hampshire county youth conference “keep calm and stay positive” 2 nd may 2014

Hampshire County Youth Conference

“Keep Calm and Stay Positive”

2nd May 2014

BoundariesPlease: • respect one another• understand that we are all entitled to our

views and opinions • behave in a way that the place you are

representing would expect• stay in the Ashburton Hall

Welcome to Hampshire

County Council

Introductions and Domestics

What is today all about?

Clio Bellenis

Director of CAMHS

Icebreaker

Human Bingo

KEEpad Quiz

Workshop 1

Mental Health… what is it?

Mental Health

“A state of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”

Emotional wellbeing

“A positive state of mind and body, feeling safe and able to cope, with a sense of connection with people, communities and the wider environment” 

Staying well....

Some coping strategies

Reduce physical arousal (act opposite emotion, breathing exercises)

Distraction (thoughts, activities, contributions, sensations)

Block unhelpful thoughts (imagery)

Solve the problem

Am I doing everything on my daily maintenance plan?

What is the wise/effective thing to do? What takes me towards my long

term goals?

Signs - things to look out for......

Changes in ......

• Behaviour

• Mood

• Appetite / sleep

• Personality

• Social involvement

• Appearance

• Academic

performance

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO START TALKING!!!!

Counsellor

Siblings

A definition of stigma: The experience of shame or disgrace that sets people apart and identifies them

as being different or undesirable.

(Time to Change)

Many people report that the impact of stigma is harder to deal with than their actual mental

health problem.

Stigma.....

Prevents people from seeking help earlier

Fuels negative views; reduced self esteem (self stigma)

Can impact on....

• employment opportunities

• relationships

• treatment

• physical health

“Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma

and bias shame us all.”

Bill Clinton

Workshop 2

Wellness Plans

Mental Health in Hampshire

Lao CooperStrategic Lead for Emotional

Wellbeing Review

Clinical Commissioning Groups & Mental Health in Hampshire2 May 2014

Who am I and what do I do?

I’m not sure…….???

Lao CooperLead Commissioner for CAMHS Services in Hampshire

• I work across the five Clinical Commissioning Groups (part of the NHS) in Hampshire

• The Clinical Commissioning Groups commission (decide and then buy) health services, like hospitals, for the population of Hampshire

What have children and young people told us?

• We asked a charity to seek views from a wide variety of people and organisations. There were around 800 responses from children and young people. Over 1,600 responses were received in total.

What have children and young people told us?

• The children and young people we asked felt that good emotional wellbeing means:

“feeling safe and secure”, “being satisfied with life” and “feeling worthwhile”

• Children and young people thought it didn’t mean:“never crying”, “never being angry”, “being outgoing and chatty” and “laughing a lot”

What have children and young people told us?

Nearly 50% of children and young people who responded said that they felt ‘anxious or unhappy’ that day (89% within the last month). 30% said that they felt like they couldn’t do anything because of the way they were feeling.

What have children and young people told us?

“MAKE IT WORTHWHILE”

What are we going to do?

• Use the feedback children and young people and others have provided to decide how we should deliver services in the future.

• This will be included within a document we are developing.

Things you are doing today will also be used.

Thank you

Lunch!

Big Brother Diary Room

Visit the Stall in the ‘Street’

Smoothie Bike

Workshop 3

What’s your experience of health services?

An Introduction to…

Steve Manley, Community Outreach & Engagement Officer

What is ?

“The new independent consumer champion for health and social care

services”Healthwatch England

152 Local Healthwatch organisations

Find out what’s going on in health and care services across Hampshire. We gather evidence about real experiences… good and bad!

Provide evidence based feedback to commissioners and providers to influence and to challenge.

Provide the public with information, advice and signposting on health and social care services.

Our roles…

Healthwatch EnglandHealth & Wellbeing board

Care Quality Commission

We’re independent, we’ll keep you up to date about what we’re doing and most importantly we’re powerful.

Your Voice Counts…The opinions of young people really matter to us

We’ll take the feedback we receive today and make sure that your voices are heard by decision makers

Thinking Hats…Tell us about the services that

matter to you…

Hospitals

CAMHSDen

tistAccident &

Emergency

Optician

Doctors

Have your say…

Postcards

What single thing would improve your emotional well-being?T-shirts

Comments and feedback for CAMHS(Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service)

www.healthwatchhampshire.co.uk

Healthwatch Hampshire

@HwatchHampshire

01962 440 262In person at any CitizensAdvice Bureau in Hampshire

Your voice counts…

Workshop 4

Next Steps

How can you stay involved after the conference?

hantsyouthrep@gmail.com

End of Conference

Thank you for coming, we hope to see you next time!