The NewCan practice framework: using risk and resilience to work at the interface between professional expertise and parental knowledge and experience in child and adolescent mental health.

Croom, Susan and Procter, Susan (2005) The NewCan practice framework: using risk and resilience to work at the interface between professional expertise and parental knowledge and experience in child and adolescent mental health. Practice: Social Work in Action, 17 (2). pp. 113-126. ISSN 0950-3153

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Abstract

This paper describes the NewCan1 practice framework that is designed to enable professionals from a range of agencies (health care, education, social services) to utilise evidence on risk and protective factors in child and adolescent mental heath (CAMH) in order that they can: 1. Assess the child and family needs using a common evidence base and shared language to communicate across all agencies involved in the care of the child; 2. Enhance local capacity to respond to the needs of these children by identifying resources/services available locally which can enhance protective factors and reduce risk; 3. Develop a plan of intervention shared by all agencies involved in the care of the child, including the child's contribution and that of their family/carers to the realisation of the plan. The framework was designed to help practitioners across agencies to identify the most effective combination of universal, targeted and clinical services for each child/family and community that can be configured to respond to the risk and protective factors within the local socio-cultural context. This paper describes the development of the framework and includes some preliminary experiences from professionals and parents who have used the framework in practice.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This doctoral work is directly relevant to the NSF and the WHO policy on CAMH. It was presented at the RCN International Research Conference and the International Primary Care Conference in Japan. This led to an invitation to do a keynote lecture at the University of Toronto.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	risk factors, protective factors, resilience, common assessment for child and adolescent mental health, multi-agency working, capacity
Subjects:	L500 Social Work
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Depositing User:	EPrint Services
Date Deposited:	09 May 2008 13:58
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 15:26
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2567

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