Kent Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Therapeutic Alliance

What is this service?

COMING SOON: This service will be available from April 2026. Watch this space for additional information and how to make a referral.

The new Kent Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Therapeutic Alliance (KTA), commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway, will support children and young people who would benefit from support to improve their emotional wellbeing and mental health.

This is a collaborative approach, delivered in partnership with:

Growing up can be full of changes and challenges. Many children and young people will navigate this with the support that they have around them, but some will need extra help.

The KTA will work within the i-THRIVE Framework within the quadrants of ‘getting help’, and ‘further support’, to make sure that children and young people can access the support that they need to help improve their emotional wellbeing and mental health. More information about i-THRIVE can be found here: i-THRIVE – Kent Resilience Hub.

Specifically, this service will support those who need:

• Getting help: Children and young people who would benefit from brief, focussed, evidence-based support with clear goals.
• Further Support: Children, young people whose needs cannot be met by advice, signposting, or brief interventions alone, whose needs are significantly impacting their daily life, and who require more structured, ongoing support.