To receive a presentation from Lyn Harte and Morag Tyler from Resilient Rutland.

A copy of the Annual Review is attached.

A presentation (appended to the minutes) was received from Morag Tyler and Lyn Harte of Resilient Rutland.

During discussion the following points were noted:

·         When Resilient Rutland first started out their bid was based on research at the time, however by the time the money finally came through the team wanted to take a different approach.

·         Fortunately, the new revised bid had just been approved. This bid had not been guaranteed as the new approach was significantly different to the original bid.

·         Resilient Rutland wanted children and young people to be leading the approach and telling the team what they needed.

·         Often the approach to mental health was negative and a response to situations that had arisen. In the new model the team had tried to promote a positive pro-active approach and were building in family resilience, as well as work within schools.

·         Originally the programme had been for three years but it was now for four years to give a better chance of embedding the change.

·         The team’s work fitted into the wider, bottom third of the pyramid of need which encompassed the majority of children and young people. Resilient Rutland was working closely with RCC and the CAMHS team to look at where the overlaps were and to make sure their work complimented existing practice.

·         A ‘getting help’ section was being added to the Resilient Rutland website and work was also ongoing with RCC to see how signposting to this within the Rutland Information Service could be developed.

·         The delay to implementing the project had enabled the Resilient Rutland team to forge better, more positive working relationships with partners.

·         Young peoples’ voice was at the heart of the project and work was ongoing with primary and secondary schools and the Rutland Youth Council to capture and understand their concerns. The team had also been invited to work with the Rutland Disabled Youth Forum.

·         Councillor Alan Walters was pleased that the project had been paused and had given the team time to liaise with and listen to partner organisations.

·         Resilient Rutland had been working with the school nursing service as school nurses had been integral to the setting up of the in-school counselling service.

·         Mel Thwaites, Associate Director of Children and Families, wanted the joint working that had begun to continue so that the limited resources available for mental health were used in the most effective way and that there was no doubling up of services or initiatives being confused because of mixed messages.

·         Morag Tyler from Resilient Rutland had sat on the Trailblazer bid board in order to share information on the work being done.

·         Although the money for the project was only for four years, Resilient Rutland were aiming to build in resilience by teaching and developing the young people, their parents and the schools, assets that they would have for life.

·         Resilient Rutland had been offered an opportunity to take part in the Head Start national programme. It was hoping to take from it the best practice and learning and bring it back to Rutland.

·         All schools had identified strong parental support as one of the most important factors in improving mental health resilience for the young and were looking at ways in which this could be encouraged.