Useful Resources - Culturally Sensitive Services

 

Leaflets for Parents and Young People

The NCSS has produced leaflets about CAMHS in 14 different languages. Click on the links below, which will take you to a list of available leaflets.

Information for Parents and Young People

You can also download a language identification chart. The aim of this document is to help you and your clients identify which leaflet is required.

CAMHS Poster

This Poster can be displayed in children's centres, GP surgeries, school counselling offices, colleges and so on. The information is in 14 different languages and there is space at the bottom of the poster for Local CAMHS to tailor it by adding their details at the bottom.

Cultural Competence Tools

The NCSS produced this tool in association with The Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Middlesex University.

Organisational Cultural Competence Self Assessment Tool [OCCA Tool] for CAMHS

Evaluation of Cultural Competence Training

This report was commissioned by the NCSS, and produced by HASCAS, Nov 2007.

NCSS Response to the Independent Evaluation to the Cultural Competence for CAMHS Pilot Programme & Action Plan Arising from the Evaluation.

Handbook from the NCSS National Conference

Cracking Cultural Competence in CAMHS, 4th April 2006

Guide to Ethnicity

The Government Office for the North East has produced a very useful document - Ethnicity in the North East. It contains lots of useful information about different cultural and religious beliefs and values.

Cultural identity, clothing and common mental disorder: a prospective school-based study of white British and Bangladeshi adolescents

Paper in the Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health, by K Bhui et al., May 2008. Click here to read the abstract.

Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care

This document is an action plan for achieving equality and tackling discrimination in mental health services in England for all people of Black and minority ethnic (BME) status, including those of Irish or Mediterranean origin and east European migrantsClick on image to download report.

Inside Outside

This document sets out proposals for reforming the service experience and service outcome of people black and minority ethnic groups who experience mental ill health and who come into contact with mental health services, as users or carers.Click on image to download document.

Positive Steps

This guide offers advice and support to help mental health care staff respond to the needs of Black and minority ethnic (BME) patients.Click on the image to download the report.

NSF Standard 9

CAMHS Standard of the NSFClick on the Image to Download the Report.

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CAMHS Poster

Poster to inform young people how to find their local CAMHS. Info is in a variety of languages.

Use this poster is to inform young people about how to access their local CAMHS.

Tailor it by adding the service details at the bottom.

(This is quite a large file, so it will take a while to download.)

Leaflets About CAMHS

Click on the image to download this leaflet.The NCSS have produced leaflets in variety of languages, which are aimed at parents, and children and young people.

Last updated: 22 Jul 08