Impact - Peer Support Workers The money raised by Fight For All The Feels campaign has launched this new innovative and accessible model of care post-pandemic. It will fund Peer Support Workers who, once established, will be the first of their kind within Children’s and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK.This appeal has now closed. Thank you. Each of the Peer Support Workers will be aged between 16 and 24-years-old, all with their own lived-experiences of mental illness. Crucially they will all come from the same communities and backgrounds of the people they will support. Therefore, not only will they be able to help young people with their medical recovery, they will aid them with their personal recovery too. The Peer Support Workers will act as a direct point of contact for young people from referral, throughout treatment and during the discharge period. The aim of this innovative new role is to: Reduce the number of referrals to the service Reduce the number of children and young people presenting in crisis at Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s Emergency Department Reduce the number of children and young people requiring in-patient admission Speed up discharges Lessen the likelihood of re-referrals within six months of discharge Reduce the number and likelihood of missed appointments. Our ambition is to provide long-term support via the Peer Support Workers, and so our next phase of fundraising will focus on increasing the capacity of the team to enable us to reach more children and young people in need. Will you join us in our fight for youth mental health by donating? Watch our charity patron, Ben Francis, speak to our young people about why having peer support workers are so important: Manage Cookie Preferences
The money raised by Fight For All The Feels campaign has launched this new innovative and accessible model of care post-pandemic. It will fund Peer Support Workers who, once established, will be the first of their kind within Children’s and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK.This appeal has now closed. Thank you. Each of the Peer Support Workers will be aged between 16 and 24-years-old, all with their own lived-experiences of mental illness. Crucially they will all come from the same communities and backgrounds of the people they will support. Therefore, not only will they be able to help young people with their medical recovery, they will aid them with their personal recovery too. The Peer Support Workers will act as a direct point of contact for young people from referral, throughout treatment and during the discharge period. The aim of this innovative new role is to: Reduce the number of referrals to the service Reduce the number of children and young people presenting in crisis at Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s Emergency Department Reduce the number of children and young people requiring in-patient admission Speed up discharges Lessen the likelihood of re-referrals within six months of discharge Reduce the number and likelihood of missed appointments. Our ambition is to provide long-term support via the Peer Support Workers, and so our next phase of fundraising will focus on increasing the capacity of the team to enable us to reach more children and young people in need. Will you join us in our fight for youth mental health by donating? Watch our charity patron, Ben Francis, speak to our young people about why having peer support workers are so important: