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<p>Mental Health Support Teams will be trained to deliver evidence-based interventions
for children and young people with mild/moderate needs. The teams will work collaboratively
with senior designated leads in schools and colleges and other professionals such
as educational psychologists, school nurses, counsellors and social workers to assess
children and refer them on for further treatment if necessary. Over the course of
the consultation period we are seeking views on the exact role of the teams.</p><p>
</p><p>Many schools recognise the important role that making school-based counselling
services available in school settings can play and we know from our mental health
in schools survey that around 61% of schools offer counselling. The intention of the
new Mental Health Support Teams, is to provide the additional, trained health provision
that the evidence suggests is needed, complementing existing mental health provision
in schools in a way that secures better joint working and understanding between health
services and education. We will work with clinical and other experts to design the
curriculum for training staff in the mental health support teams, including the interventions
that they will be trained to provide, following the consultation. We will test how
the teams work through trailblazers, beginning in 2019.</p>
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