How our service can help you
The Victim Pathfinder Service helps people identified as victims of serious crime who meet the threshold for specialist mental health input.
It aims to facilitate rapid screening, early assessment and signposting for mental health care. It provides advice and support to other agencies (Victim Hub, the Police and Women’s Aid) on the most appropriate approach to meet people's mental health needs. The team is based within different agencies around the region.
Partner/referral agencies
- Victim and Witness Hub
- Peterborough and Cambridge Independent Sexual Violence Advocates (ISVA) Service
- Peterborough and Cambridge Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) Service
- Peterborough and Cambridge Children and Young Peoples Sexual Violence Advocate (CHISVA YPIDVA) Service
Support and advice only
- EMBRACE and Young Person Family Action Worker, based at the Victim and Witness Hub
- Early Intervention Worker based at Peterborough Women's Aid
The service aims to provide short-term mental health interventions to meet identified needs and signpost people to local secondary mental health services or other relevant agencies for support.
They also develop and deliver in-house mental health training for staff in partnership/referral agencies working with clients who may present in a mental health crisis, due to their experience of being victims of crime.
Contact the service
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Wisbech Police Station
Nene Parade
Wisbech
PE13 3BT
T: 07811 973860
Chord Park
Godmanchester
Huntingdon
PE29 2BQ
T: 07773 236278
Victim’s Hub
Copse Court
Thorpe Wood
Peterborough
PE3 6SD
T: 0800 7816818
Women’s Aid
69-71 Broadway
Peterborough
PE1 1SY
T: 01733 311564 / 07773 470541
Peterborough
53 Thorpe Road
Peterborough
PE2 6AN
- Business Hours/Visiting Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm, excluding Bank Holidays
Referral Information
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Internal referral only from partnership agencies listed above.
Is there access and support for patients and visitors with a disability?
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Yes, our clinical bases are accessible. Please ring the team before your appointment to discuss any requirements.
Carers Information
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A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid.
At Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, we value the often life-long support carers provide and recognise them as equal care partners. We want to offer as much guidance and reassurance as possible, to help you in your caring role. You can find general information and support for adult carers, young carers and parent carers by following this link.
