Evropská spolupráce aneb Jak pomoci mladým lidem najít potřebnou péči.

"<< Background >>We applied for this project so that we could strengthen the mental health care competencies of young professionals working with youth in Nevypusť duši, as well as to promote their confidence, assurance and multicultural outlook. Through the project we also wanted to strengthen their motivation to stay in this field after their studies and also to enable them to gain international experience and knowledge that they can transfer to their studies and future profession. We also want to support the reduction of the long-standing shortage of mental health professionals in the country. The project offered a unique opportunity to look at the impact of covid-19 and anxiety treatment in a foreign context and to develop transferable examples of good practice from these in the form of an e-book and to disseminate this e-book externally to the participating organisations. We wanted to offer foreign partners our know-how, experience and an expanding dimension on mental health care. Throughout the project, we worked with the Human centered design method, which uniquely allowed all young professionals to actively participate in the implementation of the project and together find solutions to effectively meet the goals and become their creators.<< Objectives >>By implementing the project we wanted to achieve the following goals. To strengthen the professional competences in the field of mental health care of young professionals working with youth in Nevypusť duši. To strengthen the personal competences of these workers - their self-confidence, language skills, responsibility and sensitivity to multicultural environments. We have supported the motivation of these workers to continue to work in the mental health care system beyond their university studies, thereby supporting the reduction of the shortage of male and female professionals in this long-undervalued sector. We have addressed the impact of covid-19 and anxiety treatment in comparison with international partners. We offered the know-how and experience of Nevypusť duši and other Czech professional organisations to foreign partners. We produced an e-book of transferable good practice with outputs from the visited organisations and disseminated it externally (including abroad). Thanks to the HCD method, we created an equal space for young professionals working with youth to co-create solutions and gave them an active voice and responsibility for achieving the goals (related to strengthening personal and professional competences).<< Implementation >>Activity A1 - Networking and transfer of good practice: this activity was cross-cutting and ran throughout the project. It included asynchronous consultations with partners, discussions on the mental health care system in each country and the preparation, production and finalisation of transferable good practice in the form of an e-book and in the form of the production and translation of our infographics on mental health care topics - to be shared during trips. Throughout the project, there was information about the project on social media, the website and in the Nevypusť duši´ newsletters, and sharing of information and e-book with the public by international partners. There was also sharing of experiences from the trips abroad with the wider Nevypusť duši team, which represents other youth workers who were not directly involved in the project.Activities A2, A3 -Trips abroad to Portugal and Estonia. Where a total of 15 organisations were visited. The knowledge gained was used to create an e-book.Activity A4 - Foreign partners visited the CZ and Czech organisations. The joint meeting included introduction of the partners, work on the feedback to the e-book and overall evaluation of the cooperation within the project.<< Results >>The main output is a 93-page e-book in English entitled: ""How to help young people find the mental healthcare they need"", which enables cross-border sharing. This e-book summarises the know-how, experiences and good practice examples gained from the trips, with an emphasis on their applicability in practice, not only for the participating youth workers in Nevypusť duši. It presents a unique comparison of work with different target groups in the mental health care system in two European countries, Portugal and Estonia, with each country bringing new and inspiring approaches to care that would not normally have been accessed by participants in the trips. Other key outcomes of the project include the participants' own feedback on their involvement in the project and on the opportunity to participate in the overseas trips, which is also included in the e-book. Participants greatly appreciated the personal visits to different organizations, which provided them with a wide range of concrete and functional approaches to mental health care, many of which they would like to transfer specifically to the care system in the CZ."