Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The Cove

Summary

The Cove is an 18 bedded specialist inpatient unit for young people between the ages of 13 and 18 who are experiencing a variety of mental health problems. These problems are usually complex.

The young people who access The Cove have often experienced:

trauma,
losses,
complex adversities in their lives.

They are often struggling with difficulties:

in relationships with friends and family (past and present),
about their identities, their feelings about themselves and their hopes for the future,
coping with their experiences safely, in ways that leave those around them worried, they might come to harm (for example; self-harm, eating disorders and hearing voices).