North Tyneside Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
School context 1 Nursery School 4 Special Schools 2 PRUs 56 First and Primary 4 Middle 12 High Schools Of these 4 are academies
Local picture Around 9.5% of children and young people aged 5 to 16 years in North Tyneside are estimated to have a mental health disorder - 3 students in a class of 30; 4600 children and young people Schools report increasing concerns about mental health particularly related to: • Anxiety • School phobia • Stress • Eating disorders • Low mood • Emotional • Depression difficulties • Self harm
In North Tyneside we want... • to develop children and young people’s resilience and coping strategies • to ensure every child and young person will have access to early help to support their emotional wellbeing and mental health • ensure services will be delivered in the community, closer to home, targeted to the most vulnerable. • fewer children and young people to require specialist mental health services.
Mental Health Services and Schools Link project Aimed to: • Get schools and services working together more • Develop a joint understanding • Make connections • Build and consolidate our approach.
The workshops • 2 cohorts of 50 • Half schools and mental health services including: – CAMHS and PMHWs – Education Psychology service – 0 – 19 service – Youth Offending – Youth Workers – Connextions – Commissioning managers – Public Health colleagues
Work so far • ‘Mind Your Head’ lesson plan • Emotionally Healthy Schools Resource Pack • New referral pathway to CAMHS • PMHW support line • MH:2K • Kooth.com • Mental Health Services and Schools link project • Trailblazer application
Emotionally Healthy Schools Resource Pack Aims to help schools promote positive mental health in their pupils and identify and address those with less severe problems at an early stage and build their resilience • What difference can schools make? • How can children and young people look after themselves? • What skills and training do staff need? • Where can you go for help and support?
Emotional Healthy Schools Resource pack http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/994/emotionally- healthy-schools-resource-pack
North Tyneside’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Model for Children and Young People
Outcomes of the workshops • Strengthened communication across schools and mental health services • Strengthened understanding across agencies • Recognised the work that had already been done • Identified what needs to be done next • Highlighted the benefit of having Mental Health Services and schools in the same room.
Feedback from schools • Valued the chance to speak to Mental Health Services • Prompted to think about measuring wellbeing • Completed the Emotionally Healthy Schools Checklist – look for gaps • Mental Health given more focus / priority • Recognised the need for supervision • Prompted engagement with Governors
Supervision Learning mentor One to one member of staff One hour session per month
Community Learning Disability Health Team North Tyneside.
The key to happiness
CAMHS • Improved relationships with Education staff – enabled clearer understanding of roles and support systems available. • CAMHS PMHW Team provide direct face to face consultations available to school staff and wider partners (Example of practice) • Accessibility Criteria for CAMHS enables direct referrals from School SENCO and Head teachers • CAMHS provide daily Duty rota – schools can access with any heightened concerns about a young persons mental health . • Increased Partnership with Children and Young People from North Tyneside Schools . Citizenship Programme /Participation Group in CAMHS – Links with MH2K
Plans for the future • Organise Mental Health networks with schools and partners • Clarify the role of Mental Health leads in school • Supervision for school staff * • Recruit Mental Health Support Teams* • Explore common approach to wellbeing outcome measures • Develop shared knowledge of the range of support and good links with partners • Achieve ‘widespread good practice’ in CASCADE feedback • Follow up MH:2K recommendations
And what do our young people think? Childrens Mental Health and Wellbeing video
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