The Care Experienced Children and Young People’s (CECYP) Nursing Service is a team of specially trained nurses that care for Care Experienced Children and Young people in the community across NHS Lothian.
We offer contact to Care Experienced Children and Young People at various locations including at home, at school or other community settings. The team offers a wide variety of nursing supports focusing on assessing and discussing Health and Well-being, setting health goals in partnership with Children and their carer’s and directly with Young People, working together with other services to meet CECYP healthcare needs.
CECYP nurses can work with Children and Young People in a 1:1 setting. We aim to meet with CECYP at a location that is suitable to their needs. We would work in partnership with CECYP and their families and discuss any health issues that are important and would set health goals and work on a health plan together. This is often called a CECYP Health Assessment.
CECYP nurses can work in partnership with CECYP and offer support or guidance with:
- Anxiety/worries
- Sleep
- Diet
- Sexual health and relationships
- Behaviour
- Substance misuse
- Healthy living
We can also signpost to other services that may be helpful.
Types of support
The CECYP Nursing Service can assess children and young people, to identify health and wellbeing needs. We can provide support for health and wellbeing needs through:
- 1:1 support
- Signposting
- Onward referrals
How to refer
The CECYP Nursing Service accept referrals from health and social care professionals, Parents and Carers and Young People. NHS Lothian staff can find an online referral form on the NHS Lothian intranet. Professionals from outside NHS Lothian wishing to refer a CECYP should contact the team on the number below.
Information for parents and carers
Every CECYP has an allocated NHS CECYP Nurse. If you would like to talk with a CECYP nurse, please see our contact details. We are unable to respond to personal emails, however if you leave contact numbers the appropriate CECYP nurse will contact you.
Alternatively, you can discuss with school or social work who can ask the CECYP nurse to contact you. School and Social Work can make a CECYP Nurse referral which will be sent to the team.
Information for professionals
The CECYP Nursing Team contributes as one of the many core NHS Lothian agencies surrounding the child/young person to ensure that they are meeting their full potential. The CECYP Nurse can support health needs of a child/young person through direct intervention or signposting.
How to contact us
CECYP Nursing Team
Musselburgh Primary Care Centre
Inveresk Road
Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 7BP
Tel: 0131 446 4124
Service Hours
Monday – Friday
8:30am – 4.30pm
An answering service is available, with messages usually responded to the next working day. Please leave the child or young person’s name and date of birth with each message.
Young people can self-refer to the CECYP nurse or ask their parent or carer to complete a referral.
