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<p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the effectiveness of the contribution
made by Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists to the National Health Service.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists form part of the wider
workforce on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and can provide
support in a range of settings. Health Education England commissions training for
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy as part of a four year doctorate. The training
and practice is accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Building the capacity, capability and confidence of both the specialist
and wider workforce is a key part of the Government’s approach to improving children
and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, sustained through a culture of continuous
evidence-based service improvement, delivered by a workforce with the right mix of
skills, competencies and experience.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the
Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme
is transforming existing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to ensure they
are providing evidence based therapies coupled with session by session outcome monitoring.
The programme is being expanded to cover additional areas of clinical practice, so
that all children and young people’s mental health services are able to deliver high
quality evidence-based care by 2018.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>
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