Children and Young People’s Mental Health Strategy

This is the fourth Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CAMHS) Strategy for the City of York. It has been produced by the City of York CAMHS Executive, a partnership of the agencies working closely with children and young people in the city, and particularly concerned with their psychological health and development. The CAMHS Executive reports to the YorOK Children’s Trust Board that is a partnership of everybody who works with children and young people.

The strategy is to:

• Provide a clear sense of direction for everybody working to improve the psychological health of all the children and young people in the city.
• Help and inform children and young people about what services can provide for them, from the promotion of mental health through to services for those with acute psychological crises and those with chronic mental illness or disability.
• Enhance and develop the achievement and development of children and young people, and to ensure that we listen and respond to the voice of a wide range of stakeholders. 

Service experienced young people have been involved in the development of the strategy with the aim of fully involving young people in the development and reviewing of the impact of services on children’s psychological health.