Audit Report Newcastle

An Audit of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy CCaasseess iinn NNeewwccaassttllee January to December 2007 PURPOSE OF REPORT This report presents the results of a survey of the clinical work undertaken by the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (CAPts) employed by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust. The aim is to demonstrate the range of work delivered by CAPts within a multidisciplinary child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). This gives an indication of the numbers and types of patients seen by the CAPts in this service and the length of treatment undertaken. It shows that CAPts undertake a variety of work and are effective in contributing to waiting list reductions. This report demonstrates the reality of the caseloads managed by the CAPts in this service and that their distinctive and highly skilled contribution can be used efficiently alongside other professions in CAMHS. DELIVERING EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists in Newcastle offer psychoanalytically orientated treatment to a client group of children and young people with mainly acute internalising disorders. This focus on a specific specialist area of work is necessitated by the limited availability of CAPt in each locality of 2 days per week. This client group was selected because of the strong evidence base for psychotherapy in working with these patients; brief iinterventions of 11 weeks for children with ...