C&H CAMHS WAMHS Recent History

The WAMHS project started with a one-year pilot phase in September 2018 and was initially piloted for 15 months in 50% of state-maintained schools in City and Hackney (39 schools participated in the pilot phase).

The impact of the pilot phase was evaluated by Public Health City and Hackney, and the results of the evaluation were used to support extending the offer to remaining eligible schools in both boroughs.

In September 2019 the Universal WAMHS Offer was approved by the commissioning board and a further 30 schools became part of the WAMHS project.

From April 2020 there will be 69 schools out of the total 80 in City and Hackney that will be part of the WAMHS project.

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Also in September 2019, City and Hackney became a Trailblazer site for a new initiative from the Government Green Paper on children & young people’s mental health.

Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), under senior supervision, are able to offer focused evidence-based support to young people and their parents/carers when young people are experiencing difficulties with their emotional well-being that might best be managed within a school setting.

The MHST work with groups of young people, parents, and where it might be helpful, with parents alone or with their children.

MHSTs worked initially with the first phase of WAMHS schools this year, followed by a rollout to the second phase of WAMHS schools. 

For detailed information on the MHST go here