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Adolescent counselling services in the voluntary sector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mary Mitchell
Mary Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department G level Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD
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Abstract

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Aims and method

While Youth Access attempts to organise voluntary counselling services for young people on a national level research describing such agencies is lacking. In order to investigate their activity with a view to multi-agency collaboration, a questionnaire was distributed to eight agencies in Hampshire.

Results

The responses demonstrate a strong emphasis on accessibility and informality. Although agencies have reported increasing numbers of service user contacts little attempt has been made to quantify and evaluate the service provided.

Clinical implications

Efforts to organise, evaluate and improve accountability in the voluntary sector might spoil these fundamental components for the disaffected adolescent.

Type
Original papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 1999 , pp. 270 - 272
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

References

Mabey, J. G. & Sorensen, B. (1995) Counselling for Young People. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Williams, R. (1995) Together We Stand: The Commissioning Role and Management of Child and Adolescent Services. London: HMSO.Google Scholar
Youth Access (1996) Core Principles. London: Youth Access.Google Scholar
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