Our Silent Catastrophe report is cited in this piece about a CAMHS child psychotherapist who resigned and lifts the lid on the problems facing children in care who need mental health support. Read the full article here.
A newly published ‘quick guide for practitioners and managers supporting children, young people and families’ from NICE/SCIE has recommended individual psychoanalytic therapy as a therapeutic intervention after abuse and neglect.
The ACP has issued a statement on the recent enforced separation of children from their parents on the American Mexican border. It is a basic human right for parents and children to remain together and legislation endeavours to keep families together unless it is deemed to be damaging to the child or children. Children and adolescents arriving at a ‘place of safety’ are often forced to wait in limbo whilst governments decide their fate. This is in complete contrast with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the idea of the ‘Best Interests’ of the child being paramount.
The ACP has responded to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health inquiry into the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.
The Education and Health and Social Care Select Committees published their response to the government’s proposals to roll out mental health provision in schools. In a document titled ‘The Government’s Green Paper on mental Health in Schools: Failing a Generation’, the government’s plans are described as ‘lacking ambition’ and ‘providing no help to the majority of those children who desperately need it’.
The Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) has a vacancy for a Business Manager as we moved forward in developing the operational and professional life of the association. Reporting to the Chief Executive, the post holder will be responsible for managing the business and operations of the ACP across both its Protecting the Public and Promoting the Profession functions. We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and organised individual, with experience of operational and business management and administration.
Chief Executive of the ACP, Dr Nick Waggett, Speaks on behalf of child psychotherapists at a lobby of parliament organised by Unite in support of applied psychologists working in the NHS.
The ACP has submitted a response to the Department of Health's Consultation Paper, Promoting Professionalism, Reforming Regulation, welcoming the Department's intention to simplify the current regulatory processes for healthcare professionals. Read the full response here.
