East of England admissions avoidance

Section 1 - About you and your child and young person (CYP)

The Eastern Regional Parent Carer Forums have been supporting NHSE and NHSi to Prevent Inappropriate Admissions to mental health hospitals for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), otherwise called TIER 4 ADMISSION AVOIDANCE. This online survey seeks your views. We aim to use what we learn from all that you share to identify good practice, highlight barriers to access, and identify gaps in service / provision. This survey is in five sections and is made up of a number of choice responses with a few text boxes to capture your experiences / views. It should take about 20 minutes to complete.

The survey will remain open until 30 April.

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* 1. 1. Please tell us who you are (select all that apply to you):

I am a parent carer of a child or young person (C/YP) who has needed / is receiving counselling or therapy for mental health difficulties.

I am a parent carer of a C/YP who has needed / is receiving complex mental health support

I am a member of my Parent Carer Forum

I am a Rep or Steering Group member for my Parent Carer Forum

I am not a member of a parent carer forum

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Thinking back to the time your child / young person was first referred to social emotional support services, can you recall where or by whom this support was provided? (please consider the list of places, people or other web-based support that offer Tier 1 social emotional wellbeing support services. (select all that apply):

At school - Child Adolescent Mental Health support worker

At School - from the school nurse

At school – from a teacher

At school - from a SENCO

At a Children’s Centre

By a Health Visitor

By your GP

By Websites – like MIND

By using the SEND - Local Offer

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Sometimes more targeted support is needed, does this apply to your child / young person?

Yes

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* 4. If you have said ‘Yes’ to Q3 above - please tell us what targeted support you have accessed for your child / young person, or for you as a family, from the following Tier 2 support services listed below (select all that apply)

Family consultation to identify specific learning for you as family to better understand behaviours that your child / young person may exhibit, and how to best support them

Mentoring support programme (this could be for the child / young person or for you as parent carer

On-line wellbeing interventions for your child / young person - e.g., Kooth

Face to face counselling sessions

Other (please specify)

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* 5. When things are more complex there will be a need to access a range of specialist services and for practitioners to work together in a multidisciplinary way, this level of support is called Tier 3 support. In such cases your child / young person will receive tailored support and may be recorded on the Dynamic Support Register (DSR). This registration will enable different practitioners to carry out different assessments in a joined -up way. Does this apply to your child / young person?

Yes

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* 6. If you have said ‘Yes’ to Q5 above - using the list below, please say which practitioners your child / young person has been / is supported by (select all that apply):

Community mental health practitioners

Children psychiatry

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) or Child and Adolescent Mental Health services (CAMHS)

Other (please specify)

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* 7. In some cases, a child / young person will exhibit an extraordinarily complex range of needs. To support them to remain safe and to help them recover they may need to access Tier 4, inpatient hospital services – does this apply to your child / young person?

Yes

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* 8. If you have said ‘Yes’ to Q 7 please select one of the following.

My child / young person

Is currently in a Tier 4 highly specialised mental health service inpatient bed

Has been in Tier 4 bed in the past 6-12 months

Has been in Tier 4 bed in the 12-18 months

Has been in Tier 4 bed in the 18-24 months

Other (please specify)

East of England admissions avoidance

Section 1 - About you and your child and young person (CYP)

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* 1. 1. Please tell us who you are (select all that apply to you):

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* 3. Sometimes more targeted support is needed, does this apply to your child / young person?

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* 4. If you have said ‘Yes’ to Q3 above - please tell us what targeted support you have accessed for your child / young person, or for you as a family, from the following Tier 2 support services listed below (select all that apply)

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* 6. If you have said ‘Yes’ to Q5 above - using the list below, please say which practitioners your child / young person has been / is supported by (select all that apply):

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* 7. In some cases, a child / young person will exhibit an extraordinarily complex range of needs. To support them to remain safe and to help them recover they may need to access Tier 4, inpatient hospital services – does this apply to your child / young person?

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* 8. If you have said ‘Yes’ to Q 7 please select one of the following.My child / young person

* 8. If you have said ‘Yes’ to Q 7 please select one of the following.

My child / young person