New government department for children should lead work on mental health
A new government Department for Children should be established to lead reforms to children’s mental health, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has recommended.
The Department for Children should be headed by a Secretary of State with the responsibility of cross-departmental audit and scrutinised by a new Select Committee, the All Party Parliamentary Group on [...]
New processes implemented at Wirral
Progress has been made in The Wirral strategic response to children looked after, through the implementation of new processes and procedures, said Ofsted.
In the sixth monitoring visit of the authority since it was rated inadequate in September 2016, Ofsted found progress had been made after the experiences and progress for children looked after and achieving [...]
CAMHS restructuring makes it difficult to treat young people, says report
CAMHS restructuring makes it difficult to treat young people, says report: it is becoming increasingly hard to provide effective care and treatment for children and young people with mental health problems, the Association of Child Psychotherapists has warned.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are not only “chronically underfunded”, but the way in which services are [...]
Blog: The government’s agenda for childrens mental health
WillisPalmer’s head of operations Harriet Jannetta on the government’s green paper for childrens mental health and why the grants agreed need to be distributed at a local level so that it gets to those who need it.
The issue of children’s mental health has become a significant agenda item for this government. Partly because of recent [...]
Mental health specialists should be working in schools
An education thinktank is calling for a new cadre of pre-clinical mental health specialists to be working in schools.
A report by LKMco and social enterprise MindsAhead said a new school-based mental health development programme should be established, building on the successes of Teach First, Think Ahead, Unlocked Grads and FrontLine in a bid to tackle [...]
Partnership work needs developing in Sandwell Children’s Trust
There has been a lack of urgency to develop partnership working in the borough of Sandwell since Sandwell Children’s Trust was established, Ofsted has warned.
Inspectors noted that since the re-inspection in 2018, a great deal of work has been completed to establish the Trust and an ambitious improvement plan has been developed which sets out [...]
