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‘Someone to talk to who'll listen’: addressing the psychosocial needs of children and families
Author(s) -
AttrideStirling Jennifer,
Davis Hilton,
Markless Gill,
Sclare Irene,
Day Crispin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.613
Subject(s) - psychosocial , mental health , agency (philosophy) , intervention (counseling) , psychology , health promotion , interpersonal communication , service (business) , nursing , public relations , public health , social psychology , sociology , medicine , psychiatry , political science , business , social science , marketing
The paper presents the Lewisham Community Child and Family Service (LCCFS), a community‐based intervention providing psychosocial help for children, young people, parents and families. The service is focused on early intervention, prevention and promotion in the improvement of local health. It works under a service framework based on inter‐agency collaboration, and a counselling model based on community and interpersonal partnerships, grounded in personal construct theory (Kelly, 1955). The policy demands and local need for accessible and acceptable mental health are discussed, and quantitative and qualitative findings of the needs assessment preceding the establishment of the LCCFS are presented, supporting the need for community mental health provision. The feasibility for the LCCFS to reconcile and meet the policy demands and the needs of parents with respect to child psychosocial help and services are discussed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.