How will the organisation identify young people's needs
The organization aims to address young people's needs by involving families and carers in treatment processes and group meetings. Young people’s involvement is crucial, with peer support and volunteering encouraged to influence services and create a knowledge base.
How will the organisation identify young people's needs
Vision / Values
Open Minded - i.e. anyone entering into treatment should be viewed as at least in contemplation around substances, and has potential to change, as opposed to being in pre-contemplation
Active in community
Facilitation of fun activities in communities that can engage YPs and thus capture YPs to address needs - e.g. seeking participation in community sports events
Provide education in community to promote awareness around substances and needs
strong presence in community to build awareness, capture YPs and hence address need e.g. stalls, events, promotional materials
Offer low intensity / high intensity report
CBT
relapse prevention
advice
harm reduction
Asset based working
Raising awareness in communities through eduction to help communities support YP's with needs
Identify services in community that can help with needs around;
link to recvoery support e.g. SMART recovery / NA in community
health
social welfare
education / employment
housing
Care Planning
Care plans are linked to risk management
Care plans are reviewed regularly
All Initial care plans are reviewed to a full care plan with young person input
Ensuring all care plans are SMART and stretching, recovery focused
Reduce barriers to acc
ess to identify needs by;
Identify different cultural groups in the community and have presence there
Use of other venues for assessments to reach young people
Drop in / duty for assessments on ad-hoc basis
Offering screening / brief assessments before comprehensive to detemine if comprehensive assessment is needed
Outreach assessments for young people who cant get to service
Safeguarding
Raise CAFs and be lead professional when need presents
Link to LAC, social services to capture YPs at risk
automatic referral to YP services for YPs presenting in A and E
Multi-agency work
signpost to other services
presence with other agency to capture YPs in other services
work with agency to share and source info avoiding duplication of work
work with agency to safeguard
Family involvment
Family involvment group meetings
Think Family
involving family / carers in treatment
Young Person Involvment
YP volunteering so service has strong YP influence, and YP knowledge base
YP peer support to promote recovery support
YP groups to be created to develop questionnaire around YP needs
Comprehensive Assessments
Ensure comprehensive include an initial care plan
Use of IT to complete assessments - e.g. IPADs to engage YPs and prevent duplication of work
Use of ITEP maps in assessments to engage YP / YP friendly
Staff experts in assessments so can deliver in innovative ways to engage YPs - e.g. using paperwork as back up, and undertaken assessments through engaged conversation
Comprehensive assessment seeks positive / resiliance /assets / Protective factors of YPs to identify recovery capital and hence reocovery needs
Inclusive of all physical / social / and mental health needs e.g. education, recovery (support network / access to mutual aid / peer support) needs
Use of Psycho-social Interventions to Identify needs
Promote / facilitate meaningful activities / which can be evidenced for effectiveness via YP feedback
ITEP Mapping / Young Person friendly around building strengths / goal setting / support networks
MI to resolve ambivalance / use of decisonal balance