Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals Children & Young People's Services Resource guide for professionals
Multi SystemicTherapy (MST) Team15 Homerton Row,London E9 6EDDescription:T: 020 3222 5677F: 020 3222 5792Referrals through Young Hackney/Partnership TriageMST is a community-based treatment programme for families where there are young peoplewith complex clinical, social, and educational problems such as violent behaviour, drug abuse,offending, and school exclusion. MST therapists are highly qualified mental health or social careprofessionals who work with carers, young people, and their schools and neighbourhoods toaddress antisocial behaviour and strengthen protective factors via evidence-based interventionssuch as individual cognitive behaviour therapy, systemic family therapy, motivationalinterviewing, and specialist assessments and consultation to the system around the family.Therapeutic work is done with parents/carers as well as young people, to better equip parents/carers to manage family life more effectively.MST is delivered intensively over a period of three to five months in homes, schools andcommunities. Young people and their families are allocated an MST therapist who will often bein daily contact with them, and who will visit the family 2-3 times per week, usually in the familyhome. The therapy is designed to be highly intensive and require daily effort on the part of thefamilies. Families engaged in the MST programme would not normally also be seen in otherprograms – the MST therapist would deliver the range of support required as a one-stop shop.Therapists have low case-loads (maximum of 5 families per therapist) and between them provide24 hour on-call support to all the families in the programme.24Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013
5.6 Children’s Physiotherapy Hackney ArkContactdetailsService descriptionReferralsPhysiotherapy Dept, Hackney Ark, Downs Park Rd, London E8 2FPTel: 020 7014 7025Fax: 020 7014 7236Sharon O’Reilly: Administrator for Physiotherapy and OccupationalTherapyMaxine Darby: Clinical Lead for Children’s PhysiotherapyWe assess and treat children who have difficulties with development ofgross motor tasks e.g. sitting, standing and walking due to disability ordevelopmental delay. We also see children with progressive conditionswhere their mobility or gross motor function is affected. We see childrenwith long term conditions that affect their function at home, at schooland in the community and can see the children in all environments. Theservice operates between the hours of 9 – 5 Monday – Friday.Referral is made by GP, health, social care or educational professional.Access criteria • Be aged 0 –18• Hackney GP and live / attend school in Hackney• Have a congenital or acquired neurological condition leading to reducedgross motor ability and decreased functional ability.• Be experiencing gross motor delay• Have non-acute physiotherapy needs that require school or home input• Have a muscular condition affecting their gross motor function• Have a palliative care need that requires physiotherapy (not respiratory)Examples of those not fitting the criteria:• Children who only require splinting or orthosis. These children are seen inFoot Health at St Leonards• Children with purely Orthopaedic problems / rheumatoid / arthriticconditions as they are seen at Homerton HospitalStaff within the service are not manual handling trainers and will onlyoffer specific therapy advice around the manual handling needs ofchildren known to the service and give instructions/ advice regarding thesafe use of any equipment supplied through the service.Universal WorkOther servicesWe regularly run ‘Tummy Time’ groups at various Children’s Centresacross the borough. We also offer short drop in sessions in clinics atHackney Ark and Lubavitch Children’s Centre where parents can see aphysiotherapist without referral if they have concerns.We also have members of our team working:• within the short breaks team• as part of the LEAP project• in NICU at Homerton Hospital.Resource Guide for professionals | Updated January 2013 25
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Multi SystemicTherapy (MST) Team15 Homerton Row,London E9 6EDDescription:T: 020 3222 5677F: 020 3222 5792Referrals through <strong>Young</strong> Hackney/Partnership TriageMST is a community-based treatment programme <strong>for</strong> families where there are young peoplewith complex clinical, social, and educational problems such as violent behaviour, drug abuse,offending, and school exclusion. MST therapists are highly qualified mental health or social care<strong>professionals</strong> who work with carers, young people, and their schools and neighbourhoods toaddress antisocial behaviour and strengthen protective factors via evidence-based interventionssuch as individual cognitive behaviour therapy, systemic family therapy, motivationalinterviewing, and specialist assessments and consultation to the system around the family.Therapeutic work is done with parents/carers as well as young people, to better equip parents/carers to manage family life more effectively.MST is delivered intensively over a period of three to five months in homes, schools andcommunities. <strong>Young</strong> people and their families are allocated an MST therapist who will often bein daily contact with them, and who will visit the family 2-3 times per week, usually in the familyhome. The therapy is designed to be highly intensive and require daily ef<strong>for</strong>t on the part of thefamilies. Families engaged in the MST programme would not normally also be seen in otherprograms – the MST therapist would deliver the range of support required as a one-stop shop.Therapists have low case-loads (maximum of 5 families per therapist) and between them provide24 hour on-call support to all the families in the programme.24<strong>Resource</strong> Guide <strong>for</strong> <strong>professionals</strong> | Updated January 2013
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