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Have a say and get involved
with how your CAMHS
service runs.
You can get involved if you are using the
service or have recently left.
“We have had opportunities to learn new
things, we have learnt skills about
talking in front of people, about how to
interview.”
– Hannah
“I’ve really been able to practice what I
was learning with my therapist.”
- Amy
“It increased my confidence in my abilities
and helped me to communicate my views.
I felt a sense of achievement and I feel so
proud to be a part of participation.
- Leanne Walker
HELP CHANGE YOUR
CAMHS SERVICE
“I’ve met friends for life, its been brilliant!’
– Joe
Ways to get involved
Help us make a better
service for everyone
For our service to be the best it can be it needs to
hear from you. It needs to know what was helpful
and what was unhelpful. That way we can work to
make it better.
You can be involved in telling us what it was like.
And you can be involved in working with us to make
it better.
Together we can make changes and improve things.
No suggestion is too big or small.
Participation groups meet at:
[insert time and place]
How to get involved
All groups and meetings are fully supported by at
least two staff members. Your views will always be
How much you participate is up to you. We aim to
listened to.
make sure that being involved feels good,
meaningful and fun. Here’s some of the ways you
can get involved:
What you get out of it
 Leave a comment in the comments box in the
 New communication skills
waiting area
 Presentation and interviewing skills (optional)
 Join our Participation Group. Here young people
 A chance to put what you have learnt in therapy
ways to improve the service. We do things like:
•
redesign waiting rooms and other areas
•
carry out staff interviews to select new workers
•
decide on other projects that will help improve the
service for everyone
A. WORKER
Participation Worker
 More confidence in your abilities
 Fill in the survey that your worker gives you
who’ve used the service get together and find
Contact us
Bio or interests
Phone and email address
into practice
 To meet and create friendships with other young
people who’ve had similar experiences
 A feeling of achievement and making a difference
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