Learn more about our report which looked into the way in which we adapted our school-based service to continue supporting children and young people during the COVID-19 lockdown.

This research paper, "A UK school-based mental health service response to the COVID-19 pandemic", was originally published in the peer-reviewed journal Hellenic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2021.

If you have any questions about this research or any of our other research projects, please contact our Research and Evaluation team at researchteam@place2be.org.uk.

Summary

What we looked at

This report examined how we changed the way we work in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and how effective these changes were.

What we did

Place2Be changed its model of working during COVID-19 pandemic, having to consider policy, practice, ethical, guidance and training implications. This report set out what changes were made during school closures due to lockdown (e.g. devising and expanding digital modes of therapeutic support) and numbers of children and young people, parents/carers, and school staff who were still supported during this time.

What we found

Over the lockdown period of school closure Place2Be supported over 4,000 children and young people with over 10000 direct check-in sessions and over 20000 check-in sessions with parents/carers. This report demonstrated how Place2Be successfully continued to support children and young people during the pandemic using creative and modified means.

Read the research paper