Current policies largely focus on statutory services – for health and in schools – yet the benefits extend into other practice areas and community settings.
Relational youth work helps young people with depression and anxiety, in particular when long waiting times for clinical interventions still persist; and through one-to-one or group sessions and social action can be used to address many psychologically based issues such as self-harming, body image and eating disorders.
The need for multi-agency approaches and professional networks is apparent for mental health. How youth work is embedded in services and how youth services are included in local partnerships is critical. Right Here by the Mental Health Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation (2014) focused on young people’s mental health (as opposed to mental illness) and involved young people in the development and delivery of youth services in accessible community settings.
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