Useful Links
Below you will find links to sites relating to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. If you have any suggestions for this page please email the CAMHS webmaster
General
CAMHS Network - www.camhsnetwork.co.uk
Care Services Improvement Partnership - www.csip.org.uk
Carer's Handbook - Handbook
East London NHS Foundation Trust - www.eastlondon.nhs.uk
Eating Disorders Association - http://www.edauk.com
Every Child Matters - www.everychildmatters.gov.uk
Mental Health Foundation - www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
National CAMHS Support Service - www.camhs.org.uk
National Family and Parenting Institute - www.familyandparenting.org
National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) - nimhe.csip.org.uk/home
Newham Children's Fund - www.newhaminfotv.co.uk/newham/index.html
Newham Connexions - www.newhamconnexions.com
Newham Council - www.newham.gov.uk
Newham Healthy Schools - www.newhamhss.org
Newham PCT - www.newhampct.nhs.uk
NIMHE Knowledge Community - kc.nimhe.org.uk/
Parenting Forum - www.parenting-forum.org.uk
SPARK substance misuse advice - www.spark-newham.org.uk/
Young Minds - www.youngminds.org.uk
Directories
Counselling Directory - www.counselling-directory.org.uk
Newham Council services - www.newham.gov.uk
The Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium - www.nvsc.org.uk
Good Practice
Focus Good Practice Library - www.focusproject.org.uk
HandsOnScotland -
Resource providing practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour.
www.handsonscotland.co.uk
London East Connexions (LECP) Training -
Wide selection of training for practitioners working with young people
www.lecp.org.uk/training
Young Minds - Good Practice
Youth Work Online -
Practitioners sharing their ideas about the future of youth work and the web.
youthworkonline.org.uk
Funding/Fundraising
Research grants from the Mental Health Foundation - www.mhf.org.uk
Involving Children and Young People
British Youth Council - www.byc.org.uk
Participation Works - www.participationworks.org.uk/
The Headspace Toolkit - www.headspacetoolkit.org/
UK Youth Parliament - www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/
Youth at the Table - www.atthetable.org/
Reports
Current Research Projects at East London NHS Foundation Trust - www.eastlondon.nhs.uk
What is the evidence on the effectiveness of empowerment to improve health? 10 Feb 2006 -
Details of a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Evidence Network written by Nina Wallerstein from University of New Mexico.
http://nimhe.csip.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.viewItem&intItemID=83977
Publications
Adolescent Unit -
Free handouts useful for adolescent units, hospitals, social services or anyone interested in good care practice.
Hand outs
Barnardo’s -
The UK’s leading children’s charity, offering a range of support services for
children, young people and their families.
Publications shop
Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) -
Large choice of publications, categorised by theme.
Publications
Carnegie Young People Initiative (CYPI) -
Children and young people’s participation is the sole focus of CYPI. They specialise in research, new ideas, and piloting innovative projects.
Publications
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Today: a handbook (May 2008) -
Edited by Catherine Jackson, Kathryn Hill and Paula Lavis
Order
Healthy Outlooks Newsletter -
Email newsletter from the National; Children's Bureau, including news, training and conferences. Contact NCB for details.
www.ncb.org.uk
Participation Works -
Online gateway to the world of children and young people’s participation.
Training resources
The Children’s Rights Alliance (CRAE) -
An alliance of over 340 voluntary and statutory organisations committed to children’s human rights.
Bookshop
The Headspace Toolkit -
A self-advocacy and rights toolkit for young people in adolescent psychiatric units.
Headspace Toolkit
The National Children’s Bureau -
One of the leading publishers in the field of children’s services, with a wide range of books, reports, training and development resources, CD-ROMs and videos to support professionals, parents, children and young people
Publications
The Who Cares? Trust -
Publications encourage the active consultation and participation of young people living in care today.
Publications
Trust for the Study of Adolescence -
Over 200 titles for professionals working with young people, including a variety of resources: books, audio tapes, videos, DVDs, CDs, reports, training materials, and training packs. They also stock a small range of books and videos for parents of teenagers and some excellent titles for teenagers themselves to read.
Publications
Young Minds -
The national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people.
Publications
Youth in Mind -
Search for books by general topic, specific condition, risk factor, type of treatment etc
Bookfinder
