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The Mental Health Needs of Looked after Children: An Integrated Multi-Agency Model of Care

Ciaran Kelly

The Behaviour Resource Service, Southampton, UK, ciaran.kelly.NHS{at}southampton.gov.uk

Susan Allan

The Behaviour Resource Service, Southampton, UK

Patricia Roscoe

The Behaviour Resource Service, Southampton, UK

Elizabeth Herrick

The Behaviour Resource Service, Southampton, UK

The mental health needs of looked after children are reviewed and the challenges involved with developing accessible mental health services are discussed. This article describes a multi-agency approach to the delivery of mental health services and focuses on the development, operation and evaluation of a Tier 4 multi-agency team; The Behaviour Resource Service (BRS). The BRS community and residential teams provide an intensive service to children and young people identified as having the most complex needs. Approximately 50% of the service users are looked after children. The needs-led model of multi-agency assessment, intervention and collaborative working is described with attention to the role of the BRS within the professional network. Particular issues pertinent to multi-agency work with looked after children are considered.

Key Words: intensive treatment • looked after children • multi-agency • networks

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 8, No. 3, 323-335 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104503008003004
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