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Common mental health problems: supporting school staff by taking positive action
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Place of publication:
- London
In association with the Local Government Employers, the Teacher Support Network, Health and Safety Executive, Atos Healthcare and other health professionals, the DCSF has produced a guidance document: Common mental health problems: Supporting school staff by taking positive action. The document is designed to provide guidance to support common mental health problems for school staff and their employers following a review of teachers' sickness absence.
Response to Children and young people in mind: final report of the National CAMHS Review
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Following the announcement of the Review of CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health services) in the Children's Plan in December 2007, Ed Balls and Alan Johnson invited Jo Davidson to lead this Review and Dr Bob Jezzard to act as Vice-Chair. The Review represented an excellent opportunity to look at how well services are meeting the educational, health and social needs of children and young people at risk of, and experiencing, mental health problems. It also represented a chance to make recommendations for future progress The remit of the Review was broad and challenging, as the terms of reference show. There was a strong early response, which emphasised that responsibility for psychological well-being and mental health is not confined to specialist child and adolescent mental health services. For the purposes of the Review, 'CAMHS' therefore includes all services that promote psychological well-being and mental health or which respond to and meet the mental health needs of all children and young people. This includes universal services, targeted services and specialist services. With the help of the Expert Group, the Review team set out to find out what progress has been made in recent years in delivering services. They also aimed to work out what can be done to address current challenges and deliver better outcomes for children and young people with mental health problems.
Targeted mental health in schools project: using evidence to inform your approach: a practical guide for headteachers and commissioners
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Targeted Mental Health in Schools Project is a 3 year project (2008-20011), seeking to develop innovative models of therapeutic and holistic mental health support in schools aimed at children aged 5-13 who are at of or experiencing mental health problems; and their families. This project will involve a partnership approach between local authorities, their corresponding Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and clusters of schools. The aims of the Targeted Mental health in Schools project are complementary to existing initiatives such as the National Healthy Schools Programme and SEAL. It should provide an opportunity for schools to extend and deepen their existing work on promoting mental wellbeing and supporting children with problems.
Think family pathfinders: research update
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is the first in a series of updates from the Think Family Pathfinders Evaluation. This update provides: background information on Family Pathfinders’ Programme; an overview of families the Pathfinders are working with, their needs and levels of risk; the models of delivery that have been adopted and common approaches to delivery; examples of the new ways of working with families at risk of poor outcomes; emerging evidence of impact. Children experiencing very poor outcomes often come from families who face multiple and complex problems, such as poverty, domestic abuse, poor mental health or substance misuse. Co-ordinated, multiagency interventions can be a cost-effective way of improving outcomes for both the children and adults within these families, whilst reducing the burdens they may place on a number of local services and, potentially, the care system. The emerging findings of this programme provide practical examples of how local authorities from across the country are restructuring service provision and developing new working practices in response to the challenges of improving outcomes for these families.
Keeping children and young people in mind: the government's full response to the independent review of CAMHS
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The independent CAMHS Review, published in November 2008, has looked at how child and adolescent mental health services are meeting the needs of children with mental health problems, to ensure that they are delivered in a more integrated way. It has considered how we can deliver better outcomes for children and identified practical solutions to how those delivering, managing and commissioning services can address the challenges they face. This is the full Government response to the final report of the independent CAMHS Review, setting out progress to date and plans for the future of children and young people’s mental health. The response also gives examples of the outcomes expected from a good service as an aid for commissioners, providers and practitioners.
Improving the psychological wellbeing and mental health of children and young people: commissioning early intervention support services: guidance for commissioners on the requirements of PSA 12, indicator 4, 4th proxy measure
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is for commissioning managers in local authorities (LAs) and primary care trusts (PCTs). It is also for their contacts in government offices and strategic health authorities. It aims to enable LAs and PCTs to assess their progress in meeting the requirements of PSA 12, indicator 4, proxy measure 4 (for their specific returns via the CAMHS Mapping and Vital Signs respectively). This measures the extent to which the local authority and PCT work in partnership to commission a full range of early intervention support services, delivered in universal settings and through targeted services, for children experiencing mental health problems.