Nursing Theory to Practice

In this assignment you are asked to critically reflect on and evaluate the complexities of integrated working in child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) from a CAMH topic of your choosing (e.g. depression, anxiety, self-harm, post-traumatic stress disorder). You should also select a statutory or non-statutory setting to focus on, e.g. Health; Social Care; Education; Voluntary Sector.
INTRODUCTION
• Clearly state the aim(s) of what you will be writing about in this assignment, with reference to the learning outcomes. This will include your area of CAMH and the setting you are referring to.
• Provide any information needed to understand the work. Give a brief background and define key concepts which are central to the assignment. Use definitions critically, comparing and contrasting where appropriate, avoiding direct quotes.
• Provide a brief critical rationale for your choice of CAMH topic. This could include policy and statistics at the global, national, professional or setting-specific levels.

MAIN BODY
1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of theories and concepts explicitly related to your chosen area of CAMH, the setting and integrated working.

• Examples might include:
o ‘Disorder’ specific theories
o Social Pedagogy
o Child development
o Transitions
o Participation
o Children’s rights

2. Critically evaluate current research and evidence-based practice related to your chosen CAMH topic and setting.

• Identify well supported strengths, weaknesses and judgements in relation to the forms of knowledge that you are drawing from in respect of CAMH services.
3. Critically explore and reflect upon the importance of and the implications associated with integrated working in respect of children, young people, families, communities and professionals in CAMH.

• Identify & critically explore the importance of integrated working and the child or young person with your chosen issue in the context of the family, the community and professionals in CAMH.
• Examine different perspectives and critically explore challenges:
o For each challenge that you identify it is important that you critically discuss the relevance of these and offer evidence-based solutions as to how these may be addressed.
• Critically reflect upon the possible implications of integrated working on the quality of support provided to children and young people in the mental health setting you have chosen.
o Where you have identified challenges, consider the implications of these on the quality of support offered to children / young people.
o Where you offer evidence-based solutions as to how challenges may be addressed, critically reflect on the implications of those also for the quality of support.

CONCLUSION
Offer a succinct academic conclusion which describes what you have covered and what your key findings were in relation to the learning outcomes.