Resources That Will Help You Develop the Quality of Your Services and Practice
Consultations with young people on the green paper Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision
August 2018 | Mental health | Young people's health
Youth Access, acting on behalf of The Young People’s Health Partnership, was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care to run several focus groups with young people to get their thoughts on the proposals outlined in the green paper. This report summarises their responses.
Young, adult – and ignored: Getting a fair deal for 16-24 year olds from mental health services
April 2017 | Policy | Mental health
A policy briefing by Youth Access for The Young People’s Health Partnership highlighting the difficulties experienced by young adults aged 16 to 24 in accessing the mental health support they need and setting out recommended solutions.
A Foot in the Door: VCS Providers’ View of CAMHS Transformation
July 2016 | Policy | Mental health | YIACS model
This is a report on a survey of 58 Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) about their experiences of the CAMHS transformation programme. It focusses on eight themes: Engagement of VCS; Involvement of Young People; The YIACS model; Investment in VCS; Early intervention; Tackling the social determinants; Transitions – meeting the needs of young adults; Transparency & protectionism.
Young People in Mind: The Young People
July 2016 | Counselling | Research | Mental health
Young People in Mind was a one-year project (2015 – 2016) that aimed to increase access to counselling and other psychological therapies to young people aged 16-19 at high risk of mental health difficulties, especially at points of transition, and to improve integration between voluntary sector Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) and statutory mental health and other services.
Young People in Mind: Transforming Service Delivery
July 2016 | Counselling | Policy | Practice | Mental health
Young People in Mind was a one-year project (2015 – 2016) that aimed to increase access to counselling and other psychological therapies to young people aged 16-19 at high risk of mental health difficulties, especially at points of transition, and to improve integration between voluntary sector Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) and statutory mental health and other services.
This report, through its nine case studies, provides a snapshot of how the YIACS fared in their engagement with local statutory sector partners.
More of the Same?
January 2016 | Policy | Mental health | YIACS model
Report on a survey of the state of the Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) sector. Highlights the experiences of YIACS in CAMHS Transformation Planning processes against six key themes: Recognition; Integration; Transitions; Transformation; Co-production; and Stability.
Health Inequality and Access to Justice: Young People, Mental Health and Legal Issues
June 2015 | Advice & rights | Mental health | Research
Research report. This ground-breaking study set out to provide new insight into the mechanisms by which disadvantage and inequality lead to mental health problems in late adolescence and early adulthood by focussing on the everyday social welfare legal problems experienced by 16-24 year olds. Reveals close association between mental health, legal problems, inequality and youth.
The Social Determinants of Young People’s Mental Health
June 2015 | Advice & rights | Mental health | Policy
A briefing for providers, policy-makers, commissioners and researchers summarising our research on the links between mental health, legal problems, inequality and youth.
CAMHS Data Set Guidance for VCS
May 2014 | Mental health | Counselling | Practice
A briefing aimed at counselling services which are either currently commissioned by CAMHS or aspire to be commissioned. Helpful in guiding counselling providers’ thinking about some of the key items of data they should be collecting if they want to attract CAMHS commissions in the future.
Youth Advice: A Mental Health Intervention?
November 2012 | Mental health | Advice & rights | Policy
Summary of a research study on the mental health benefits and cost-effectiveness of youth advice services.
