Resources That Will Help You Develop the Quality of Your Services and Practice
Social prescribing for young adults
January 2021 | Practice | Advice & rights
A guide for voluntary sector services for young people.
Young people's experience of counselling in community settings
December 2020 | Counselling | Research | Standards | Practice
An Evaluation of Service Questionnaire analysis.
Remote mental health interventions for young people
July 2020 | Research | Mental health | Counselling | Practice | Safeguarding
A rapid review of the evidence on remote mental health interventions.
National youth counselling study
November 2018 | counselling | Research | Practice | Standards
A national study of effectiveness of youth counselling delivered in community settings at YIACS.
Going Digital
October 2017 | Counselling | Practice
A beginner’s guide to adding online support to your young people’s mental health and wellbeing service
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.
