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The Child Adolescent and Mental Health Service Partnership (CAMHS) is part of Newcastle’s Children’s Trust Arrangements and reports to the Children's and Young People Strategic Partmership (CYPSP). It aims to improve outcomes for children and young people in Newcastle focusing on their emotional health and wellbeing. The Partnership is currently updating the comprehensive CAMHS strategy including governance arrangemnets, which ensure all stakeholders (including children, young people, parents and carers) are involved in the process of improving the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people.
In 2007 the Partnership is completing a Programme Budgeting Marginal Analysis exercise. This involves explicitly mapping financial and activity data across the whole system and completing an appraisal of the added benefit and added cost of a proposed investment or disinvestment. It is an economics based framework to help manage scarce resources and maximise the impact of resources on the needs of children, young people, families and carers. It is similar to a Best Value review. It is funded through Knowledge Transfer Partnership (PCT Commissioners, DTI, Newcastle University) and has a dedicated Associate - Alistair Robson
To contact Alistair email Alistair.robson@newcastle.ac.uk or
Alistair.robson@newcastle-pct.nhs.uk
The Voluntary Sector Reference Group provides support to the voluntary sector representatives on the CAMHS Partnership. It also provides a voluntary sector view and influence on the development of policy within the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership. The group is supported by the Regeneration Forum through the Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service. Meetings are open to all voluntary sector organisations operating in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Contact for Voluntary Sector Reference Group - Martin Gollan
martin.gollan@cvcnewcastle.org.uk
Dates of Meetings:
All meetings are held on Tuesday 1 - 3pm (unless otherwise stated)
Mea House
Ellison Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8XS
January 2008 (23.4KB, pdf) (Please note: these minutes are a joint meeting held between CAMHS Partnership and the CAMHS Shakeholders)
ISA (Independent Safeguarding Authority)
The information regarding the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006; the work which is around CRB employment checking and safer recruitment processes will be introduced in a phased roll-out from autumn 2008. Two documents ‘Background Information’ and ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ will be embedded into the minutes for the group’s information.
Louise McAndrew - Newcastle Primary Care Trust
Louise.McAndrew@newcastle-pct.nhs.uk
High Care Needs Referral Form
The High Care Needs system identifies children in Newcastle who have complex difficulties and where the provision of an appropriate multi-agency package of social care, health care and education is challenging the local services.
Referral does not result in the provision of a service, but highlights the current and future needs of specific children, as identified by the professionals in the multi-agency team involved in their care, to the joint commissioners of children’s’ health, education and social care services.
To download a form click here
(PDF Version, 93.8kb)
(Word Version, 140.0kb)