A new report out today, led by the Early Intervention Foundation in partnership with the Race Equality Foundation and Action for Children, reveals minority ethic young people and their families commonly find their initial contact with services such as CAMHS, GPs, schools, social services and health visitors ‘off-putting’, impacting how they engage with these services in the long-term and the support they receive.
It highlights how some ethnic minority families that took part in the research were proactively seeking support but encountered multiple barriers in doing so, despite repeatedly trying to get the right help.
Experiences of racism and discrimination were commonly reported among the parents and young people when it came to accessing family support services and once they were receiving support. Respondents also identified a lack of cultural sensitivity within the services.
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