Learning from lessons in early-intervention

The Social Research Unit, in collaboration with the Centre for Mental Health, are to host a round table discussion on evidence-based early intervention in mental health.

Following high-level interest in evidence-based approaches, we are bringing together a small group of individuals from the research, policy, local authority, philanthropic and third sector communities to contribute to how this work can be effectively achieved, with particular focus on how parents access interventions.
 
Cheryl Hopkins, Service Director for Strategy & Commissioning at Birmingham City Council, and the lead on the Brighter Futures programme (a strategy to improve outcomes, from high quality data, collected jointly by the Social Research Unit and Birmingham City Council) will be interviewed by Michael Little, Co-Director at the Unit, to discuss the strategy and lessons learnt. This part of the discussion is to be filmed and will be available here shortly.
 
Our Chair will be Sean Duggan, Chief Executive at the Centre for Mental Health; his colleague, Lorraine Khan, Project Lead for Children and Young People, will present on how to improve implementation and what the evidence tells us, followed by final discussions and questions.
 
Attached is the powerpoint presentation by Lorraine Khan on improving the delivery of early intervention programmes.