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<p>The Department for Education has a joint programme of work with the Department
of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Health Education England to deliver the
proposals set out in the green paper ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental
Health Provision’. This includes setting up and running Mental Health Support Teams
linked to groups of schools and colleges. The teams will be made up of additional,
trained, mental health workers, supervised by suitable NHS staff working closely with
other professionals such as educational psychologists, school nurses, counsellors
and social workers.</p><p>The first teams will be set up in 25 trailblazer areas this
year, which will be evaluated to inform the subsequent roll-out. The Department has
put in place a small regional implementation team to work alongside NHS England to
support delivery of the green paper commitments and lead and model effective partnership
working for education and health.</p><p>The Government is also taking action to support
specific vulnerable groups of children. In May 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission
began inspecting local areas on their effectiveness in fulfilling the new duties on
education, health and social care services to provide for children and young people
who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). All 152 local areas in
England will be inspected over a period of five years. The inspections are identifying
how effectively access to mental health provision is working as part of the SEND provision
locally.</p><p>The Department is also piloting new mental health assessments for looked-after
children to ensure young people are assessed at the right time to support more effective
access to mental health provision, with a focus on meeting their individual needs
as they enter care.</p>
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