Clinical professionals in schools 2024/25
This service is available for Maintained schools and Academies
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.
- 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
On commissioned days: 8.30am to 5pm.
To make the service available to interested schools and to build on the existing good practice of the service so far.
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 |
Cost |
Includes |
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| 7 hrs a week | £ tbc |
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Ealing Primary Centre
- Jon Hicks: jhicks@ealingprimarycentre.co.uk020 8575 6067
