Bringing CAMHS to the classroom

Our CAMHS schools link manager Breda O’Neill was interviewed for a Children and Young People Now feature called Bringing CAMHS to the classroom.

Two areas outline how they are improving links between schools and mental health specialists. Promising initial feedback from areas testing new ways to link schools with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) prompted the Department for Education to announce in May an expansion of the initiative just six months after its launch. The 22 single-point-of-contact pilots are bringing together a named contact in a CAMHS team with a member of staff from 255 schools. With more areas set to follow, two of the initial pilot sites outline the approach they have taken....