Camhs Roles And Responsibilities

The Educational Welfare Officer is a social worker assigned to work with schools, pupils and families to resolve any issues. Their responsibilities would include meeting with the school, pupils and parents to identify problems and provide solutions and to promote regular school attendance, deal with absenteeism and help children and young people at risk of exclusion. Their roles include assessing problems, sharing information, assessing children and young people, improving the links between school and home, advising schools on strategies to improve attendance, tracking pupils who go missing, issuing work and performance permits to children and young people, writing reports and preparing evidence in court, supporting excluded pupils on their return to school. They may also make home/school visits to provide on-going support.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is the NHS provided mental health care for children and young people. They are often organised in teams and work in Tiers. Tier One being universal services, Tier Two relating to community specialist services, Tier Three services are generally multidisciplinary with a range of staff and Tier Four is a highly specialised service for the most needy individuals and include inpatient units.
Social Workers and Counsellors can help with family support and provide information regarding parent support
Helping leadership teams to evaluate school performance identify priorities for improvement and plan effective change. They contribute to whole school improvement, including effective contribution to the Every Child Matters outcomes. They provide information to governing bodies on their school’s performance and development. They help build capacity to improve learners’ achievement and well-being and to realise other key outcomes for them and they work with a range of partners to deliver challenge and support for schools and