Description of the contract
This project will make a key contribution in influencing the way in which children, young people, their families and carers are involved in specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in North Wales. It will develop local skills in involvement and participation and provide case studies based on the real experiences of young people and families. The project will also provide guidance and project plans for supporting long term sustainability.
Purpose of the Project
To research current provision, need and current good practice in order to lay the foundations for developing a robust and systematic way of effectively involving service users, their families and carers in the planning, delivery and monitoring of specialist CAMHS in North Wales.
To research best practice from across North Wales and other areas of the UK.
To deliver on the aims, objectives and outputs outlined below
Project Aims
To maximise levels of participation and involvement of service users, their families and carers in the planning, delivery, management, review and development of all specialist CAMHS teams in North Wales.
To increase the number of children and young people with mental health problems involved in delivering services and/or activities in all teams
To develop an agreed and sustainable model for service user and carer involvement in specialist CAMHS in North Wales
To pay particular but not exclusive attention to experience of transitions between services, including transitions from mental health services for young people to adult services.
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