Compass Changing Lives

Compass Changing Lives provides prevention and early intervention emotional wellbeing and mental health support to Children, Young People and Families (CYPFs) across Derby & Derbyshire.

Changing Lives is made up of two services, a Mental Health Support Team which supports schools and CYPF in Derby, High Peak, Glossop, Erewash, Bolsover, the Derbyshire Dales, Chesterfield, Amber Valley and South Derbyshire, and the Early Intervention Targeted Support Service which provides support across the county and city.

We are a compassionate and friendly team who are here to help support children and young people’s mental health. We provide a free and confidential emotional health and wellbeing support for children and young people with mild to moderate emotional health and wellbeing needs.

Sometimes, you may feel sad, scared or worried. Maybe you’re getting angry or frustrated. We can help get you the right help!

We work with CYPF across Derby and Derbyshire providing support to children and young people in groups and one to one. We also provide parent and carer support to parents and carers around improving their knowledge and understanding of how best to support and improve their child’s mental health and wellbeing.

How the service can help you

We help you build your skills to cope with: Low mood; sadness, low motivation; mild to moderate anxiety; worries, irrational fears and concerns; common challenging behaviours: angry outbursts, pushing boundaries, frustration and distress; family and peer relationship difficulties; difficulty adjusting to change and transition; difficulty managing emotions.

We provide a range of evidenced based interventions for children and young people aged 5-18. These will be in group settings, or in some instances 1:1, and will usually be around 6-8 sessions based on what you need.

The services are made up of Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners, Education Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners and Senior / Supervising Practitioners from a range of health and education backgrounds.

How you can access the services

You can speak to one of the friendly team by ringing us on 01332315569.

We will ask you a few questions to get started, then one of our team members will call you back to make sure we’re the right people to help. We also accept written Requests for Support from young people, parents, carers and professionals. Just fill in the Request for Support form below and return it.