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Social worker

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Initial Health Assessment Delivery Standards

These standards aim to improve children and young people’s experience of initial health assessments (IHAs), their outcomes and their health and wellbeing. They were published by �� in November 2025 and are badged by CoramBAAF.

Looked after children

News

'A dismal, unfair and unsafe situation': �� responds to National Children’s Bureau Report

11 July 2018

Dr Alison Steele responds to the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) new report, published today on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children: Storing Up Trouble – A postcode lottery of children’s social care.

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State of Child Health &Us 2018: Views from the �� &Us network

This special report brings together views of children, young people and families looking at key themes from our flagship report. These include poverty, mental health, communication, PSHE (personal, social and health education), LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and children’s rights.

Community services

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Quality improvement

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Understand 101 tool - �� &Us

The 'Understand' model is designed for healthcare professionals to think about the why, how and what every time they work with children and young people.

Community services

Children and young people's voice

Adolescent health

Engaging children and young people

Patient experience

Patient involvement

Quality improvement

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Recipes for Engagement - children and young people in the lead - �� &Us

Are you a child health worker? We want to make it easy for you to find out what those using your services think. With a cooking theme, our easy-to-read guide gives tested ideas on practically and creatively engaging children and young people.

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Patient involvement

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Emoji card game

This game enables a young person to pick the cards that best represent how they are feeling, prompt them to discuss the topic and find out more information.

Community child health

General paediatrics

Community services

Adolescent health

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Looked after children

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Chatterbox game on five ways of healthy wellbeing

Based on the classic children's game, this game provides ‘Facts vs Myths’ surrounding the subject of mental health, which can enable a teacher/healthcare professional to facilitate a discussion regarding this issue.

Community services

Adolescent health

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Wellbeing for children and young people

Resource

Doctor's pocketbook for talking to young patients about mental health

Developed by our summer intern Papia (age 17) in 2016, this tool shows young people's expectations for consultations with their doctors.

Community services

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Patient experience

Patient involvement

Wellbeing for children and young people

Quality improvement