We’ve also been calling for a network of early support hubs which would provide young people somewhere to go when they first start to struggle with their mental health. Support the #FundTheHubs campaign by emailing your MP.
We’re thrilled to have launched our brand new strategy, which sets out our vision of equality in mental health and how we’re going to go about achieving it. To realise our ambitions we need to expand our research team! Could you be our new Children & Young People’s Mental Health Researcher? Apply here.
Covid-19 is widening inequalities in mental health, and major gaps in mental health research mean we don’t have the evidence and information we need to address this.Produced on behalf of the Mental Health Research Group, this report explores the inequities in research funding and production, and sets out ways of tackling them.
Poor mental health is exceptionally common in prison. This review of prison mental health care shares examples of the good and innovative practice happening in England. However, wider change is urgently needed to improve mental health among people in prison. We've shared recommendations for making people safer.
People who live with long-term physical conditions are twice as likely to have poor mental health as those who do not. But our new research with National Voices finds that they have too few opportunities to ask for help with their mental health.This report calls for a greater focus on compassionate care for people with long-term conditions and shares guidance for health care practitioners.
Alongside the report, we've launched the #AskHowIAm campaign with National Voices to get health care practitioners talking to people living with long-term conditions about their mental health.
"No health without justice, no quality without equality"
We exist because too many people still don't receive the mental health support they need. We're determined to change this and have set out our strategy for making this happen.
Graham discusses the mental health needs of people in prisons, and argues for a fundamental culture shift to ensure a focus on rehabilitation and wellbeing in the criminal justice system.
We're calling for a network of early support hubs to be funded across the country to provide young people with pen access, flexible, early support with their mental health.
Find out more about the campaign to #FundTheHubs in this short video.
We have just launched a new IPS training course aimed at Senior Employment Specialists who carry out IPS client-based supervisions to support Employment Specialists. The first course will run virtually in November - book your place.
We have a few places left at our next “Leading for Excellence: Training for IPS Supervisors” course - book your place.
We're expanding our research team and seeking a researcher with experience in children and young people’s mental health.
This role will give you the opportunity to undertake interesting research which will contribute to improved life chances for children and young people. You will bring skills in working with children, parents, schools, have knowledge of CYP mental health policy, and recognise the value of participatory research.
