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The rapid response team
- Author:
- LEPPER Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 8.02.06, 2006, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The author reports on Brighton and Hove's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service which emphasises collaboration and teamwork to find positive outcomes for looked-after children in a short timeframe. Professionals at the looked-after children clinic meet monthly to discuss cases and collaborative strategies.
More than just a check up
- Author:
- GOVEANS Asha
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 01.02.06, 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The author reports on the Health Care initiative, which is making sure the emotional health of children in care is being looked after, as well as their physical health. The programme was developed by the National Children's Bureau (NCB) and funded by the Department for Education and Skills, to provide local authorities with a standard, a template and tools to develop these qualities.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections on the theme: children's mental health
- Authors:
- OFSTED, et al
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Guidance for inspectors carrying out joint area inspections to evaluate children and young people’s experiences living with mental ill health, with a focus on children aged 10 to 15 years old in England. The joint inspection will be carried out by inspectors from Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. The inspection will cover 'front door' services and evaluate agencies' responses to all forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation as well as evaluating responses to children living with mental ill health. It will include a deep dive focus on children subject to child in need and child protection plans and those children who are in care who are living with mental ill health. The joint inspections will begin in September 2019. (Edited publisher abstract)
A traumatised and traumatising system: professionals' experiences in meeting the mental health needs of young people in the care and youth justice systems in Ireland
- Authors:
- MCELVANEY Rosaleen, TATLOW-GOLDEN Mimi
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 65, 2016, pp.62-69.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
It is well recognised that children and young people in the care and youth justice systems typically present with significant and diverse mental health needs. In this study, focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with 26 professionals working in the care and youth justice services in Ireland, representing a range of disciplines, to capture professionals' perspectives of working in this field. A thematic analysis was conducted on the transcribed data. Professionals described frustration and helplessness in the face of what they perceived as inadequate system responses and poor interagency working. Their experiences are conceptualised here as reflecting a traumatised and traumatising system. The implications for practice emphasise the need for staff support through training, collaboration between agencies, and addressing vicarious traumatisation. (Edited publisher abstract)
The experience of receiving and delivering consultation in a residential childcare setting for looked-after and accommodated children: a sequential exploratory design
- Authors:
- DURKA Katie, HACKER Thomas
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 21(4), 2015, pp.392-407.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Looked-after and accommodated children are at higher risk of poor mental health and behavioural difficulties and experience high levels of emotional and psychological distress. Consultation by clinical psychologists can play a pivotal role in providing indirect support to vulnerable children and young people by supporting staff in residential settings. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of consultation in three residential childcare settings to examine the perceived benefits of consultation, the perceived role of the consultant, and to identify the relevant aspects of the consultation relationship. A mixed-methods sequential exploratory design was used. In the initial phase, a questionnaire survey exploring consultees' experience of the consultation process was conducted in three residential care establishments (N = 30). In the second phase, focus groups were conducted with both staff groups and consultants (N = 15). Results from the first phase identified themes around the interpersonal skills of the consultant, the helpfulness and the limitations of consultation. Using a thematic analysis approach in this second phase, three consultee themes emerged: the value of consultation, a new way of working, and the consultation relationship. The three consultant themes identified were: understanding roles, challenges, and building the consultation relationship. Results are discussed with reference to the current literature. These findings may impact on service development and clinical practice to improve the quality of care for looked-after and accommodated children. (Edited publisher abstract)
W4 serious case review
- Author:
- BAKER Gill
- Publisher:
- Walsall Safeguarding Children Board
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 51
- Place of publication:
- Walsall
A serious case review of a young person who died as a result of inhalation of products of combustion, having barricaded herself into her bedroom and set fire to the mattress. The scene of the fire was at a care home in Ellesmere, Shropshire where she was the only resident with two adult carers. During her time in care it was found that she had complex needs and continually exhibited challenging, disruptive and risk-taking behaviour. The review found that it was predictable that she would eventually cause serious harm to herself and/or to others. The failure to adequately address the escalation of her unmanageable behaviour may in part be due to issues of gender, carers being afraid of physical assault or of allegations being made against them. However, the review concludes that a more co-ordinated robust holistic multi-agency approach, an earlier and full mental health assessment and formulation, monitoring and reviewing of treatment for ADHD, plus utilising the option of secure accommodation would have provided an opportunity to fully assess and meet her needs in a safe environment which may have contributed to potentially preventing her death. (Edited publisher abstract)
An innovative project for young people in care who have been sexually abused
- Authors:
- MISTRAL Willm, EVANS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(3), April 2002, pp.321-333.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Professional awareness of child mental health problems and sexual abuse has increased greatly over the past 20 years, and this is especially true for young people under the care of social services. The current paper provides an overview of the research literature on needs and service provision in this area. It goes on to describe an innovative interagency project in Dorset which offers flexible, fast track intervention packages to looked after young people with a profile indicating sexual abuse, who have been reluctant to engage with conventional child and adolescent mental health services. The paper includes preliminary results from an evaluation of this project and discusses the implication for future service provision.
Issues concerning the health of looked after children
- Authors:
- WARD Harriet, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 26(4), Winter 2002, pp.8-18.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Looked after children often miss out on routine health surveillance and health promotion before entry to care. The authors look at how frequent changes of placement and poor inter-agency communication exacerbate difficulties in gaining access to adequate health care. The authors highlight a range of new initiatives and regulations which should ensure better access to health care for this population, for example the Integrated Children's System, New Regulations and Standards for foster care, a National Healthy Care Standard, and the National Service Framework for Children. A series of national objectives have now been set for children's services in England, under the Modernising Social Services initiative. This article explores what action needs to be taken to 'ensure that children looked after gain maximum life chance benefits from ...health care'.
Mission possible: learning through innovation
- Author:
- JAMES Cathy
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 55, November 2001, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
In the second of a series of articles on the 24 innovation projects, the article describes the work of five projects and suggests that Government support means their work should lead to sustained improvement in mainstream children's mental health services.
A network of psychiatric and social services for children: an account from Greece
- Authors:
- ABATZOGLOU G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 7(3), 2000, pp.50-52.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
Describes a Child and Adolescent Unit at a hospital in Greece that has a long tradition of cooperation with social services and child care institutions, based on the willingness to transform a formal routine of assessment into a long term psycho-social therapeutic project. The authors have created a framework of cooperation that can function at the same time as a tool for assessment and therapy, and as a training and research programme.