Inter-agency collaboration to support children with mental health needs

有情绪和心理健康需求的儿童很难获得帮助，这一点得到了充分的承认，特别是在他们没有被诊断出精神疾病，但却有情绪或行为问题的情况下。这项研究将侧重于威尔士机构间合作的一个例子，即Gwent地区的SPACE福利小组，以便及早为儿童提供帮助。其目的是了解这种合作是如何运作的，以及可以从他们的操作中吸取什么教训。鉴于直接参与研究的儿童与情感和心理健康的需要和他们的家人，以及一些NHS的工作人员，该研究可能需要通过NHS研究伦理过程的伦理批准，虽然适当的批准途径将需要确认一旦学生的项目是更明确的。如果不是NHS研究伦理过程，该研究将需要社会科学研究伦理委员会的伦理批准。

The difficulty of getting help for children with emotional and mental health needs is well recognised, especially where they do not have diagnosed mental illness but nonetheless have emotional or behavioural problems. The research will focus on one Welsh example of inter-agency collaboration to provide earlier help to children - SPACE well-being panels in the Gwent region. The aim is to understand how this collaboration works and what lessons can be learned from their operation.Given the direct involvement in the research of children with emotional and mental health needs and their families, as well as some NHS staff, the research may require ethical approval through the NHS research ethics process, although the appropriate route for approval will need to be confirmed once the student's project is more defined. If not the NHS research ethics process, the study would need ethical approval from the School of Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee.