Enhancing Children and Young People's Mental Health
Online Event 3 November 2021, 9:00am
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
9:40am
Keynote Address: Children And Young Adult Mental Health: An Overview Of The Current Challenges, Key Areas, And Future Concerns
- Discussing the latest information with regards to the impact of the pandemic on young people’s mental health
- Improving access to mental health services for children and young people and implementing strategies to reduce waiting times
- Assessing current early intervention protocols and working with partners, schools, and charities to decrease intervention times
- Recognising areas in need of improvement and developing best practices and frameworks to address these
Clare Stafford, CEO, Charlie Waller Trust; & Vice Chair, Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition and Alice Palmer, Speaker, Charlie Waller Trust
10:10am
Case Study: Improving Access To Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Explore how collaborative approaches to care provision and CAMHS can improve service outcomes
- Discuss how Covid-19 has impacted the provision and access to CAMHS
- Approaching CAMHS provision and setting referral at the local level and encouraging local level monitoring and prioritisation
- The development of the CAMHS service over the years, the success of this and working collaboratively with other agencies for this to happen
Dr Tracey Urquhart, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead Service Manager, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust and Harry Dixon
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Improving Access To The Right Mental Health Treatment For Young People
- Understanding young people’s mental health needs post Covid-19 and how we can best asses their service needs.
- Discussing a collaborative approach to supporting young people’s mental health
- Implementing and managing care provisions to support effective interventions
- Planning for transition periods and ensuring disruption to progress is measured and minimalised.
Joshua Pelled, Founder & Chief Executive, Bright Futures UK
11:55am
Prevention Of Mental Ill Health In Children And Young People
- Tackling social determinants of mental ill health including poverty and discrimination
- Improving environments for children and young people with mental ill health to ensure support and development
- Identifying and applying the right support frameworks to ensure the best possible outcomes for all children and young people dealing with these challenges
Edward Davie, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, Lambeth Council
12:15pm
Exploring The Impact Of Covid On The Mental Health Of Children And Young People
- How has the move to online lessons, reduction or complete lack of access to extracurricular clubs and groups impacted children and young people, particularly those in transitory phases like year 6 and 9?
- What are the issues that we can foresee stemming from the impact of Covid in the future and what steps can we take now to mitigate their impact?
- Looking at the current plans and strategies in place to support children and young people and where these need to be changed or adapted as we move back to normalcy
- What have we learned: Frameworks and developmental strategies for implementing lasting change and support mechanisms for vulnerable children and young people
Simon Currigan, Joint CEO, Beacon School Support Ltd.
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Keynote Address: Supporting parents: a whole school approach
Cecilia Corbetta, Regional Clinical Lead for London & West, Place2Be
2:00pm
Shaping the Futures of Children and Young People Through Better Mental Health
Nathalie Richards, Director and Co-Founder, EduKit
2:20pm
Presentation by Healios
Dr Melinda Rees, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Chief Clinical Officer at Healios.
2:40pm
Questions And Answers Session
3:05pm
Chair’s Summary And Close