Be Healthy

PRACTICE EXAMPLES, TOOLS and RESOURCES

2. BEING HEALTHY 

• Yorkshire and Humber regional leaving care forum good practice guide on Health and Wellbeing provision for young people leaving care

2.1 Tools and resources

Health policies & guidance – National: England

• Grief Matters

• Improving health care for BME children and young people in and leaving care

• LGA and Sport England - Sport playing its part

• DoH - Self assessment tool for commissioning health services

• NCB Healthy Care Programme Handbook

• Disabled children standard - National Service Framework for children, young people and maternity services

• Promoting the health of Looked After Children - DoH

• National Service Framework for children, young people and maternity services standards summary

Health policies & guidance – National: Scotland

• Delivering a Healthy Future - An action framework for children and young people’s health in Scotland 

2.2 Tools and resources

Pathway plan - physical and emotional health needs

• Surrey 16+ - Mental health and emotional screening policy 

• Pathway Plan - Bath and NE Somerset

2.3 Tools and resources

Health information for young people

• Birmingham - Access to health information

2.4 Tools and resources

Health training and information materials for staff and carers – National

• Healthy care training for foster carers and residential social workers

• Teenage Pregnancy Unit - Guidance for Field Social Workers,  Residential Social Workers and Foster Carers on providing information and referring young people to contraceptive and sexual health services 

• World Health Organisation - Standards for adolescent friendly health services

2.4 Practice examples 

Access to youth friendly health advice & information

• Access to Health Advice - East Riding

• Access to Health Advice - Hull

• Access to Health Advice -Tower Hamlets

• Health Information - N. Somerset

2.5  Tools and resources

Access to counselling & mental health services

• Mental Health Guide for parents and professionals

• NSF models of good practice in CAMH’s  

2.5 Practice examples

• Counselling services - Hull

• Counselling services - Tower Hamlets 

2.6 Practice examples 

Young parents' support, information and access to health services
– Not yet available 

2.6 Tools and resources

Young parents' support, information and access to health services - National guidance

• Teenage pregnancy and looked after children - resource for teenage pregnancy coordinators

• Teenage Parents - Who cares? Guide for Commissioners

• Parenting support - Guidance for Local Authorities in England

• National Service Framework for children, young people and maternity services

• Reaching Out to Pregnant Teenagers - Sure Start

• National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy -accelerating the strategy till 2010

2.7 Tools and resources

Access to drug and alcohol misuse services

• Surrey - Drug use screening tool

• Surrey - Drug use screening tool guidance notes

• Hull - Information about drug and alcohol support services for young people

• Scottish Effective Intervention Unit - Substance misuse assessment

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2.8 Practice examples 

Financial assistance for health costs – Not yet available 

2.9 Tools and resources

Interagency protocols on access to health services

• East Riding - Health Professional role and responsibilities

• Redcar and Cleveland - Roles and responsibilities of designated nurse

2.10 Tools and Resources 

Transition to adult mental health services

• CAMHS Standard - National Services Framework for children, young people and maternity services

2.11 Practice examples 

Interagency leisure and health promotion services

• Health funded nurse – Hull

• Leisure pass provision -Tower Hamlets

• Medway – Leisure and Health services for young people

• Thurrock – Access to sexual health services

2.12 Tools and resources

Health knowledge assessment tool – young people’s needs, rights and responsibilities - Not yet available   

2.13

Tools and resources

Young people’s health status and access to services assessment tool

• Hull - 60 second survey on healthy eating

• NCB Healthy Care Programme Handbook

• Delivering Every Child Matters in Secure settings: A practical toolkit for improving the health and wellbeing of young people