IThrive Children and Young People Support Referral Form

For children and young people aged 5–19 (up to 25 with SEND) needing emotional wellbeing or neurodiversity support, including: Neurodiversity Support (ages 5–10), Emotional Health and Wellbeing Support (ages 8–19, up to 25 with SEND), and the Neurodiversity Navigator programme (ages 5-25).

The IThrive Hub

The IThrive Hub, run by Bolton Together, helps children and young people aged 5–19 (or up to 25 for young people with SEND) find the right emotional health and wellbeing support. When a referral is made, the Hub looks at what support would best meet the young person’s needs and connects them with one of Bolton Together’s partner organisations. Support is short term, focused on goals, and tailored to each young person. We build on strengths, interests and what matters to the child or young person, using flexible approaches that put young people at the centre of their support.

Before Making a Referral

Before making a referral, we ask that the child or young person has been spoken to about the service and agrees to the referral. This means they understand what support they are being referred for and are happy to take part. IThrive is a child and young person-centred service, so we make sure children and young people are involved throughout the process and have a voice in decisions about their support.
Eligibility
Because IThrive is funded to support Bolton children and young people, we can only consider referrals for children and young people who are registered with a Bolton GP. IThrive provides early help and support for children and young people who are struggling with their emotional health and wellbeing, before problems reach crisis point. The service is suitable for children and young people who:
  • are finding things difficult and would benefit from support
  • are safe and not at immediate risk
  • do not need emergency, urgent or crisis mental health support

To refer, please complete our IThrive Children and Young People Referral Form below. You may also find our IThrive Support Resources useful, you will find these by clicking the Resources Tab at the top of this page. For enquiries please email [email protected] or call 07561700741. 

IThrive is not a crisis or emergency service. If a child or young person is at immediate risk or needs urgent mental health support, please contact the appropriate crisis service or emergency support.
 

Strategies and Tools

The strategies and tools we provide aim to improve the child’s emotional health and wellbeing long-term.

We require consent and a conversation to have taken place with the child/young person prior to referring. This means that they understand what they are being referred to and have agreed to receiving the support. IThrive is a child/youth centred service and we therefore require involvement of the child/young person throughout the process.

Children and young people referred to the IThrive Hub must be registered with a Bolton GP.

We’re making some improvements!

We are currently making changes to our referral form to make it more accessible and easier for everyone to use.

While we complete these improvements, our online referral form may be temporarily unavailable from 30th Sept-1st Oct inclusive. We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Need to contact us?

If you need to get in touch with the IThrive team while the referral form is unavailable, please email:

[email protected]

Urgent support and concerns about risk

Please note that IThrive is not a crisis service and is not able to provide urgent or emergency support.

If you are concerned about a child or young person’s behaviour or believe there may be an immediate or increasing risk to their safety or the safety of others, please seek appropriate urgent support:

  • CAMHS Duty Worker: 01204 483 222, Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, for risk advice
  • NHS 111: Call 111 for 24/7 crisis support
  • Emergency: If there is an immediate danger to life or a serious emergency, please call 999

1. Details of the Person being Referred

The classification of ‘indeterminate’ is from the categories provided by NHS Digital. These are the categories we are required to use.
Please use a space e.g EC11 7YU

2. Parent / Carer Contact Details

3. Nature of Referral

In a short paragraph, please describe the child or young person’s emotional health issues/concerns, history of difficulties and any relevant background information.
What support would you like for your child or young person such as mentoring or one-one support.
For example, CAMHS, school counsellor, therapist, mentor, youth worker or social worker.
Please ask the child or young person what they are finding difficult and what they would like support with and add their response below (please note this must be done with child-young person themselves and not completed on their behalf).
Please tick the relevant boxes above to enable us to access the most appropriate service for the child as quickly as possible.

4. Risk

5. Details of the Referrer

Consent is given to share information with Bolton Together and wider agencies offering support for EHWB. Consent must be given before referring.
We put the child/young person (CYP) at the centre of the IThrive approach, empowering them and supporting them to make changes for themselves. To do this effectively, the CYP must understand what support they are accessing and to have agreed to participate in. Before referring, please ensure a conversation has taken place with the CYP about our services, and they have agreed to being referred. Please tick this box to confirm this has taken place. *Not applicable to the Early Years provision.