Embedding a culture of participation at a strategic level and operational level in CYP IAPT
Manchester Children and Young People’s CYP IAPT Learning Collaborative
Welcome
The objectives for today
Lots of activities and interaction to get us thinking and talking about participation
An exploration of our values and aspirations for children and young people’s participation
Defining our aims for embedding participation in our everyday work with children and young people, and at an operational and strategic level
Consider how participation informs service transformation and change
Hearing from our Phase 1 partners about their experience of embedding participation and sharing our expertise
Mapping and planning to embed participation across our collaboration
Why is participation important?
Aids the provision of more accessible, appropriate and responsive services Improves relationships between those using services and those providing
them – promotes ‘shared perspectives’ Empowers young people and enhances their life opportunities Helps us develop our skills as therapists, service leaders and services
planners Impact on engagement with services and clinical outcomes Increases satisfaction with services Inform planning and service development
Because it helps service transformation and change
Young People in the Driving Seat for CYP IAPT?(from Hart 1992)
1.Manipulation
2. Decoration
3.Tokenism
4. Assigned but informed
5. Consulted and informed
6. Adult initiated shared decisions with children
7. Child initiated and directed
8. Child initiated shared decisions with adults
The Ladder of Participation
At the top rung of the ladder?Young People as ‘active citizens’?
CitizenshipIn the UK ‘citizenship’ has been outlined as beneficial for children Critical thinking and enquiry
– Empowering them to lead– Recognising and reporting
unfairness and discrimination – Taking informed and responsible
decisions– Developing moral and social
responsibility– Involving young people in their
communities– Developing social capital
ACT 2012
Democracy and Justice
Rights and Responsibilities
Identities and Diversity
3 key concepts
• Our research indicates that the best way to engage young people more generally is via Internet communication
• Young people want leadership programmes and education about mental health
• Smartphone applications, online networks and forums • Accessible technology to engage young people with disabilities• Fun and interactive activities such as virtual discussion forums, and
online seminars (webinars)• Involvement in planning health and care services• But…they also clearly that face to face meetings in schools about
relevant issues to do with mental health would be very beneficial for changing attitudes
Empowering young people to participate – what they say works (Warner-Gale and Sedgewick 2011)
Young People as active citizens in CYP IAPT
• Learning to contribute to programmes that directly affect their lives
• Empowered to initiate and lead decisions about their services
• Services become appropriate to them and owned by them
• Helps evaluate the standards of care they receive• Become confident and competent members of society• Improves the overall functioning of our communities
and their place within it
The 9 participation priorities
Feeling Good
Assessment, Outcome Monitoring, Complaints
procedure
Running the service
wellCommissioning,
Influencing senior managers, Mission
statement
Doing the job right
Staff training, supervision and
appraisals, recruitment
Direct Work
Operational Strategic
The 9 participation prioritiesFeeling good: Direct Work Get initial assessments right; involve young people in session
monitoring; provide easy access to complaints and advocacyDoing the job right: Operational Make sure staff have the right skills and knowledge; involve
young people in recruitment and in staff appraisalsRunning the service well: Strategic Involve young people in commissioning; help young people to
influence senior managers; have a strong mission statement
Mapping the Priorities Nationally – the top 5 areas for support
1 Supervision and appraisal of staff 2 Staff training for trainees and existing workers 3 Recruitment and selection of staff (internally and externally)4 Session by session monitoring is standard practice5 A mission statement or charter is in place, accessible and used to review progress5 Influencing senior managers through a range of approaches and feeds into strategic decision making
In addition, several areas may benefit from some support around exploring models of participation for young people.
The Manchester Collaborative – mapping the priorities
Well on the way!• Working action plans in
place• Participation staff in place
in many areas• Influencing senior
managers• Initial assessments• Session by session
monitoring
Areas for support• Commissioning services• Staff Training• Recruitment and
selection• Supervision and
appraisal• A mission statement• Sustaining participation
groups
Today is about building on your progress and sharing ideas
Time to review what you already do, or have in place to support young people’s participation
Make a commitment to support participation based on what’s realistic and sustainable in your area and across the collaborative
Starting to take small, planned steps or building on what you’ve already done to really embed participation
Not forgetting our need to think about different groups and how to engage them – flexibility, need for training and support, range of options, being receptive to new ideas and suggestions
Building our community of learning and practice – including feedback loops
GIFT: Advice and support for participation Planned support to your collaborative – action learning sets,
training, events, support and challenge Constantly updated information about participation and tools
to support you is available from a variety of websites and organisations – e.g. GIFT’s partners Practical Participation, NYAS, Right Here and Youth Access…
Plus your local participation experts e.g. YoungMinds, NCB, Barnardos
And www.myapt.org which has been created specifically for everyone involved in CYP IAPT
Contact details
• Email: [email protected]
• Visit www.myapt.org and register to access the discussion forums for professionals and to learn more about how young people are involved with GIFT and across CYP IAPT