The children and young people's diversion and criminal justice liaison scheme is a two-year pilot that is being bankrolled with £160,000 from the Department of Health.
Two mental health workers employed by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust will be appointed to work within the city's youth offending team to help under-18s with mental health, learning or communication difficulties affecting their emotional wellbeing.
A mental health worker will visit children and young people who have been taken to police stations in Peterborough and will refer those with difficulties to the appropriate care service.
This could include the city council-run multi-systemic therapy pilot, which is a family and community-based treatment programme for young people with complex clinical, social and educational problems.
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