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Single Session Interventions (SSIs) within CAMHS FY 2023-24

Reference: 24-25258

Date response sent: 25/01/2025

Details of enquiry

Name of trust: Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

 

A Single Session Intervention (SSIs) is a planned one-time intervention that is designed to provide individuals with immediate support and guidance for a specific issue or problem. That is, it is therapeutic in intent, and delivered as a standalone intervention, without presuming follow up or repeat use. It includes ‘single session therapy’, provided by a therapist from any therapeutic modality, and also self-help interventions designed intentionally to be used just once. Note that a one-off assessment (without providing guidance or therapeutic support) is not considered to be a single session intervention.

 

Our FOI request consists of 4 questions, pertaining to the financial year 2023-24:

 

  1. Please mark X in the appropriate box:
 Did any services within your trust provide SSIs to Children and Young People (CYP)?
Yes No
 x  

 

  1. If yes, which services and what SSIs did they offer? (please give as much detail as possible about these, including whether these are individual/group, aimed at a specific type of disorder or age group, what therapeutic modality/model these are based on)
a)    CAMHS mental health in schools team (MHST):  Psychoeducation using CBT and behavioural theories

·       Group workshops to parents of Primary and Secondary school age (up to 16yrs)- theme-based (e.g. anxiety, transition between school) but diagnostically focus could be described as anxiety, attachment  – some are longer, but some are single session

·       Whole school and class assemblies – same focus as above

b)    CAMHS wellbeing team (early/ brief interventions): similar psychoeducation offer as MHST: Psychoeducation using CBT and behavioural theories:

·       Group workshops to parents of Primary and Secondary school age (up to 16yrs)- theme-based (e.g. anxiety, transition between school) but diagnostically focus could be described as anxiety, attachment – some are longer, but some are single session

c)    CAMHS intake team (triage):

·       Signposting session, offering space to reflect and psychoeducation, advice re. appropriate support service, as per parent need.

 

  1. Who delivered these interventions? (please mark X for all that apply)
Practitioner Psychologists (incl. Clinical Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, etc)  x
Assistant Psychologists  
Trainee Psychologists/Clinical Associate Psychologists  x
Consultant Psychiatrists  
Trainee Psychiatrists/Registrars  
Support Workers  
Mental Health Nurses  
Mental Health Practitioners (including Education Mental Health Practitioners, Child Wellbeing Practitioners) x
Family therapists  
Occupational therapists  
Social Workers  x
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists  
Other (please explain)s  

 

  1. At what point(s) in the care pathway are SSIs are offered to CYP/families? (Please mark X to all that apply)

 

Whilst waiting  
As an additional source of help to users offered other therapeutic provision like medication or psychological therapy   x
As a first step to accessing help  x
As a crisis intervention  
Other (please explain)   As early/ preventative intervention

 

 

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