Some really important questions here for the police, & I would suggest also the public, during #COVID19 #lockdown. These considerations have been very pertinent to recent situations on my #CAMHS out of hours work & transition planning for YP leaving care
https://www.mac-uk.org/news/mac-uk-covid-19-response-briefing-paper
https://www.mac-uk.org/news/mac-uk-covid-19-response-briefing-paper
Contextualising through curiosity & questioning, rather than being blinded by the threat of COVID so important.
At home, I witness comments on local support groups that seem primed to reject & blame when YP are seen outside, with many assumptions & little attempt to understand..
At home, I witness comments on local support groups that seem primed to reject & blame when YP are seen outside, with many assumptions & little attempt to understand..
Thankfully within the multi-agency meetings, it has been very much about contextualising, collaborating & sharing... the challenge comes in that reaching out with this & supporting that to ripple out wider.
Making those messages simple seems key.
This @macukcharity report is
Making those messages simple seems key.
This @macukcharity report is

Going to have to revisit this more fully...but for now, Iâll do as I suggest & share some of this with the locals... perhaps thereâs a bigger picture than just âdangerous rule breakersâ when it comes to seeing others wandering around during these times