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Examining access to mental health services for social work-experienced young people

24 October 2024, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm

Social worker speaking to young person. Credit: Valerii Honcharuk via Adobe Stock.

Join this event to hear Robbie Duschinsky and Julia Mannes discuss the findings of a study of factors affecting young persons' access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Jonathan Galton

Location

Room G03
55-59 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0NU

Many children and young people with social work involvement (CYPwSW) experience mental health difficulties. Yet, little is known about factors affecting their access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

This seminar will present findings from the “CAMHS Referrals and Outcomes for Adolescents and Children with Social Workers” (COACHES) study. It will cover:

  • Potential inequalities exposed by the data
  • Strengths and limitations of using administrative data
  • Involvement of experts-by-experience, practitioners and policymakers throughout the study.

This in-person event will be particularly useful for social scientists, health scientists, and mental health professionals.


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Image

Valerii Honcharuk via Adobe Stock.

About the Speakers

Robbie Duschinsky

Professor of Social Science and Health and Head of the Applied Social Science Group at the Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge

He is also Director of Studies in Sociology at Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge.

Robbie is co-PI of the Living Assessments Collaborator Award, funded by Wellcome, exploring the integration of health and social care in assessments of children. He is also co-PI of the COACHES study, funded by the NIHR and What Works for Early Intervention and Children’s Social Care, examining mental health referrals and treatment for young people with social care involvement.

Julia Mannes

NIHR Three Research Schools’ Mental Health Fellow and Research Assistant at the Primary Care Unit at the University of Cambridge

Her work contributes to the COACHES study and focuses on access to CAMHS for children with social work involvement.