a range of support including:

• Oasis – BeYou is an identity‑affirming, inclusive programme for LGBTQIA+ children and young people, including those who are questioning or exploring who they are. One‑to‑one sessions for young people who may benefit from short‑term individual support and an online parent/carer session is available to help adults feel more confident in supporting switchbo+ young people.
• Involve – The Navigators service provides practical and emotional support for care leavers, unaccompanied asylum‑seeking young people, and Looked After Children preparing for independent living.
• Young Lives Foundation – The Young Lives Foundation is a charity that listens, supports and empowers disadvantaged young people in Kent, through Advocacy, Mentoring, Befriending and Activity Programmes.
• Mind and Body – Mind and Body programme supports young people who are experiencing self‑harm or those at risk of self harming due to mental wellbeing struggles. It is a combined programme encompassing group learning and individual sessions.
• Salus – Therapeutically-Informed Family Support Service is a specialist, trauma-informed service for children and young people who are already being supported by NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) and who present with a higher level of need and risk.
• Rising Sun – The service helps young people understand and manage the impact of domestic abuse and supports their emotional recovery.
• Chums – provides specialist support for children and young people who have experienced complicated grief or traumatic bereavement.
• Spurgeons – supports children and young people who are struggling to manage strong emotions, may be self-harming, acting on impulse, or finding relationships difficult.

Need help? – KTATSS

Other Local and National Services