Presentation at DH on the children and young people’s participation in developing and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
1. The outcomes – better mental health for children and young people and wider organisational change based on the greater voice and influence of children and young people
2. Programme based on proven understanding that the participation of children and young people leads to:
a) Better outcomes for children and young people
b) More responsive services
c) Better run and more efficient organisations
3. Model of organisational change:
a) For the participation of children and young people to be built in and not just bolted on, then we need to use a whole organisational change process
b) The tool proposes is the 7 Standards model as in Hear by Right
4. Recommendations are:
a) To involve children and young people in the developing of the whole programme as it goes on
b) To make sure in pilots bidding that they are committed to and able to progress the participation of children and young people
c) In the bidding process, pilots should include a participation map and action plan based around the 9 main indicators generated by children and young people during the first phase of the programme. These cover three on Feeling good, three on doing the job right and three on running the service well.
Bill Badham
YoungMinds
24 March 2011