Many young people with mental health problems, that aren't considered to be critical, fall through the system. This article describes the work of 'The Junction' in Essex. The initiative, developed by Mind, offers social workers a place where they can use their skills and experience to undertake important work or refer young people to when local authority constraints prevent them engaging in therapeutic work they feel is necessary.
Many young people with mental health problems, that aren't considered to be critical, fall through the system. This article describes the work of 'The Junction' in Essex. The initiative, developed by Mind, offers social workers a place where they can use their skills and experience to undertake important work or refer young people to when local authority constraints prevent them engaging in therapeutic work they feel is necessary.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, young people, child and adolescent mental health services, eligibility criteria;
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 8(3), August 2003, pp.189-204.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
New ways of tackling the increased volume and complexity of emotional and behavioural problems are required in the face of demands from government, practitioners and parents. Policy imperatives have tended to focus on structural changes combined with calls for better cooperation between professionals in order to enhance service provision for troubled children. This article presents findings from a 2 year formative evaluation of a new multidisciplinary team offering a preventive resource within the child and adolescent mental health service. Team members were recruited from three different professional backgrounds. This description and discussion of their effectiveness in working together offers an innovative model of inter-professional care and provides valuable lessons for child and adolescent mental health services seeking to establish closer interprofessional working.
New ways of tackling the increased volume and complexity of emotional and behavioural problems are required in the face of demands from government, practitioners and parents. Policy imperatives have tended to focus on structural changes combined with calls for better cooperation between professionals in order to enhance service provision for troubled children. This article presents findings from a 2 year formative evaluation of a new multidisciplinary team offering a preventive resource within the child and adolescent mental health service. Team members were recruited from three different professional backgrounds. This description and discussion of their effectiveness in working together offers an innovative model of inter-professional care and provides valuable lessons for child and adolescent mental health services seeking to establish closer interprofessional working.
Subject terms:
interprofessional relations, mental health problems, mental health services, models, multidisciplinary services, parent-child relations, prevention, young people, behaviour problems, child and adolescent mental health services, children, emotionally disturbed children;