Health workers in Youth Offending Teams - Find a freedom of information request

Our aim in this national survey (Freedom of Information Request) is to map the extent to which this is happening and the nature of the posts in place. Can you please answer the following short questions?

1.

a. Do you have access to a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) funded health worker?

b. If You answered ‘no’ to question 1a do you know why the CCG does not meet their statutory responsibility?

2. What discipline is this person? e.g. Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHs) worker, Health Visitor.

3. How many hours does this person contribute to your team per week?

4.

a. If you have a health worker has the impact of this role ever been evaluated/audited?

b. If the health worker role has ever been audited/ evaluated please attach a copy of the report to your reply.

5. Has the health worker initiative, as outlined in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, been impactful?

1.

a.Yes.

b. Not Applicable.

2. (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) CAMHS Associate Practitioner.

3. 2.0 Full-time equivalent (FTE) posts at 37 hours per week.

4.

a. No.

b. Not Applicable.

5. Yes, it has supported partnership working and enabled greater engagement with a cohort of young people that often resist conventional appointments.