Kingston CAMHS

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Kingston CAMHS

• Achievements and Challenges

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Achievements

• New assessment process
• Additional posts
• Continue to deliver a comprehensive service

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Referral Rate
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Achievements

• New Positions

• Substance Misuse Nurse
• Second Consultant
• Designated deliberate self harm worker

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No waiting lists !

• Last year
• 60 on treatment waiting list
• 15 month wait for social communication assessment
• 8 month wait for ADHD assessment

• This year
• No internal /external waiting lists.
• Work is more focused and in collaboration with
  families
• Peer supervision groups

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Small but Powerful !
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Good Skills Mix

• Psychiatry
• Psychology
• Family Therapy
• Dietician
• Counselling
• Nursing
• Art Therapy
• Psychotherapy

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Other Achievements

• Development work with user feedback
• More flexible ways of working to suit families
  e.g. out of hours appointments in Eating
  Disorders clinic.
• Managing changes in IT system

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Challenges

• Referral rate increase
• Evaluation and information outcome measures and
  audits
• Improving CHOICE -
• young people and their families want more
  information about mental health to make their own
  decisions about care provision
• Integrating new computer system with assessment
  process

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Challenges

• Mental Health Promotion -Targeting of hard to
  reach groups
• To ensure the most appropriate referrals seen by
  our tier 3 service
• To continue to provide a good service and meet
  targets
• Continue to improve interagency relationships
  with support from voluntary sector