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Mental Health and Wellbeing
Click here for more information on Mental Health Awareness Week
(Week Commencing 18th May 2020)
Mental Health Champions and First Aiders
Steve Cropper (Lead)
Additional Trained Staff:
Nicola Bingham
Karen Ditchburn
Kathryn Thompson
How do we promote Positive Health and Wellbeing?
- Positive Mental Health Policy (2018)
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Plans – (identified students)
- Individual student Risk Assessments
- Annual Health and Wellbeing surveys (All)
- Mental Health Pathway CPD professional learning (staff)
- Referral to professional help and support (identified students)
- Promotion of student Happy reps.
- Mental Health Charter (coming April 2019)
What can school do to help?
We can put as much additional pastoral support as we can around the student – identifying trusted adults, safe space, mental wellbeing plan, regular check ins,
We can look to allocate some 1:1 in house therapy time – play, music, talk and draw
We can ask our Educational Psychologist Dr Denise McCarten to complete an assessment on your child
We can make a referral to CAMHS on your behalf, or write supporting documents to give to your GP to assist with a referral
We can refer students to Alliance (external professional counselling service) We have a long standing SLA with Alliance and currently have 3 counsellors in school each week working with students from all 3 sites
Signposting
The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Please take a look at the recent parent information session we delivered on 22/03/2019.
Find here some free "Mentally Healthy Schools" resources.
