Children and young people

To access support, please visit kooth.com.

Soluna by Kooth is the new version of Kooth, offering free, confidential mental health support for young people aged 10 to 25. It combines self-help tools, moderated peer support and one-to-one text chats with qualified mental health practitioners in one app and website.

What can you do on Soluna?

• Chat online with qualified mental health professionals.
• Access interactive tools and activities to support your wellbeing.
• Use safe spaces to share how you're feeling.
• Connect with a moderated community where content is checked before it's posted.
• Choose and book your own text chat appointments.

Built with input from thousands of young people, Soluna is designed to be engaging, easy to use and inclusive. It's also human-led and clinically safe - following NHS standards - unlike many social media platforms or AI tools.

Moodspark

A space created by young people for young people to help navigate and learn about emotions. Visit Moodspark.

Kent Resilience Hub

A resource that helps young people, parents and carers, staff and practitioners to understand emotional wellbeing and resilience.

Kent Therapeutic Alliance

The Kent Therapeutic Alliance is an emotional wellbeing support service for children and young people, led by Salus.

To find out more information, including how to make a self-referral, take a look at the website.

We support:

• children and young people aged 4 to 17
• young people up to 25 in some circumstances (please enquire for more detail).

You can access this service if you:

• live in Kent, and/or attend a Kent education setting and/or are registered to a Kent GP.

How we help

The Team provides support tailored to your needs, and can help you:

• feel understood
• build resilience
• develop coping skills.

We offer different types of support, including:

• online/digital/ telephone
• in person (groups first approach).

Our support is:

• short-term (6 to 12 weeks at a time)
• goal-focused.

Referrals and accessing support

All referrals are made through our referral form, which can be found on the Kent Therapeutic Alliance Service website. You can sef-refer by completing online, by phone or on paper.

We will guide you to the most appropriate pathway to make sure the right support is in place. 

Workshops, drop-ins and wider support

We also offer:

• workshops
• drop-in sessions.

The Kent Therapeutic Alliance is:

Delivered by

In partnership with

Kent Therapeutic Support Service

Salus also run the Kent Therapeutic Support Service which is an emotional wellbeing support service for children and young people. 
 
The Therapeutic Support Service is available for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate wellbeing needs who:

• are aged 4 (school entry age) - 18 (up to 19th birthday)
• live in Kent or attend a Kent education setting.

To find out more information, including how to make a self-referral, take a look at  the Kent Therapeutic Support Service website.

What does it offer?

This service provides a wide range of support options depending on your needs and wishes.

Some examples of the areas we can provide support for are:

• mild anxiety or low mood
• anger difficulties
• exam stress
• issues in managing behaviour
• attachment and relationship difficulties with family and peers
• emerging self-harm
• self-esteem, self-confidence, and resilience difficulties
• bullying.

We are led by you so, support may be group-based or 1-1 and can be offered face-to-face, virtually or via telephone; in spaces you feel most comfortable in.
 
We will guide you to the most appropriate pathway to make sure the right support is in place. This may mean you are offered support from the Therapeutic Alliance and/or the Therapeutic Support Service.

The Kent Therapeutic Support Service is:

Delivered by

On behalf of

 

Medway Therapeutic Alliance

The Medway Therapeutic Alliance is an emotional wellbeing support service for children and young people, led by North Kent Mind. 

To find out more information, including how to make a referral, take a look at the website.
 
We support:

• children and young people aged 5 to 18 (inclusive of 19th birthday)
• young people up to 25 who have SEND or are care leavers.

You can access this service if you:

• live in Medway, and/or are in the care of Medway Local Authority and registered with a Medway GP.

How we help

The Team provides support tailored to individual needs, and can help you:

• feel understood
• build resilience
• develop coping skills.

We offer different types of support, including:

• online/digital
• in person (groups first approach).

Our support is:

• short-term (6 to 12 weeks)
• goal-focused.

Referrals and accessing support

All referrals are made through our referral form, which can be completed online, by phone or on paper.

Referrals can be made by children/ young people, families or professionals.

We review every referral and focus on the voice of the child or young person, putting their goals first.
 
Families do not need to choose a specific service. We will guide you to the most appropriate pathway to make sure the right support is in place.
 
Workshops, drop-ins and wider support

We also offer:

• workshops
• drop-in sessions.

Sessions support better understanding of emotional wellbeing and are advertised on our website schedule, with information on how to access.

The Medway Therapeutic Alliance is:

Delivered by:

On behalf of:

Supported by:

Medway children's mental health

The Medway children's mental health website signposts to local mental health services in the Medway area.

Visit the website.

Megan CIC

Megan CIC offers group support for those who have, or have had, mental health issues and those who are neurodiverse.

Megan CIC is for young people aged 17 and above.

They also hold events to help you express your views on mental health support in Medway.

Visit the Megan CIC website for more information .

Medway's Community Support Mental Health Outreach Team (CSMHT)

Medway's Community Support Mental Health Outreach Team (CSMHT) for students and young people.

CSMHT will work with you to create a recovery plan. 

The service is only available through referral from the Adult Social Care team.

Visit the CSMHT webpage for more information .

Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (0 to 18 years in Kent and 0 to 19 years in Medway) run by Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.

If you, or a young person you're supporting, is finding that mental health difficulties are getting in the way of everyday life - things like going to school, seeing friends, or enjoying usual activities - specialist help is available.

If you, or they, are not currently receiving support from Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, please complete this form. A mental health professional will review the information to make sure the support offered is the best fit for individual needs.

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust's specialist services may not be right for everyone. When this is the case, they work closely with trusted partners across Kent and Medway that offer a range of emotional and wellbeing support. If another service is better placed to help, they will signpost to them.

If you, or the young person you're supporting, is already receiving treatment from Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust please call your local office. Find further details.

If you, or the young person you're supporting, needs help with Learning Disabilities, Autism, ADHD, Tics and Tourette's Syndrome please visit Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust's website to find out more about how they or other organisations can help or how to seek a diagnostic assessment. There is a lot of help available that does not require a diagnosis to access.

Eating disorders

If you, or a young person you're supporting, wants help to overcome an eating disorder there is specialist help available.  Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust offers a specialist eating disorder service for anyone aged 8 years or older and can help with:

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder
• Other specified feeding or eating disorder
• Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

Please visit the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust's website for more information on how they can help, how to ask for help or make a referral.