Sapphire Lodge

Welcome to Sapphire Lodge at the Becton Centre where we have places for 10 young people aged 13-18 who are experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties.

We are an open adolescent unit offering mental health care for adolescents with a serious mental illness, who require hospital admission.

Most young people come to us through planned or urgent admissions. Admissions are accepted 365 days a year, including admissions under the Mental Health Act.

Sapphire sees patients experiencing difficulties including:

• mood
• eating disorders
• psychosis
• those young people who pose a risk to themselves
• or where there is diagnostic uncertainty.

Services

Our team of psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, outreach workers, therapists and teachers, offer a variety of therapies and treatments including:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment
• Psychological assessment and treatment
• Care/treatment planning, including working with the young person’s family and carers
• Access to physical health assessment and appropriate treatment and advice – links to and support of Sheffield Children’s Hospital
• Risk assessment/risk management
• Activity programme, including social and recreational activities, as well as therapeutic groups
• Education provided onsite by professional teaching staff from the Becton School (view the Becton School Ofsted inspection report)
• Family therapy/family work and psycho educational support for families
• Occupational therapy – sensory assessments
• Art psychotherapy
• Social work input and support
• Psychotherapy – assessment leading to treatment
• Speech and language – assessment and treatment
• Dietetic input
• Psychodrama
• Medication review and prescribing

Find out more about referring to us.

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