AGENDA
10:40am – Presenters Join for IT Checks
11am – Welcome and Introductions
11:05am – Scottish Government, Crisis and Distress in Children and Young People, Harriet Waugh and Sophie Avery”
Scottish Approach to Supporting Children and Young People in Crisis
To drive improvements forward for children and young people’s mental health, The Child and Family Mental Health Joint Strategic Board led by Scottish Government and COSLA, is taking a whole system approach to improving children and young people’s mental health. This includes focusing on four early priorities, which includes improving support for children and young people in distress and crisis. A key early priority for the Board is the exploration of a Scottish Approach to Supporting Children and Young People in Crisis.
The Framework will outline the principles of good crisis support at a local, regional and national level to support decision makers to ensure that they are providing the right support for their populations, this will include a range of sectors such as the third sector, youth work, and statutory services. In taking forward improvements to crisis support we will ensure that our approach is trauma informed, focuses on equalities and follows a rights-based approach. Ensuring that children, young people, their families, and practitioners are all central to policy development and decisions is a priority for us.
This session will provide an overview of the development of the Framework and our next steps, including how to share your views.
12 noon – Gathering Views on Patient Experience of Accessing Mental Health Services in Rural & Islands Scotland
Alana Martin, Project Officer, from the Healthcare Improvement Scotland Engagement Practice – Evidence team will talk about their work in engaging with communities across Scotland. Currently the team is working on a Gathering Views exercise which focuses on accessing Mental Health services across Scotland. They will also talk about their other work such Citizens Panel and their webinar series. They hope that sharing this work will help them to make new connections and help them involve more people from remote, island and rural communities across Scotland
12:55pm – Closing Remarks and Date of Next Meeting
1pm - Close
