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Student insights report: children and young people's mental health green paper
- Author:
- YOUNG MINDS
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out insights from students about the proposals set out in the Children and Young People`s Mental Health Green Paper. The consultation engaged 55 students including: 18 students in the London Borough of Barnet, aged 16 to 18, 17 students in St Helens, aged 11 to 16 and 20 students aged 14 to 17 in Loughborough. The core proposals in the green paper are: all schools and colleges will be incentivised and supported to identify and train a Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health; Mental Health Support Teams will be set up to locally address the needs of children and young people with mild to moderate mental health issues; piloting reduced waiting times for NHS services for those children and young people who need specialist help. Headline findings from the student sessions are: students are broadly in favour of the core three proposals but felt that overall there needed to be an additional focus around causes of ill mental health; students believe they have the right to be, and want to be, involved in the implementation of all the proposals; students believe there is an important role for peer support both within schools and potentially within the new mental health support teams, as part of a cohesive support offer; students want the pilot to focus particularly on two measures of success – the number of young people receiving support and the quality of referrals; students believe educational attainment should not be prioritised as a measure within the pilots as they feel there is already a lot of pressure on this within schools; while students raised an awareness that implementing the proposals would take time and needed to be done well, they also highlighted that improvements are needed urgently now and were concerned about the long time frames set out. (Edited publisher abstract)
Consultations with young people on the green paper Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision
- Author:
- YOUTH ACCESS
- Publisher:
- Youth Access
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises young people’s responses to a consultation on the green paper Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision. The green paper sets out measures to improve mental health support for children and young people, focusing on earlier intervention and prevention, especially in and linked to schools and colleges. In total 82 young people were consulted through four 2-hour focus groups (two sessions with 11-15 year olds and two sessions with 16-25 year olds). Participants liked the idea of having a designated mental health lead in schools, who they thought should also act as a care navigator and facilitate good communication between all professionals. They saw the role as being highly skilled and demanding, and therefore could not be 'tagged on' to a teaching role. Young people felt that mental health support teams should have a mix of expertise and experience, have good links with statutory support, provide flexible support and consult with young people on how this help is offered in their school. Attendees felt that in colleges and universities there should be more emphasis on prevention and self-support to prevent ‘lower level’ stress from escalating into crisis and a broad offer of support services, including advice on money, careers and housing to help alleviate some of the root causes of mental health issues. Although the groups were supportive of the ambition to reduce waiting times, many participants felt that the proposal required more clarity before they could provide meaningful feedback. They were however able to say that waiting times could only be reduced if there was substantial and sustained funding. Attendees raised a number of concerns, including: young people who are not willing or able to access support in a school setting; young people who aren’t in school; tacking the root causes of mental health issues. (Edited publisher abstract)
Transforming children and young people's mental health provision: a Green Paper
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health, Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 54
- Place of publication:
- London
This green paper sets out measures to improve mental health support for children and young people. The paper focuses on earlier intervention and prevention, particularly in or linked to schools and colleges. The new proposals include: the creation of new Mental Health Support Teams to provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help; encouraging every school and college to appoint a designated lead for mental health; and the piloting of a new 4-week waiting time for NHS children and young people’s mental health services in selected areas. It also details action across other areas to support their core proposals, including tackling stigma, social medial and internet safety, and support for young adults. The paper also outlines the key evidence used to inform the proposals and actions from 'Future in Mind' already in progress. Appendices include summary findings from an evidence review on the mental health of children and young people and summary findings from a survey of existing support in schools and colleges. The consultation period for the green paper closes at midday on 2 March 2018. (Edited publisher abstract)