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.
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.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, mental health problems, young offenders, youth offending teams, assessment, health needs;
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.
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.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, young offenders, young people, youth offending teams, child and adolescent mental health services, health needs;
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.
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.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, mental health problems, mental health services, young offenders, young people, assessment, health needs;