ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School-Link is a collaboration between ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Health and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Department of Education (DoE) and aims to improve access to wellbeing support and specialist mental health services for children and young people with mental health concerns and their families.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Ministry of Health funds Local Health Districts and Specialty Networks to employ School-Link Coordinators to implement ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School-Link across approximately 3,000 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø schools and TAFEs in partnership with teachers, school counselling staff and specialist mental health workers. At a statewide level, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School-Link is managed by Perinatal Child and Youth (PCY), ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Ministry of Health, in partnership with DoE.
The current Strategic Action Plan builds on previous efforts and optimises the strengths of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School-Link. It provides direction for ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School-Link to 2025 and outlines strategic priorities and expected activities. This plan has been developed in response to the findings of a review of the previous School-Link Strategy and Action Plan 2014-2017.