The government has announced plans to introduce and pilot a new mental health workforce in schools.
The plans follow on from the green paper consultation ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health’, and commit to a new NHS mental health workforce to be be piloted in key ‘trailblazer’ sites.
The teams will be dedicated to supporting children and young people in schools and colleges. They will work in partnership with newly established designated senior leads for mental health who will be introduced into educational settings to help develop whole school/college approaches to supporting children and young people’s mental health.