An evaluation of SHARE (Specialist Health and Resilient Environment), which provides support to young people (aged 11 to 17) at risk of becoming involved with statutory social care services due to emotional and behavioural problems. The main aim of the project was a reduction in the number of young people becoming engaged in statutory social care services due to parents or carers being unable to manage the presenting risk in relation to complex mental health issues. The service uses a multi-professional team, which includes advanced mental health practitioners, social workers and key workers and a new integrated duty system with a single assessment of need and single care pathway. It services supports young people and their family, and also aims to improve access to psychiatric and psychological services. The evaluation, carried out by researchers at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and York Consulting, examines the effectiveness of the project in providing young people with access to psychiatric and psychological services. Evidence from the evaluation suggests that SHARE was successful in reducing the numbers of children involved with services, including becoming a Child in Need and requiring short term breaks and becoming looked after (LAC) by the local authority.
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An evaluation of SHARE (Specialist Health and Resilient Environment), which provides support to young people (aged 11 to 17) at risk of becoming involved with statutory social care services due to emotional and behavioural problems. The main aim of the project was a reduction in the number of young people becoming engaged in statutory social care services due to parents or carers being unable to manage the presenting risk in relation to complex mental health issues. The service uses a multi-professional team, which includes advanced mental health practitioners, social workers and key workers and a new integrated duty system with a single assessment of need and single care pathway. It services supports young people and their family, and also aims to improve access to psychiatric and psychological services. The evaluation, carried out by researchers at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and York Consulting, examines the effectiveness of the project in providing young people with access to psychiatric and psychological services. Evidence from the evaluation suggests that SHARE was successful in reducing the numbers of children involved with services, including becoming a Child in Need and requiring short term breaks and becoming looked after (LAC) by the local authority.
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Subject terms:
young people, mental health problems, needs assessment, early intervention, crisis intervention, evaluation, cost effectiveness, user views, suicide, self-harm, multidisciplinary teams;