Mental Health
Mental Health and Wellbeing
If your child tells you they are struggling with their mental health or if you suspect this, you should always contact your GP for support and advice.
NHS Mental Health Services
Services from other organisations are available by website or phone/text
Supporting Parents Help finder (Young Minds)
Times are tough for many people right now. Parents find themselves pulled in many different directions and children may be struggling being in the house for so much longer than usual. A mixture of concern about covid, working from home and children at home, along with possible financial impacts make for a stressful household.
Young Minds have created a useful 'Supporting Parents Helpfinder'. By answering six questions, parents can find out how to support their child's mental health during the pandemic (and beyond). Find the help finder here:https://youngminds.org.uk/supporting-parents-helpfinder/
When emotions explode (Young Minds)
Young Minds have also created a useful poster highlighting ways to give support to children when they have angry feelings or outbursts and may help families start a conversation and talk about each other’s feelings.
Download the poster here:
/docs/imported/Crosslee-Primary-School/when-emotions-explode-poster.pdf
Kooth - online emotional and mental health support ages 11-18
kooth.com/urgent-support for a crisis service
Samaritans
116 123
Barnardos
Family support with lockdown and Covid 19 stresses
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/c19
Barnardos Boloh – Helpline and webchat for 11+ for Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority children and young people
0800 1512605
https://helpline.barnardos.org.uk/
Shout – for anyone in crisis at anytime
Text 85258
Mood Swings
MoodSwings 36 New Mount St, Manchester M4 4DE. Helpline staffed from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday - 0161 832 37 36. Online and Skype support - contact them on info@moodswings.org.uk or https://www.facebook.com/Moodswings-289363603529/
Rapid Response Team
The Greater Manchester Rapid Response Team is a team of mental health professionals providing support to children and young people under 18 years old in mental health crisis. They provide community-based rapid assessment and brief intensive support for up to 72 hours. If you have been seen by their service before, you can self-refer for up to six months after discharge by calling 0300 323 0911.
If you are under 18 and experiencing a mental health crisis and need urgent help, please contact their Mental Health Crisis Line on Freephone 0800 051 3253.
Anna Freud Centre resources
For adoptive parents, special guardians and foster parents
https://www.annafreud.org/parents-and-carers/adoptive-parents-special-guardians-and-foster-carers/
For parents and carers
https://www.annafreud.org/parents-and-carers/resources/
Youth Wellbeing Directory – find the right service for your need by location, service name or keyword
https://www.annafreud.org/on-my-mind/youth-wellbeing/find-a-service-near-you/
Apps with self-help strategies reviewed by Anna Freud Centre, including self-harm reduction strategies
https://www.annafreud.org/on-my-mind/self-care/apps-delivering-self-help-strategies/
At our school, we aim to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for our whole school community through the PSHE curriculum, assemblies, school council and the school website. We understand how important mental health and emotional wellbeing is to our lives in just the same way as physical health. We recognise that children’s mental health is a crucial factor in their overall wellbeing and can affect their learning and achievement. We pursue this aim using both universal, whole school approaches and specialised, targeted approaches aimed at vulnerable students.
In addition to promoting positive mental health, we aim to recognise and respond to mental health problems. In an average classroom, three children will be suffering from a diagnosable mental health issue. By developing and implementing practical, relevant and effective mental health policies and procedures we can promote a safe and stable environment for students affected both directly, and indirectly by mental health issues.
At Crosslee we use Zones of Regulation to support pupils to self regulate and to identify their feelings. The Zones improve their ability to recognise and be able to talk openly about how they are feeling, in a non-judgemental way. Pupils can tap into strategies or tools to help them become a successful learner.
Follow the link below to see the full range of topics:
Practical tips to support children’s wellbeing and behaviour
More help and support can be found on Supporting mental health of children Resource and service directory file attached below which has lots of helpful websites and organisations that can also support families.
if you are looking for advice on how to talk to your child about mental health check out the downloadable parent leaflet below for ideas on how to start a conversation with your child.
Files to Download
Supporting the mental health of children Resource and service directory