Remote and Digitally Delivered Mental Health Support for Care-Experienced Young People: Some Practice-Based Reflections in Response to Cummings (2022)

Archard, Philip, Awhangansi, Sewanu, Moore, Isobel, Majumder, Pallab, Lewis, Michael orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-5567-3569, O'Reilly, Michelle, Giles, Emma and Adkins, Tina (2023) Remote and Digitally Delivered Mental Health Support for Care-Experienced Young People: Some Practice-Based Reflections in Response to Cummings (2022). Practice: Social Work in Action . ISSN 0950-3153

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2023.2208780

Abstract

In a recent contribution to this journal, Cummings (2022) reports findings from a preliminary qualitative study of practitioner viewpoints regarding digitally delivered mental health support to care-experienced young people. Cummings’ study highlights the need to engage with professional experiences of using digital methods with this group, both during and outside of the COVID-19 pandemic. A response to - and commentary on – Cummings’ contribution is provided, to advance discussion of issues identified by the research. We reflect on our experience as practitioners and researchers working in and alongside specialist child and adolescent mental health service teams serving care-experienced children and young people. We focus on workspaces in remote working, therapeutic technique in online and telephone-based care, and virtues and challenges of remote care delivery.


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