What does good practice look like when it comes to support for care leavers’ mental health? A new podcast series shares key recommendations from research and lived experience.
Leaving care can be a challenging time for young people. Many face the 'care cliff’ at 18, leading to a decrease in the access they have to services, including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
A series of five open access podcasts examine support for care leavers’ mental health and wellbeing. The first three episodes explore good practice in three services offering specialist mental health and wellbeing support to care leavers. This is followed by episodes that hear from care experienced young people and messages from recent research.
An accompanying blog explores the mental health and wellbeing needs of care leavers, highlighting useful Research in Practice learning resources.
Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers
In this series of five linked podcasts, we speak to care leavers, practitioners and a researcher about support for care leavers’ mental health and wellbeing.
Meeting the mental health and wellbeing needs of care leavers
A new blog explores the challenges many care leavers face when seeking mental health support, including access to services and the impact of trauma.
It’s important to ensure that care leavers have access to appropriate, trauma-informed mental health and wellbeing support when they need it.
Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers
In this series of five linked podcasts we speak to care leavers, practitioners and a researcher about support for care leavers’ mental health and wellbeing.
Meeting the mental health and wellbeing needs of care leavers
Leaving care can be a challenging time for many young people. Catrin Wallace explores the challenges many care leavers face when seeking mental health support, including access to services and the impact of trauma.