Children and families seeking support face many challenges in a complex system, they may knock on the wrong door, wait in the wrong queue or search for non-existing services. Social services should be built around families and should be available as early as possible. To reach this aim in Wales Regional Partnership Boards have been created to help services to plan together much better services for children.
This report focuses on children with complex emotional or mental health needs and on young people transitions to adult services with learning disabilities. The report tries to highlight the regional partnership practises and challenges through many cases studies, and set recommendations to improve the integration of services.
Learn more in the report about the:
- Regional partnership boards policy context and operation,
- How they help children with complex needs,
- How they ensure that children's and young people participation,
- What the no wrong door means for them,
- Further challenges and recommendations.
Some of their main activities:
- Using the COVID crisis to develop the services, like the 24-hour phone support.
- Maintain the mental well-being and health during and after COVID and the ability for children to access the required health assistance.
- Listen to the opinions of the younger people and highlight what is important to them.
- Pay attention to children with complex needs
- Combining different services together like in healthcare social services to aid children who have a struggle with their mental health and other issues
- Provide emotional support for children
- Assist in the education of children with learning disabilities
- Highlighting the rights of children to have a proper home and clothing, and the right to play and self-expression
- Combining multiple partnership bodies from all over Wales to provide the best services for children and families.
- Assist children with physical disabilities or children suffering from a psychological trauma