A new online training resource has been launched to help improve mental health support for children in care.
The ‘Shaping Futures Together’ training builds on the work of the ADaPT project, which was supported by four NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs), including ARC North East and North Cumbria. ADaPT focused on understanding strategies to improve access to best-evidenced trauma-focused mental health interventions for care-experienced young people.
Although care-experienced young people often have significant mental health needs, research shows they often struggle with access to mental health services and are not offered best-evidenced interventions.
The new resource aims to empower commissioners, decision-makers and leaders across mental health and children’s social care. It gives them the tools to advocate for and build evidence-informed mental health provision for care-experienced young people.
Read more via the ARC North East and North Cumbria website.
