Resources That Will Help You Develop the Quality of Your Services and Practice
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.
GP Champions for Youth Health: Toolkit for General Practice
March 2015 | Young people's health | Practice
GP Champions for Youth Health was a three‐year project, funded by the Department of Health and Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Its aim was to transform the delivery of health services for young people by creating innovative new links between GPs and the voluntary sector.
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.
Making Integration a Reality: Part 2. Developing Effective Holistic Services for Young People
March 2014 | Commissioning | Young people's health | Practice
A briefing for health and local authority commissioners providing guidance on how to develop joined-up service models for young people in transition that can provide co-ordinated support on health, mental health, social welfare, personal and practical issues.
Ten Steps to a Quality Youth Advice Service
January 2012 | Advice & rights | Practice
A briefing for managers of youth advice services setting out key issues to address to ensure you are delivering a high quality service.
Opening Your Doors to Young People: Guidelines for making advice services young-person friendly
July 2010 | Advice & rights | Practice
Guidelines aimed at ‘mainstream’ adult advice agencies. Suggests a range of practical steps for improving accessibility and service offer to young clients. Endorsed by Citizens Advice, Law Centres Federation and Advice UK.
Youth Advice Outcomes Toolkit
July 2010 | Advice & rights | Practice
This Toolkit, published by Youth Access in September 2010, provides fully tested forms and guidance aimed at enabling any agency providing rights-based advice to young people, particularly within a holistic YIACS setting, to monitor the outcomes of its advice work.
Rights Within Reach (Full Report)
April 2009 | Advice & rights | Practice | Policy
A joint Youth Access/Law Centres Federation publication putting forward a blueprint for delivery of high quality outreach legal advice services in youth settings.
Rights Within Reach (Summary)
April 2009 | Advice & rights | Practice | Policy
Summary of a report on how to deliver effective outreach legal advice services in youth settings.
Confidentiality, Child Protection and Information Sharing: Practice Briefing for YIACS
January 2009 | Practice | Safeguarding
An aide-memoire for YIACS reviewing or developing their Confidentiality, Child Protection & Information Sharing policies.
