Resources That Will Help You Develop the Quality of Your Services and Practice

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: 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.

Right 2B Safe Project Evaluation
April 2015 | Counselling | Safeguarding
The Right 2B Safe project highlighted the role of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) in safeguarding young people, potentially complementing the work of the overstretched statutory services.
This is the independent evaluation report on the project.

The Profile of Young People using the Right 2B Safe project
March 2015 | Counselling | Safeguarding | Research
The Right 2B Safe project highlighted the role of Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) in safeguarding young people, potentially complementing the work of the overstretched statutory services.
This report sets out data from the local pilot sites.
On The Right Tracks: A Guide to Commissioning Counselling Services for Young People
November 2014 | Commissioning | Counselling
This guide updates previous commissioning guidance for counselling services for young people published by Youth Access. It supports commissioning guidance on Transitions published by the Joint Commissioning Panel of the Royal College of GPs and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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.