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Enabling practitioners working with young people who self-harm

Foster, C; Birch, L; Allen, S; Rayner, GC

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Authors

L Birch

S Allen

GC Rayner



Abstract

Purpose: This paper outlines a United Kingdom based interdisciplinary workforce development project that had the aim of improving service delivery for children and young people who self-harm or are feeling suicidal.

Approach: This innovative practice-higher-education partnershiputilised an iterative consultation process to establish the local workforce need and then facilitated the systematic synthesis and presentation of evidence-based clinical guidelines in a practical format, for staff working directly with young people who self-harm in non-mental health settings.

Outcomes: The development, content and structure of this contextualised resourceis presented, along with emerging outcomes and learning from the team.It is anticipated that this may also be a useful strategy and resource for other teams in other areas and is intended to provide a template that can be adapted by other localities to meet the specific needs of their own workforce.

Practical Implications: The paper demonstrates how higher education-practice partnershipscan make clinical guidelines and research evidence in a field often thought of as highly specialist,accessible to all staff. It also shows a process of liaison and enhanced understanding across universal/specialist mental health service thresholds.


Originality/Value: This paperdemonstrates how collaborative partnerships can work to bridge the gap between evidence-based guidelinesand their implementation in practice, through innovative multi-agency initiatives.


Keywords: Self-harm, suicide, children, young people, interdisciplinary, workforce development, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, mental health, adolescent
Paper Type: case study

Citation

Foster, C., Birch, L., Allen, S., & Rayner, G. (2015). Enabling practitioners working with young people who self-harm. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 10(4), 268-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2014-0011

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 9, 2014
Publication Date Sep 14, 2015
Deposit Date Oct 20, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 3, 2017
Journal Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice
Print ISSN 1755-6228
Electronic ISSN 2042-8707
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 4
Pages 268-280
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2014-0011
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2014-0011
Related Public URLs http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/jmhtep.htm
Additional Information Funders : Knowsley Clinical Comissioning Group;Knowsley Council
Projects : Supporting Children and Young People in Knowsley Who Self Harm or are Feeling Suicidal

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