Clinical professionals in schools 2025/26
This service is available for Maintained schools and Academies
Description:
Child and family specialists are commissioned by schools to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of children and their families.
Situated in the school one day a week, the child and family specialist provides an early intervention service consisting of mental health focussed assessment, evidence based intervention and consultation.
Year
Financial year 2025/26
Benefits
- This service for children and families is delivered by skilled mental health practitioners in the accessible location of the school
- This facilitates high engagement rates
- Referrals are agreed in partnership with the school, in line with school priorities
- Child and family specialists are able to manage a range of mental health issues
- The service can be accessed by children and families who may not reach thresholds for other services
Office hours:
On commissioned days: 8.30am to 5pm.
More detailed information:
Reasons for referral include anxiety, sleep difficulties, bereavement and loss, depression and low mood, peer and social difficulties, anger problems, over activity and family difficulties.
Interventions in school one day a week are:
Direct work with children and families:
- Individual mental health assessment and formulation
- Individual therapeutic work
- Behaviour management advice and support to parents
- Cognitive behavioural interventions for children and families
- Group interventions which could be small group or whole class interventions and may centre around issues such as problem solving skills training, social skills training or transition to high school
- Family interventions
- Multi-family groups, for parents and children to attend together in school
- Parenting programme interventions e.g.supporting your child’s education (Webster-Stratton 2007).
Indirect work:
- Consultation and support to school staff on mental health issues in children and multi factorial formulation of a child’s behaviour
- Teaching and training on mental health models and issues
- Liaison and network input to facilitate and support effective multi agency working
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Staffing, delivered on 1 day over 33 weeks |
Includes |
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| 7 hrs a week |
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Provider:
The Anna Freud Centre
Additional contact information
Last updated: 17 Feb 2025
