Mental health referrals

If your referral is for Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health concerns, please click to complete referral form online:

Referral form

Learning disabilities 

If your referral is for Learning Disabilities, Tics and Tourette’s syndrome please click to complete referral form online:

Referral form

Autism and ADHD

If your referral is for Autism Assessment or ADHD Assessment, please note, only professionals can complete the referral.

NELFT have adopted a professional only referral for Autism and ADHD referrals. This decision has been made to ensure we are working in the same way as other providers across Kent and Medway.  This will ensure that pre assessment support and screening have been completed with an individualised approach ensuring that additional needs, for example, mental health and sensory processing, have been considered.

It is vital that professionals work in partnership with families when completing this referral, and consent is provided. Please ensure it is clear on the form if there are multiple needs that require support. (eg Mental Health) 

All forms must be completed:

• Family Developmental History Form.docx [docx] 821KB — to be completed by the family.
• Education Observation Profile.docx [docx] 808KB — to be completed by the education setting/school.
• ADHD Observation Form.docx [docx] 784KB — only for use by professionals if the child is not in education.
• Autism Observation Form.docx [docx] 783KB — Only for use by professionals if the child is not in education.

Each form takes approx. 30 minutes to complete.

Once the forms above have been completed, you will also need to complete the referral form below and attach all forms in the upload section provided. The referral will not be accepted without the required forms. 

Referral form

For your security the online referral form cannot be saved and needs completing in one visit. If you get an error message for non completion of mandatory fields when submitting, note that attachments may need to be uploaded again.

DO NOT START THIS FORM WITHOUT THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS BEING COMPLETED READY TO UPLOAD.

What happens when you submit a referral:

You will receive a confirmation email that your referral has been submitted.

If you don't get an email within a few minutes, check your junk folder, or call 0800 011 3474 to speak to a member of the team. You will be given the option to download a copy of your referral as you submit for your own records.

If a child or young person waiting for an autism or ADHD assessment is deteriorating with their emotional well-being or mental health, you can contact the single point of access team on 0800 011 3474. If in crisis call NHS 111, option 2.