In a report, inspectors have declared their praise for the joint working between social care, education, health and emergency services to improve support for young people dealing with mental health issues.
The co-working of these support services is especially important because support for this vulnerable group of young people can be delivered this way. Previously, there have been findings on reviews of mental health support for children across six local authority areas before the pandemic.
According to this, the key benefits of the joint working are:
- timely identification of mental health
- swift referrals
- support
- co-location od mental health support involving experts
However, the report (called Feeling heard) found different degrees of support across councils meaning that some schools are better supported than others. In half of the areas visited, the health assessments of school nurses did not address the emotional well-being of children. Also, there is a lack of consistency in mental health training for police officers.
The report also warns that often children’s mental illness is first recognized when they enter the criminal justice system.
The chief inspector of probation stated: the full impact of covid-19 is unknown, we do not know how this will affect the already overloaded services in some areas.
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