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Imara can work with any child or young person aged 0-18 living in Nottingham City or across the County of Nottinghamshire that has experienced child sexual abuse. Imara can also provide support to safe family members, including siblings, parents and carers.
Common Questions
If you are currently accessing the service and have an appointment.
Please call 0115 752 6083.
To make a referral to Imara for a young person related to sexual abuse.
For our services related to child sexual abuse, our referrals have to come through the local paediatric sexual assault referral centre, EMCYPSAS - https://www.emcypsas.co.uk/
You can make a referral by calling the SARC on 0800 183 0023. Their phoneline is open 24/7.
It can take a while for a referral to make its way through the SARC and reach us so we’d encourage you to make the initial call as soon as possible so as to minimise the young person’s wait for support.
The main information they need when you make the referral includes:
- Full name, date of birth and address of the young person,
- Contact details for the young person or their parent/carer
- Consent of the young person/their parent/carer for the referral to be made
- The timeframe of the incident(s)
Depending on the age and address of the young person, they may be referred to another service instead of Imara for therapy, but any CHISVA referrals (support needed around police investigation or court process) will come through to us.
Please note we are not able to accept self referrals, so please do not signpost young people or families to Imara. They will need you to make the referral as a professional.
Please do let us know if you have any trouble making the referral or if we can be of any more help by emailing in**@*******rg.uk.
To make a referral to Imara for a young person related to domestic abuse.
For our services related to domestic abuse, please complete this DVA CADA referral form as fully as possible, and send as a password protected attachment/encrypted to in**@*******rg.uk. If you have access to a CJSM email address, you can also submit referral forms to se************@********sm.net If you have completed a safety plan with the young person or family, please attach a copy of this with the referral form.
Imara’s senior therapists will assess referrals to ensure it is safe to start therapy with the young person, and we will be in touch to confirm whether Imara can work with the family.
This may include seeking consent from the child’s safe parent to refer them to an IDVA if they are not already working with an adult domestic abuse service (Juno in Notts County, NWAIS in Nottingham City).
Please note we are not able to accept self referrals, so please do not signpost young people or families to Imara. They will need you to make the referral as a professional.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
To book professional training from Imara.
Visit our Eventbrite to book a space on an upcoming training event (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/imara-cio-11346104638 )
Read more about professional training from Imara here.
To enquire about training for your team, please contact us.
To make a donation.
Donate to our Local Giving here.
Monthly giving is a really helpful way to support Imara, as it allows us to plan and budget knowing what is coming in each month, and it takes less than 5 minutes to set up. Why not give 1 hour per month of your income via a regular donation?
We appreciate every penny you can spare to help us keep providing services to young people and their families.
Read more about donating to Imara here.
To fundraise for Imara.
If you’re interested in fundraising for Imara, such as setting up a bake sale or fun run, please contact us and we will support you in any way we can and help promote the event on our social media channels.
To get involved in volunteering.
Sign up to volunteer for us via this form or email in**@*******rg.uk for enquiries.
For out of hours crisis support.
Please note Imara is not a crisis service and we are unable to provide support urgently. If you are in immediate danger, call 999 or dial 18000 for textphone. If you are worried about your safety, or the safety of someone else, here are some other services which are available to contact at any time.
Childline – Call 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk
Samaritans – Call 116 123 www.samaritans.org
Young Minds – Text ym to 85258 www.youngminds.org.uk
CAMHS Crisis Team (Nottingham) – Call 0115 9691300.
To make a complaint.
If you have any worries, complaints or suggestions please email in**@*******rg.uk or fill in this form to let us know.
You can read more about our complaints policy here.
To make a data protection request.
Please email re****@*******rg.uk, or complete our contact us form here.
You can read more about our data protection policy HERE.
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Our Safeguarding Policy Statement is available here.
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