Closer2Home is an NHS intensive home treatment service which enables children and young people in Hampshire with acute mental health problems to receive treatment at home, rather than be admitted to hospital.
How we work
We will work in partnership with you and your family or carer to design the support you need. This is delivered as an intensive 12 to 14-week programme by our multi-disciplinary team, including Consultant Psychiatrists, Mental Health Practitioners, Community Adolescent Senior Support Workers, Peer Support Workers and Trainee Nurse Associates.
We will regularly review the care you are receiving to ensure that you have the appropriate support in place, and will work closely with other services involved in your care to ensure that all services are contributing to your care in a joined-up way.
Who we support
We specialise in supporting young people who:
repeatedly harm themselves and/or make suicidal gestures; and may also experience rapid or exaggerated changes in mood, and distress in relationships
have complex eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa, and require intensive treatment
are currently in Tier 4 mental health services who could be discharged or moved closer to home if increased support was available.
The service operates 365 days a year from 8am-8pm, and the teams work together to deliver a specialist service to help young people remain at home who otherwise would have been admitted to an inpatient hospital
