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School-based mental health service for refugee and asylum seeking children: multi-agency working, lessons for good practice
- Authors:
- CHIUMENTO Anna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 10(3), 2011, pp.164-177.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Haven, a school-based Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service which works with refugee children and young people in schools across Liverpool, is the focus of this article. The project is a multi-agency collaboration between the health and education sector and provides school-based interventions and therapeutic support including art psychotherapy, psychodrama and horticulture. The article aims to raise awareness of the multi-agency model, and describes the project, its work and the findings of a service review. Semi-structured review meetings were undertaken with headteachers or link teachers in 8 schools engaging the services. The article discusses the key findings focusing on school outreach, increasing skills and knowledge of teachers through psycho-education, and the relationship between the school and the Haven team. It also describes feedback from refugee children and young people about therapy sessions. The authors conclude that children like this model of working, that there has been a positive response from schools, and that the service achieves its aim of improving refugee children's mental health. They discuss the implications for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.