Children Young People and Families programme

 The Children's Plan

This document sets out the Government's plans for the next ten years under each of the DCSF’s strategic objectives, with a chapter at the end looking at
how we will make these reforms happen.

It announces a review of CAMHS. Click here for further information about the review.

Report on the Implementation of Standard 9 of the NSF

This document reports on progress made towards implementing Standard 9 of the Children's National Service Framework (NSF). For each area of service provision, the report looks at current progress, summarises the NSF requirement, and highlights the issues providers and commissioners need to look at in developing their services. The annex contains examples of services which are already demonstrating good practice.

Standard 9 of the NSF: The Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of Children and Young People

Standard 9 outlines the Markers of Good Practice for CAMHS. The appendix includes definitions of CAMHS, the tiered model, and a comprehensive CAMHS.

Promoting mental health for children held in secure settings: A framework for commissioning services

This document is intended to help commissioners and their commissioning partners ensure that children held in custodial and other secure settings have fair access to a comprehensive CAMHS.

Every Child Matters

This document sets out 5 key outcomes that are essential for children and young people's well-being.

Go the Every Child Matters website to search for other related reports.