Children and young people - community mental health and wellbeing: supports and services framework

Aims

This Framework aims to:

• Set out a clear broad approach for the support that children, young people, their family members and their carers should be able to access for their mental health and wellbeing in their community.
• Assist local partnerships – such as Children’s Services Planning Partnerships (CSPPs) and Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) – with the establishment and development of new or existing community mental health and wellbeing supports and services.
• Facilitate the creation, enhancement or ongoing delivery of services that can provide support that is innovative and additional to universal services, with a focus on prevention and early intervention.
• Ultimately, improve the lives of children, young people, their family members and their carers through easily accessible community-based support for their mental health and wellbeing (see Appendix A for Framework outcomes).