Resources - Practice

Children and Young People Factsheet, by Katherine Darton, March 1998, Mind Updated by: George Stewart, March 2001.
Family Support Network leaflet (91kb PDF file) - South Somerset Mind
Initial Protocols for Shared Care of Common Mental Illnesses in East London, East London and City Mental Health Trust, City & Hackney Newham & Tower-Hamlets PCTs. (in process of being updated)
Resource pack for people working with young carers (Princess Royal Trust for Carers)
Safeguarding in Fragmented Families: Notes from PMHCWN Study Day, November 2007
SCIE Good Practice Framework website
SCIE Report 2: Working with families with alcohol, drug and mental health problems. This report looks at joint working between adult mental health and child care services for families where a parent has a persistent mental health, alcohol or drug problem. It provides examples of good practice, a summary of findings and recommendations.
SCIE Resource guide 1: Families that have alcohol and mental health problems: A template for partnership working. This guide looks at how to delivery high quality, coordinated adult mental health and child care services to families with a parent who misuses alcohol or who has a mental health problem. It promotes the use of collaborative protocols to further good practice and provides a template for agencies to use when developing local initiatives.
Still waiting for an answer (order form 997kb PDF file) - A short film documenting the development of the Parental Mental Health Service illustrating how a pragmatic approach to service design and partnership work can respond to the needs of families where a carer has a mental health problem.
Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust in partnership with NSPCC are keen to promote this model that won a commendation from the Secretary of State for Health for excellence in healthcare management in 2004.
As well as the film a range of support is available to agencies interested in developing a similar type of provision that includes clinic-based open mornings, facilitated workshops and consultation. For more information contact Amynta Cardwell Clinical Strategy Manager.
Supporting Depressed Parents: Isolated and Depressed Mothers of Children under Five, The Mental Health Foundation.
Working with families with alcohol, drug and mental health problems. This report focuses on the policies and practices that can promote integrated services to families. By Patricia Kearney, Enid Levin and Gwen Rosen. June 2003.
Young Carers' Guidance for Schools and Education Departments (The Princess Royal Trust for Carers)

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