Persuading schools, children's centres and social services that children's mental health is everybody's business is not easy. As the Government puts increasing pressure on all children's services to improve children's mental health, evidence is emerging that the strain of the task is starting to show.
Almost four-fifths of primary mental health workers within child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) say they suffer from "emotional exhaustion", according to unpublished Department of Health research (Children Now, 1-14 August).
Role clarification
The job of a primary mental health worker is to be a source of expertise, advice and training for children's services, to link those services to specialist child and adolescent mental health services and provide face-to-face therapy.
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