Liverpool has been chosen as one of 25 sites to become a trailblazer for mental health support in schools. This exciting opportunity will further develop the partnership working that is currently taking place between Education, Local Authority, CCG and Liverpool CAMHS Partnership. The additional capacity and funding this trailblazer will bring to the city will ensure […]
A former church site has been transformed into a state of the art health, social care and mental health training academy and Life Rooms – in a partnership between Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Hugh Baird College.
On Wednesday 12th December, the SMARTYS group at YPAS North Hub were the audience for the first-ever YPAS Christmas Panto during their Christmas themed session. The show was entirely written and performed by YPAS members of staff and proved a hit with the young people and families.
Between August and November, a group of young people have been working with the RAISE Team to deliver three separate projects to raise awareness of mental health and make a positive contribution to their community.
Alder Hey CAMHS (Liverpool FRESH CAMHS and Sefton CAMHS), are pleased to announce the addition of a new dedicated Crisis Care team which is now fully operational.
The Fresh+ parent and carer team are inviting parent/carer participation groups to come together with service leads, commissioners and other national influencers for a day of learning but also action.
YPAS is seeking to recruit a team of professionally qualified practitioners who have experience working with the mental health and emotional well-being difficulties of children and young people. This is an excellent 12-month professional development opportunity that will: 1) Fund the academic training 2) Fund the salary For more information please click here.
On 10th October, World Mental Health Day this year YPAS was visited by Charlie Craggs, an award-winning Trans activist, icon and ally to THE Action Youth. Charlie visited our group on World Mental Health day to share her journey from a young person struggling with her mental health to award-winning activist, novelist, campaigner and collaborator […]
Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers awarded Investing in Children Membership Award™ for another year. Investing in Children (IiC) is a UK initiative that promotes the human rights of children and young people. Over the last 22 years, IiC has developed a range of different ways in which children and young people are supported to say what […]
Join members of the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership on the 12th October as we celebrate the Liverpool Mental Health Festival, organised by Liverpool Mental Health Consortium at Bluecoat.
YPAS have begun communicating with key staff in secondary schools across Liverpool in regards to the delivery of weekly Wellbeing Clinics. The Wellbeing Clinics are due to commence by the end of October.
LIVERPOOL is bidding to join the Unicef Child-Friendly City programme – putting young people at the heart of everything it does. The city council is to submit an application to the child rights organisation to work towards the status, to cement and further Liverpool’s work to ensure that children’s rights are reflected in the policies, […]
A young adult carer who has accessed support from CAMHS partner, Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers, is pursuing her dream career as a mental health nurse after securing a place at Bangor University.
On Saturday 28th July, Staff, young people and allies marched with, Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers, YPAS GYRO (LGBTQ+ Youth) and THE (Trans Health Education) Action Youth groups to celebrate the diversity in our LGBTQ+ identities.
Over the last 10 weeks, YPAS South Hub has been working alongside a local therapist, Paul Mc David, and The Community Health Ambassador Team. Delivering Chi Gong, Mindfulness, tapping and meditation sessions, helping parents to learn more about themselves as a person not just a parent and partner, how to relax and different techniques to […]
On 11th July at YPAS North Hub, YPAS and The Community Health Ambassador Team worked together to organise a community health morning for parents. It was well attended, with all parents benefiting from gaining lots of information.
Over the last several weeks, children from YPAS’s Smarty’s groups have been practising and preparing for their dance performance with Movema Dance and to be part of The Brouhaha Carnival. The Brouhaha Carnival is focused on celebrating Diversity and widening participation within the arts, through creativity and dance.
YPAS is seeking to employ a Children’s Psychological Therapist to join the national award-winning Seedlings Project to deliver therapeutic services in Liverpool Primary Schools.
Liverpool City Council and Barnardo’s, as part of the city’s Early Help Workforce Developments, are delivering half day multi-agency sessions to ensure young carers and their families are provided with an effective response from both adult and children’s services, and practitioners understand their roles and responsibilities.
Working with the support of Nick Small and Catherine Morton from the local council, Steve Parry from ION Developments and Shaun Boylan; Senior Project Manager | Northern | Construction | ISG, the young people attached to SKY Central have been working hard doing woodwork sessions, painting sessions and planning sessions to pull together the YPAS entry […]
