CHRIS (Co-ordinated Help and Risk Intervention Service)

CHRIS is a mental health support service, which offers short-term support to children and young people under 18 and their families who are high risk of going into crisis without support.

CHRIS supports children and young people who experience the following:

Distress beyond their level of coping related to a mental health need
Concerns around a young person safety towards themselves or others
Young person who would benefit from a short term focussed intervention to bring them back from their level of distress, alongside current support being provided by professionals
In which a young person may need an individual approach to engagement. For example to be seen in their home.

For more information and details on how to access the service, please visit the Suffolk County Council website.