Launch of Oxfordshire Eating Disorder Guidelines for Schools

Schools across the county are able to access information and support to help young people with eating disorders thanks to newly developed Oxfordshire Eating Disorder Guidelines for Schools.

 

Schools across the county are able to access information and support to help young people with eating disorders thanks to newly developed Oxfordshire Eating Disorder Guidelines for Schools. The guidelines aim to help schools increase their awareness of eating disorders, identify them early on and facilitate appropriate help. They contain information on eating disorders in young people, information on the Healthy Schools approach within Oxfordshire as well as practical strategies on how to identify and help young people within schools with these problems.

The guidelines were commissioned by the inter-agency Oxfordshire CAMHS Strategy Group and developed by professionals from Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, local education services and other key health partners. They will be sent to all secondary schools in Oxfordshire and be available to those who work with young people within the school context.

Yvonne Taylor, Service Director for Child and Adolescent Services at OBMH said, “The development and use of these guidelines is a positive move forward in raising awareness of eating disorders in young people across Oxfordshire and a good example of partnership working across agencies.”

The guidelines were launched on 21st November at a study day bringing together different agencies who work with young people across the county. The content of the day included an update on eating disorders, description and discussion of the guidelines as well as workshops on multi-agency working, application of the guidelines and working with young people and families.

Young people and parents contributed to the day and over 100 people attended the launch, including teachers, school health nurses, school counsellors, educational psychologists, clinicians from child and adolescent mental health services and General Practitioners, PCT staff, County Council staff and representatives from Oxford Brookes University

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Published: 27 November 2007