CMHT - Community Mental Health Team
Barnsley Core CMHT is a secondary care service working with individuals presenting with a range of mental health problems which are moderate to severe in nature. These include moderate to severe depression, moderate to severe anxiety, and mood disorders including bipolar disorder, psychotic illnesses and personality disorders. Service users have usually already accessed support from other community or primary care services before being referred into the service.
The service provides a range of individual and group-based mental health interventions dependant on the needs of the individual. Your needs will be assessed initially by the single point of access team. Should the core team be the right service for you, you will be offered an appointment to review how we can support you and what intervention may be appropriate for your needs.
Service users may access a range of medical, nursing, psychological, occupational and social interventions, and staff work in partnership with other teams where possible to deliver the best possible care. We work to support service users to take management of their own mental health difficulties through a recovery, solution focused approach.
We work closely with local university providers and regional groups to support learners in practice and develop a quality service based on current evidence.
Psychology Pathway
Within Barnsley Core CMHT, there is a small team of psychologists and psychotherapists that provide assessment, induction and therapy to people who present with severe, persistent and complex mental health problems. For those service users who have been accepted for the psychology pathway, there is a leaflet to explain the pathway in more detail.
The service offers consultation, support, supervision and training to our professional colleagues to support psychological thinking and inform their clinical work.
Support offered
- Specialist assessment and treatment within a 1:1 and/or group setting (dependent upon assessed clinical need)
- Talking therapies
- Review/prescription/administration of medication
Accessing the service
- Tel: 01226 645048
Referrals accepted from: Single Point of Access team
Referral guidelines
Referral criteria:
Our service is for adults aged 18 and above who are experiencing mental health difficulties. Any new referrals to the team will be assessed by SPA. People who are already in hospital and those already accessing community mental health team services from IHBTT and CAMHS can be directly referred to the team.
Updated: February 2025
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Clinical support group
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Brain and mental health
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Clinical support area
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Service typeMental health
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ProviderSouth West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Mental Health Services
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Telephone01226 645048
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