Breadcrumb Home research priorities survey - young people You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Identifying research priorities to improve the access to and delivery of joined-up care and support for children and young people with care (or edge of care) experience with unmet emotional and behavioural needs What is this survey for? In the Autumn we spoke to young people and ran a survey for practitioners in health, social care, education, and the third sector (charities) to ask about their experiences around the access to, and delivery of, joined-up care and support for care-experienced children and young people (as well as those on the edge of care; aged 11-25) with unmet emotional and behavioural needs. We did this because we want to find important areas to research. Thank you to those who took part! We put your questions into categories and have produced a list of 28 summary questions. These questions are set out in this survey and we are asking you to choose the ones that are most important to you. Please take part in this survey if you: work within services that provide care and support (including health, social services, education, third sector and the wider network of outreach and support) in Wales, and have experience working with this group of children and young people. Private organisations are not included. advocate for care- or edge of care experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs in Wales. are a parent or guardian of care- or edge of care- experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs. Following our discussion groups with children and young people about these questions, they can also vote using this survey. What are we asking you to do? Please read the list and choose up to 10 questions that you think are most important for researchers to answer based on your own experiences and opinions. Please ask others to complete this survey too. We want to make researchers aware of the issues that matter to lots of people. Is it confidential? This is a confidential survey. We will ask for a little information about you. This is so that we can understand who is completing the survey and whether we are hearing from a wide range of people. After completing the survey, you will be asked if you would like to take part in the final workshop to decide on the top ten priorities. This is completely voluntary, and we do not link your survey responses to the details you provide in the workshop form. For more information, see our privacy notice. Please note: We received some responses to the last survey that did not fit with the scope of this project. We have saved these and will use them in different ways, such as sending them to policy colleagues in Welsh Government. Survey Which of the following best describes you? Please choose one option Parent, guardian, or carer Young person (aged over 16) who has contact with care and support services in Wales Advocate for children and young people in Wales Social Care Practitioner in Wales Healthcare Practitioner in Wales Education Practitioner in Wales Third Sector Practitioner in Wales Which area do you work (for practitioners and advocates) or live (for parents, guardians, young people) in? Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire Powys Swansea, Neath Port Talbot Pan Wales Somewhere else – please explain Enter other… For practitioners and advocates only. Among the children and young people that you have worked with, have you had experience of working with any of the following groups? (tick all that apply) Children and young people in care Children and young people on the edge of care (including preventative care and support) Care leavers or care experienced young people Young carers Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic families Children and young people from Gypsy, Traveller or Roma communities Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender children and young people Disabled children and young people Neurodiverse children and young people Children and young people who are asylum seekers or refugees Children and young people who are Welsh language speakers Please tick the questions that you think are most important for research to answer – you can submit up to 10. When we say ‘service/s’ we mean health, social care, education, and third sector. 1. How can services work together to make sure that listening, understanding of care-experienced young person’s needs, and gaining their trust, are at the centre of practice? How does this impact on the support the child or young person receives? 2. How can we improve the understanding of people working across all services of what having care- or edge-of-care-experience is like? What impact would this have to the care and support children and young people have for their emotional and behavioural needs? 3. How can care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs be more involved in the decisions that affect them? What benefits or challenges might this way of working bring? 4. How can services work with children and young people with care-experience to decide the most suitable setting for them to receive care and support for their unmet emotional and behaviour needs? For example, at school, at home 5. How can statutory services (social services, health, education) and third sector organisations (charities) work in a way that complement each other to provide the right care and support, at the right time, to care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs? 6. What opportunities are there for closer working between Health and Social Services, and what are the potential benefits or drawbacks of this for the care and support that care-experienced young people receive? 7. How should services decide who takes the lead to ensure care-experienced children and young people’s emotional and behavioural needs are met? 8. What are the organisational barriers (practical or cultural) to providing a care and support service that puts the child’s needs first? How can these barriers be overcome? 9. How can services better understand each other’s roles and responsibilities (including use of language, eligibility for services and service pathways) to provide more seamless care and support to care-experienced children and young people? 10. How can emotional and behavioural support be provided in the community for care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs? What evidence is there to support this approach? For example, community hubs, a ‘one stop shop’ providing multiple types of support and advice. 11. How can services work together to identify care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs who are at risk (for example, of school exclusion, substance misuse, homelessness, child sexual exploitation/child criminal exploitation or involvement with youth justice), so they can receive better care and support to prevent these risks occurring? 12. How can services work together to better support care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs where there are complex, co-occurring needs around additional learning needs and/or neurodivergence? 13. How can services work together to identify care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs at an early stage? And what are benefits/cost benefits of this? 14. What support would most benefit care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs waiting for a mental health diagnosis and/or waiting to access mental health services? 15. How best can care and support services be mapped and/or knowledge from mapping be shared to highlight gaps in provision, and to inform people working in different services about what support is available to who and where? 16. How best can care and support services be shared, promoted, or advertised so care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs can understand the care and support available to them and how to access it? 17. What can be done to make sure that care-experienced children and young people are not disadvantaged by moving across local or national boundaries? 18. Could opportunities for practitioner networking and communities of practice involving all services improve the care and support of care-experienced young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs? 19. How do medical definitions of mental health affect the support provided to care-experienced young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs (e.g. for referrals and assessments)? What alternatives are there to using medical definitions of mental health for making decisions on care and support options? 20. How could services work together to provide practical life skills and self-care training for care-experienced young people and their families to help them manage emotions and behaviours and build resilience? 21. How can services work together to provide seamless planning and support to care-experienced young people for their emotional and behavioural needs when they are transitioning to adulthood? 22. Does working in a trauma-informed way across services help children and young people with their unmet emotional and behavioural needs? What difference does this make to their outcomes? 23. What is the most effective way to share information and deliver training about trauma informed approaches throughout organisations, to help embed them consistently and sustainably across services? 24. How effective are multi-disciplinary teams and liaison roles between services (health, social care, education) in improving outcomes for care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs? 25. How effective are multi-disciplinary services based in educational settings (schools, further education, higher education and alternative education providers) for delivering care and support for children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs? How can these be designed with the young person in mind? 26. What opportunities are there for cross-regional approaches or interventions to oversee referrals and allocations across Wales for care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs. What are the benefits and drawbacks of these? 27. How effective are multi-agency interventions in building emotional resilience, and developing coping mechanisms and emotional literacy, in care-experienced children and young people with unmet emotional and behavioural needs? 28. How effective are restorative approaches (those focussing on building and repairing relationships) in supporting care experienced children and young with their unmet emotional and behavioural needs. How can these be implemented across services? Leave this field blank