Our Charity Partner:
WAVE Trust
WAVE Trust is a charity set up by business strategists to tackle the root causes of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as child abuse and witnessing domestic violence. Over more than two decades, we have researched international best practice in both preventing these and tackling their outcomes when not prevented. We are a member of the World Health Organisation’s Violence Prevention Alliance and have advised the UK Cabinet Office, Home Office and Departments of Education and Health, as well as the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments and the Metropolitan Police. We coordinate the 70/30 Campaign to reduce child maltreatment by 70% by the year 2030 and serve as Secretariat to cross-party groups of politicians in the UK and Scottish parliaments that are focused on the prevention of ACEs.
Outline
According to the Local Government Association (LGA) at least one in eight children and young people are affected by mental health problems, with unreported figures likely to be higher. Figures also reveal approximately 19,000 young people were admitted to hospital in 2015 and are increasingly tackling problems like anxiety, depression and self-harm.
The Government in September 2O14, established the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce, working with experts to set a clear direction for local leadership. It has also pledged an extra £1.7 billion by 2O2O in funding for children and young people’s mental health and introduced waiting time targets for young people with eating disorders.
Furthermore, guidance published by the LGA in 2018 highlighted areas across the country which have improved their mental health services through better leadership and accountability, and by focusing on a young person centred approach. The same publication made clear that ‘councils have always had a role in driving change and improving outcomes for local people: and securing better mental health and wellbeing for our children is no different.’
This timely Cephas Public Policy Communications symposium provides an invaluable opportunity for key staff who work at all levels across children and young people’s mental health services, to assess the role and contribution councils and their partners can make to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing systems for children and young people.
Order of the Day
09:30 Registration and Morning Refreshments
10:15 Chairs Introduction
10:30 Morning Presentations
Understanding what the current challenges are:
- How can we ensure the £1.7 billion set aside by Government reaches children and young people’s mental health services, is not spent elsewhere and why this is important
- Consider the benefits of improving prevention and early intervention, how this can be achieved and the likely impact on children and young people turned away from NHS services
- Should mental health be given equal value to physical health and will developing access and waiting time standards for mental health help to achieve this?
- Consider the key findings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on mental health services for children and young people
11:30 Morning Coffee Break
11:45 Open Floor Deliberation and Debate
12:45 Networking Lunch
13:30 Afternoon Presentations
Review how services are being transformed at the local level
- Local accountability – understanding how the Theory of Change model is improving services
- Providing challenge - achieving transformational change in early intervention and prevention practice
- Increasing public engagement and confidence - engaging young people in conversations about mental health in their local area
- Discuss latest research to better understand the mental health of young people: relationships with parents and social media
14:30 Afternoon Coffee Break
14:45 Open Floor Deliberation and Debate
15:45 Chair’s Closing Remarks and Networking Reception
16:30 Close
Who Should Attend?
Please note the below list is not exclusive, therefore do not be discouraged from attending this event if your organisation or job title is not listed below. If you work in CAMHS and would like to share your experience and ideas, then please register using our online booking system.
- Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
- Colleges
- Family Nurse Partnerships
- Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) and Local Partners
- Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS)
- Local Authorities
- Local, Regional and National Health Services
- NHS England
- NHS England Specialised Commissioning and other key agencies
- NHS Mental Health Services including local NHS services
- Schools
- Wider Children’s Workforce
- Advocates
- Arts Therapists
- CAMHS Practitioners
- Carers
- Children’s Centre Staff
- Children in Care Teams
- Child Protection Officers
- Child Safety Online Teams
- Clinical Psychologists
- Counsellors
- Counselling Services
- Commissioning Managers
- Community and Specialist Mental Health Services
- Consultants
- Designated Leads in CAMHS and schools
- Directors of Children’s Services
- Early Years Champions
- Early Years Practitioners
- Educationalists
- Family Nurses
- Family Nurse Partnership Staff
- Families Services Officers
- Family Therapists
- GPs
- Health Promotion Advisers
- Health Visitors
- Lead Contacts
- Mental Health Act commissioners (MHAC)
- Mental Health Practitioners
- Mental Health Services for Children and Young People
- Mental Health Specialists
- Mentors
- Midwives
- Occupational Therapists
- Outreach Workers
- Paediatricians
- Pastoral Care Services
- Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS)
- Perinatal Mental Health Community Teams
- Primary Mental Health Workers
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Psychotherapists
- Relevant Local Agencies
- Researchers
- Self-help and Support Groups
- Social Care Professionals
- Social Care Teams
- Social Workers
- School Counsellors
- School Nurses
- School Nursing Services
- Sexual Health Strategy Co-ordinators
- Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCO)
- Specialist Services for Children and Young People’s Mental Health
- Specialist Mental Health services
- Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists
- Suicide Support Services
- Suicide Bereavement Support Groups
- Supervisors
- Teachers
- Teenage Pregnancy Co-ordinators
- Therapists
- Third Sector Representatives
- Voluntary and Community Sector
- Voluntary Sector Youth Services
- Youth Centre Staff
- Youth Justice Sector
- Youth Offending Workers
