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Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy engagement

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Background

Have your say on the draft Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Board is consulting on the draft of the new Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. The strategy outlines how the Partnership will work towards ensuring that the mental health and wellbeing support available to young people in Barnet is effective and accessible, and how it will work towards ensuring that all young people in Barnet can be happy, healthy and thriving.

What we are proposing

We are proposing a set of basic

Background

Have your say on the draft Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Board is consulting on the draft of the new Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. The strategy outlines how the Partnership will work towards ensuring that the mental health and wellbeing support available to young people in Barnet is effective and accessible, and how it will work towards ensuring that all young people in Barnet can be happy, healthy and thriving.

What we are proposing

We are proposing a set of basic principles which underpin the way we work within the Mental Health and Wellbeing system, as well as our vision for the borough and our priorities around the development and enhancement of our mental health and wellbeing offer for children and young people.

Your views are important to us

We want to hear your views on our proposals. We want to hear from residents, , businesses, community groups and organisations, as well as from those who work, visit or study in the borough.

How to have your say:

We are keen to hear your views on our proposals and encourage you to have your say by completing our online questionnaire .

If you would like to request a paper questionnaire or another format, please:

  • email soriyah.carnegie@barnet.gov.uk or telephone 020 8359 6226.
  • alternatively, you can write to Soriyah Carnegie, Children and Family Services, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW.

If you would like someone to help you complete the questionnaire or need more information, please contact us using one of the above methods.

Attend a consultation meeting or group discussion

Throughout the consultation we will also be running a series of consultation meetings with tenants, residents and landlords, and in-depth group discussions with residents and tenants from different backgrounds. If you would like to attend one of these events please email Soriyah.carnegie@barnet.gov.uk with your availability.


What happens after the consultation closes?

The council will use the consultation findings to inform our final draft of the strategy. We will publish the results of the consultation and how we are acting on the results of the consultation on this web page in March 2024.

This engagement has now closed.

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on the draft of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We specifically wanted to know your thoughts on the priorities and principles set out within the strategy with the aim of better supporting Barnet’s young people in their mental wellbeing.

    You said

    Throughout the consultation period, 39 feedback forms were received, along with the eight participants who attended two focus groups.

    • the feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with significant support for the proposed principles and priorities
    • respondents and focus group participants expressed a sense of urgency around the publication and implementation of the strategy
    • actions suggested as part of the strategy’s implementation included involving Barnet’s schools in the final ‘A System for Success’ priority, along with highlighting the impact of physical wellbeing on the mental health of children and young people within our communications campaigns

    We did

    In response to the feedback received, several changes have been made to the strategy, including the use of clearer language in some parts of the document, along with noting the suggestions to be included within the strategy’s action plan.

    The strategy was approved for publication by Cabinet in May 2024, and is currently in the pre-publication design stage.