CAMHS in afya

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40% of CAMHS referrals by GPs are rejected which clearly was a high number. She has been involved with a service called Bloom which is only in Penwith but may be expanded which looked at the rejected referrals to see if there were common themes and to see if more effective signposting could be achieved. There has recently been opened an Early Help Hub to assist with referral difficulties. She encouraged the use of CAMHS eligibility criteria found on the RMS website eg Pre adhd referral children need an educational psychology report (via school) and a parenting course. She talked of a programme run in schools called Thrive which stresses  non-medical intervention looking at emotional development as strands .(being doing thinking ....), and tries to fill gaps in challenging emotional behaviour. In particular learning to manage high emotion (validate, contain, calm) and separating the child's behaviour from your emotion. She gave out a useful apps and websites sheet which I have filed for use and ten top tips as to how to get CAMHS referrals accepted.

Top  ten tips to get into camhs .... (include in the referral)
Look at whole family
Get appropriate history and time frame
Ask about school and school support
Always ask who else is involved in support ? Social care etc
Think functionally .. Children global assessment scale >35 ... Camhs need poor function in several areas
Encourage parenting courses .. ed psych. Report .. early help hub accessing 1to1 support worker
Think community resources .. local youth projects .. dread noughts the wave etc (see sheet)
Kooth osw beme referrals may help
Bloom if in penwith
Fill in camhs form not letter and check camhs cft eligibility criteria

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