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Health warnings
- Author:
- SMITH Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.06.05, 2005, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article explains how the mental and physical health needs of young clients are being addressed in a pioneering scheme in the Waltham Forest youth offending team.
Health offensive
- Author:
- SMITH Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 72, September 2004, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Looks at how Havering Youth Offending Team works with their local child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) and other health services to meet the physical and mental health needs of young offenders. They hold monthly inter-agency meetings with CAMHS. In particular they look at those who haven’t been sectioned under the Mental Health Act but have severe mental health and drug problems. Also looks at how they work with young people, giving a list of times when they have found it important to build a therapeutic relationship with young people and their families.
Youth opportunities
- Author:
- SMITH Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 10.8.04, 2004, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
The author, who has pioneered a model of good practice in the newly established youth offending teams, explains how mental and physical health needs of clients are being addressed.
Measuring health vulnerabilities. Technical paper 5 in Children's Commissioner project on vulnerable children
- Author:
- ALDABA
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
This review examines publicly available information in relation to the health of vulnerable children. The research was conducted as part of a wider programme of work commissioned by the Children’s Commissioner’s to identify the numbers, experiences and outcomes of vulnerable children in England. Using the 32 groups of children commonly referred to as vulnerable, the review estimates the number of children in the three health related groups; and the likelihood of children in all 32 groups experiencing health related vulnerabilities. The three health related groups were: children with special educational needs and disabilities; children with mental health difficulties; and children with physical health issues. (Edited publisher abstract)
Same old...the experiences of young offenders with mental health needs
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Sarah, ABBOTT Stephen
- Publishers:
- YoungMinds, T2A Alliance
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- London
It is well known that many young people who are involved in the criminal justice system have mental health problems, and have also been victims of sexual and physical abuse, neglect, school exclusion, drug and alcohol addiction, unemployment and homelessness. However, the way mental health services are provided makes it very difficult for young people who are offending to get the support they need. This research report is a partnership between the T2A Alliance and YoungMinds, funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. The research was undertaken by City University London during 2012-13 and explored whether provision or non-provision of mental health services to young people (aged 16 to 25 years) had any impact on their offending behaviour. The findings consider problems with existing provision; how ideal services might look, according to young people and professionals; and implications for the criminal justice system. Recommendations are made that government implements existing policy in the Caldicott Review (2013), while existing policy in the Mental Health Strategy needs to be implemented by local government (including Health and Wellbeing Boards), clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), CAMHS and AMHS, and local criminal justice organisations. Young people at risk of offending should have regular contact with their GP. A few best practice examples indicate effective provision to this vulnerable group. (Original abstract)
Reaching out, reaching in: promoting mental health and emotional well-being in secure settings
- Author:
- KHAN Lorraine
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 93p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
In 2007 the Department of Health and the Youth Justice Board commissioned the Centre for Mental Health to review mental health service provision in the young people’s secure estate in England. It aimed to: consider how provision compared with mental health services for children and young people in the community; consider the extent to which mental health services in secure settings meet the mental health and emotional well-being needs of young people; and disseminate examples of promising practice. Visits were made to healthcare and mental health teams covering: 13 young offender institutions; 5 secure children’s homes; 2 secure training centres. Overall, this research suggests that there is an urgent need for all secure units to develop an integrated, whole system and comprehensive approach to supporting the mental health and well-being of the very vulnerable children and young people in their custody and care and, no less important, to ensure that any improvements and progress made while in custody are supported and maintained following release.
Health status of juvenile offenders: a survey of young offenders appearing before the juvenile courts
- Authors:
- DOLAN M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 22(1), February 1999, pp.137-144.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Reports on the health needs of a sample of juvenile offenders appearing before Manchester Court during the month of August 1992. Of the subjects interviewed, 19 percent had significant medical problems, 42 percent a history of substance abuse and 7 percent psychiatric problems requiring further treatment. One quarter engaged in a variety of dangerous behaviours. Custodial remands were common, particularly in those with multiple psychosocial difficulties.
Childhood vulnerability in numbers: need, spend and the millions of children in England who miss out
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
Infographics summarising key findings from the Office of the Children's Commissioner's Vulnerability Report 2019. It presents estimates of numbers of vulnerable children in England and looks at what kind of help they receive and how much that costs. Three technical reports have also been published providing additional detail. (Edited publisher abstract)
Vulnerable groups and latest data: summary table
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
The Children’s Commissioner’s Vulnerability Report compiles evidence and data on the numbers, experiences and outcomes of vulnerable children in England. It provides a comprehensive way of defining and classifying what it means to be vulnerable child. This summary table, lists each vulnerability group in the framework along with the preferred measure for the scale of that group. (Edited publisher abstract)
Trends in childhood vulnerability: vulnerability technical report 1
- Authors:
- CLARKE Tom, CHOWDRY Haroon, GILHOOLY Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- London
The findings from the 2019 Children's Commissioner's Vulnerability Report on the scale of childhood vulnerability in England. The report contains an assessment of how many children may be vulnerable and whether they are receiving support; as well as an analysis of trends and how rates of vulnerability have changed. It reports the findings for the following groups: children in need of protection from immediate harm - those experiencing abuse, neglect, or other forms of victimisation; children with health-related needs - those with a health issue or disability, including both physical and mental health; children in contact with the criminal justice system; and marginalised children - children in poverty or excluded from basic services, such as housing and education. It reports that childhood vulnerabilities around mental health, homelessness and exclusion from school have become more common, while vulnerabilities around experiencing or committing crime have become less common. It estimates that 723,000 children are ‘in the system’ in the sense of receiving a statutory support or intervention from the state. (Edited publisher abstract)