Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide

CAMHS

CAMHS Consumer and Carer Partnership

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

CAMHS Consumer and Carer Partnership

ELECT History

CAMHS is committed to enabling consumers and carers to be involved in decisions relating to their treatment and to provide input into service planning and improvement. There are a number of opportunities for carers and consumers including our Energetic Lived Experience Consultancy Team (ELECT) advisory group. ELECT is made up of parents and carers. The committee was formed in early 2013.

Information on ELECT

ELECT Poster - Please download our poster and share with others (489kb)

Person and Family Centred Care

ELECT consumers and caregivers value the importance of being Person and Family Centred and encourage current users of CAMHS services to talk with their clinician about the WCHN Person and Family Centred Care Charter and to provide feedback on how well your service/s were delivered. You can go to our E-Letter Consumer Feedback page and complete the online form. Your feedback on your CAMHS experience is reviewed every eight weeks, by the Women's and Children's Health Network Safety and Quality Committee. This committee has Consumer Representation. Any themes emerging from the feedback relevant to CAMHS will be discussed by members of ELECT.

Recent Experiences and Milestones

2018 - 2019 - Leading the review of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard 2 - Consumer and Carer Participation.
2015-2019 ELECT co-design and partners in the development of a CAMHS model of care, the review and redesign of CAMHS statewide services.
2016 Development of an Online Consultation Hub, on the Basecamp platform.
2016 Rebranding of ELECT marketing materials.
2019 - TheMHS conference in Brisbane - discussing Peer Support Workers with all Australian Mental Health Commissioners
2016 Presenting at a the TheMHS conference on consumers involved in co-design.

Photos from working with CAMHS Executive in understanding CAMHS Multicultural services, the NSQHS standards for accreditation, CAMHS Executive members attending the monthly ELECT meetings and the TheMHS Conference 2019.