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Safety First: A Model of Care for Working Systemically With High Risk Young People and Their Families in an Acute CAMHS Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Annemaree Bickerton ,
Tiffany Hense ,
Agnes Benstock ,
Julie Ward  and
Lyn Wallace
Annemaree Bickerton*
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.Annemaree.Bickerton@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Tiffany Hense
Affiliation:
St George Hospital and Community Health Service, Division of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Intensive Care and Assessment Team (ICAT), Gray St, Kogarah NSW 2216.
Agnes Benstock
Affiliation:
Senior Clinician and Social Worker, St George Hospital and Community Health Service, Division of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Intensive Care and Assessment Team (ICAT), Gray St, Kogarah NSW 2216.
Julie Ward
Affiliation:
St George Hospital and Community Health Service, Division of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Intensive Care and Assessment Team (ICAT), Gray St, Kogarah NSW 2216.
Lyn Wallace
Affiliation:
St George Hospital and Community Health Service, Division of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Intensive Care and Assessment Team (ICAT), Gray St, Kogarah NSW 2216.
*
*Address all correspondence to Dr Annemaree Bickerton, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Division of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Intensive Care and Assessment Team (ICAT), Gray St, Kogarah, NSW 2216 or Ph: + 61 2 9350 2432, Fax: + 61 2 9350 2619.
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Abstract

The following article outlines the Safety First Model for working with high-risk young people in crisis. This hierarchical model prioritises emotional and physical safety by using multi-systemic and family-based interventions. A typical case example is used to illustrate the model and the structures and strategies employed at each level. The intervention model empowers families, facilitates their connections with other providers, and minimises the need for hospital admissions. The model also promotes collaborative and systemic practice in a child and adolescent mental health service.

Keywords

Child and adolescent mental healthmodel of careacute risk
Type
Articles
Information
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , 01 September 2007 , pp. 121 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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