Future in Mind

Our vision for children and young people’s mental health

/ The government wants us to work out what needs doing to make mental health services better for children and younger people.
Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council and the NHS in Derbyshire are all working together to do this.
/ We know that children and young people have lots of new experiences:
  • going to new places
  • meeting new people
  • living somewhere new
  • needing to make new friends
  • starting college or a job

/ In their life, one person in every four will have a problem with their mental health.
The problems can start by the time they are 14 - 18 years old.
/ Having a mental health problem might make you:
  • feel sad all the time
  • worry all the time
  • behave badly
  • not eat properly

/ We promise to:
  • be clear what services there are
  • work with you, your family and other groups to make good choices about how and where to spend money on services

/ Over the next 5 years we want your help to do 6 things - to make life better for children and young people with mental health problems.
/ 1st
Make sure schools and people who provide services know how to tell if someone has a mental health problem and might need help.
Help schools and service providers to have people, systems and technology in place to help and support those children and young people.
/ 2nd
Make it easier for children and young people who need help to get it.
/ 3rd
Make sure that those that need the most care get help quickly.
/ 4th
Make sure that everyone knows what our plan is and who they can speak to if there is a problem.
/ 5th
Make sure we, and other people who provide services have the right staff, in the right places to help.
/ 6th
We will:
  • find out what is important to the children and young people who get the services
  • find ways of checking that the services make the difference people wanted.



/ Our ways of knowing if the plans have worked wellfor children and young people are if:
  • they feel better about their mental health and wellbeing
  • their schools and services help them cope with their lives
  • they know how to get the services they need
  • they and their families have been involved in decisions about their care
  • less children and young people hurt themselves on purpose and need to go to hospital
  • less children have to stop going to school because they have been behaving badly
  • more young people aged 16-18 stay at school, college, in training or have a job.

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