Rise is a family of NHS-led services providing emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Coventry and Warwickshire.

Rise aims to build resilience and empower children and young people (as well as the adults in their lives) to know where to go for help and advice.

It’s made up of a number of different services, each led by mental health specialists.

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No matter why or how you access Rise we want you to receive the right support at the right time.

A journey with Rise is as unique as the person seeking support. So the support each person receives may be different.

The ways Rise may support you are:

• Direct support: group sessions for young people and their parents or carers
• School-based resilience programmes: such as Boomerang, Big Umbrella and Mental Health in School Teams
• Support the people who support you: working alongside social care, schools and other professionals
• Community-based support for parents and carers through Rise Community Partnerships and Coventry Family Hubs
• 24-hour support through the Dimensions Tool and CWRise

RISE seeks to work closely with schools, voluntary community services, Social Care and Primary Care to increase support for children and young people where needed.

In Warwickshire there are 5 community hubs, where families can access information, guidance and speak to a mental health colleague.

RISE Key aims

• Support children and young people aged 0-25 in a way that matters to them
• Have increased emphasis on prevention and early intervention
• Focus on building resilience
• Be integrated in our working, especially with schools
• Systemically work with families and the child’s network
• Support in partnership with the system complex and vulnerable children.
• Help Children and our Young People bounce back when things get tough
• Make getting help really easy- our vision of ‘No door being the wrong door’
• Support the whole family – not just the child
• Go the extra mile to reach out to those who need us most

About RISE

Rise is a family of NHS-led services providing emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people in Coventry and Warwickshire.

Rise aims to build resilience and empower children and young people (as well as the adults in their lives) to know where to go for help and advice.

Rise is made up of a number of different services, each led by mental health specialists, who work with other local services such as schools to support you.

The services that come under Rise family are:

• Dimensions
• Mental Health in Schools Teams
• Primary Mental Health Teams
• Targeted Emotional  & Mental Health Support 
• Looked After Children (LAC)
• Youth Justice Service
• Specialist Mental Health Services
• Eating Disorders
• Neurodevelopment (conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder)
• Crisis and Home Treatment Team
• Learning Disabilities (LD)

No matter why or how you access Rise we want you to receive the right support at the right time.

The Rise Navigation Hub, helps you to navigate the numerous services, so no matter where you access the service, ‘no door is the wrong door’.

In addition, anyone aged over 16 years old can refer themselves into the ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) service by calling 024 7667 1090. 

Find out more about the IAPT service.

CW RISE Crisis and Home Treatment Team

RISE (for children and young people) call 08081 966798 (select option 2).

The RISE Crisis & Home Treatment team (Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust) provides multi-disciplinary support to children and young people (under 18s) who present in mental health crisis.

For urgent calls for children and young people who are experiencing a mental health crisis please contact the Rise Crisis Team between 8am-8pm 7 days a week. 

Outside of these hours our advice-only service is available, enabling support 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.

RISE crisis offer do not accept urgent referrals via an email route.

A dedicated Crisis Line exists (08081 966798 Option 2), which is where all urgent referrals must be directed to and this is where we encourage all contact to be made.

This number is a free phone line and is open to GPs, parents/carers, children and young, wider professionals who are in crisis / have a children who is in crisis.

Eating Disorders (CYP Children & Young People)

Referral information