1. Gloucestershire’s Future in Mind
Simon Bilous Joint Commissioner Children’s Health & Maternity Helen Ford Senior Commissioning Manager Children & Maternity

2. Gloucestershire's plan assured!
Complimented the high level of ambition, the governance arrangements, the excellent partnership working with schools, and the work done to date to improve CAMHS across Gloucestershire that will provide a springboard for the delivery of the service improvements proposed.
In particular,
the Task & Finish Group

3. Current developments
On-line access to counselling
Schools Pilot
Website
VCSE Counselling

4. 1. Schools Pilot Schools Pilot Stroud High for Girls
Archway (Secondary)
Stroud High for Girls
Cam Woodfield Junior

5. Expected outcomes of the schools project
Testing how to work best on a locality basis
A more collaborative approach between schools and CYPS (CAMHS)
Facilitate joining up of services
Named individual as point of contact in schools & CYPS
Building up confidence of school staff to identify and support CYP, but not to become mental health workers
MH becomes everyone’s business in schools
Children’s mental health services will have a better understanding of the issues that schools face and a more advanced collaborative approach between schools and mental health services to early intervention, including advice and guidance (and support and supervision) for schools to support their ability, capacity and confidence in managing lower level needs
Test out primary mental health workers being key local system leaders to facilitate the joining up of services and activities available in localities,
Facilitate seamless transition between support services when a child or young person’s needs either increase or become less intensive
Use the opportunity to help develop and influence a joint training programme which will support improvements in outcomes for children and young people adapted to local circumstances and need

6. Progress with the Project
Two days training facilitated by the Anna Freud Centre- November and January
Build a better understanding of mental health services and what schools need.
DfE agenda for emotional wellbeing
Named lead for wellbeing
Identification
Referral
Support

7. Developing Action plan
Access to Primary mental health worker ring fenced for the schools until March 2017
Every two weeks face to face
Via for ring back
Training programme for schools
Supported two VCSE organisations
Family Lives- support schools with mentoring
Active Gloucestershire- mental health awareness for coaches etc

8. Developing Action plan
Access to emotional resilience support for young people who self harm (BER service):
YP supported in school (e.g. school counsellor)
but concern that self harm behaviour is escalating
Referral to CAMHS/CYPS service
YP (school)
Referral to BERs for support

9. Developing the action plan
BER service:
Targeted support for young people who self harm
Evidence based programme
YP gain better understanding of why they self harm
Alternative coping strategies developed with YP
Improved outcomes for YP
For 2016, referral pathway to BERs from:
Stroud High School (as part of Stroud Schools project)
2 GP practices in Stroud Locality

10. Plan going forward Website for practitioners
Meet with schools in Stroud in 2 months to review action plan
National evaluation by Ecorys
Need to look at local evaluation and spread good practice to other areas
Have very positive initial feedback from schools.

11. Any Questions?