Good practice & partnership

working

Supporting Children and Young People with

Mental Health Problems

No Health Without Mental Health sets out a number of priorities;

• Improving mental health education

• Prevention

• Early intervention

• Cross department approach

Tier 4 –Highly specialisedServices

Tier 3 –SpecialistServices

Tier 2 –TargetedServices

Tier 1 –UniversalServices

Severe mental health difficulties and highly

complex needs

Moderate to severe mental health

difficulties

Vulnerable Children

All Children

Specialist CAMHS Service (CWPT)

Residential Placements (nationally commissioned)

CAMHS LAC Service - Journeys (Mind & Relate)

Reach Service (Mind & Relate)

SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY ( CWPT, Relate,Mind)

Coventry Integrated Primary Mental Health Service (CWPT, Mind, Relate)

Comprehensive CaMHS System

GP,s Health Visitors, School Nurses, Teachers, Youth Workers, Social Workers,

Good Practice

• All commissioned services accept referrals via one route

• SPE hosted by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.

• Referrals screened by clinician/practitioners who make a decision re most appropriate service across tiers

• Clinicians/practitioners across 4 tiers

• Self referrals are accepted

• Professional referrals are accepted

• Step up and down across tiers

The Integrated Primary Mental Health Service

Tier 1 Services – All Children – All professionals

• To build capability with Universal ( Tier 1 ) Services

• Help professionals recognise signs and symptoms of poor

mental health

• Support professionals in engaging with children and young

people

• Support professionals with joint assessments• Early intervention• Supporting signposting to Specialist CAMHS and Targeted

Services

Integrated Primary Mental Health Service Aims……

Early Intervention & Building Resilience

Targeted support for Looked After (LAC) adopted children and young people, their parents/carers, and associated professionals (e.g. Social Workers).

Services and support for children and young people with low to moderate emotional wellbeing.

Targeted tier 2 Service – Vulnerable/at risk Children

Journeys ModelSupport to Professionals Parents/Carers Young People

Training •YMHFA•Basic counselling skills•Attachment

Training •Kim Golding -18 weeks(Parenting and attachment)•YMHFA

121 Counselling

Group Consultations Child/Carer sessions Therapeutic 121 work

121 Consultations Foster Carer support group Group work

Signposting Listening Ear Peer support

Listening Ear Family work Family work

Joint working Social sessions

Reach ModelReach Model

•Counselling: Reach will provide counselling to c&yp using their preferred method of delivered. Either Face to Face or via

•Therapeutic Group Work: Programmes include; Low Mood, Anger Awareness, Anxiety Management, Separation & Loss and Bereavement.

Peer support: Opportunity for c&yp to manage their issues through peer support via: Online forums & Group sessions

•Self-help resources / information Signposting and linking to other services •Online self-help resources•Online information

The staff teamThe staff teamJourneys and Reach employ a team with a wide range of skills and qualifications including:

•Primary Mental Health Workers

•Occupational Therapists

•Counsellors

•Youth workers

•NNEB

•Psychologists (outsourced)

Benefits of Partnership Working

A shared vision or goal enables organisations to come together to worktowards achieving the best outcomes for C&YP in Coventry andWarwickshire, heading in the same direction, at the same time

• Not within the gift of one agency to improve the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people

• Facilitates and strengthens joint working

• Sharing of knowledge, skills and expertise amongst professionals

• Bridges the connection between local communities accessing services

• Improves working relationships and mutual respect

• Sustains service provision so the changing landscape does not impact on our c&yp

Benefits of Partnership Working

For children, young people, parents and professionals

• More choice

• Diverse range of specialism's, modalities, knowledge and experience

• Smoother transition between services

• Joint working

• Easier access into the most suitable services without having to retell their story

• Preventing delays in accessing the right service first time

• Reduced waiting times

• Access to support before crisis point – making sure people with mental health problems can get help 24 hours a day and that when they ask for help, they are taken seriously.

• Urgent and emergency access to crisis care – making sure that a mental health crisis is treated with the same urgency as a physical health emergency.

• Quality of treatment and care when in crisis – making sure that people are treated with dignity and respect, in a therapeutic environment.

• Recovery and staying well – preventing future crises by making sure people are referred to appropriate services.

Let’s not forget our Children & Young People when developing our action plans

Contact Details

Coventry & Warwickshire MindWellington Gardens

Windsor StreetSpon EndCoventryCV1 3BT

T: (024)76552847E: admin@cwmind.org.ukW: www.cwmind.org.uk

Steven Hill, Director/Asst CEO