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North Tyneside Children and Young Peoples 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

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North Tyneside Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing

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School context

1 Nursery School 4 Special Schools 2 PRUs 56 First and Primary 4 Middle 12 High Schools Of these 4 are academies

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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
Stress
Low mood
Depression
Self harm
School phobia
Eating disorders
Emotional

difficulties

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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.

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Mental Health Services and Schools Link project

Aimed to:

Get schools and services working together

Develop a joint understanding
Make connections
Build and consolidate our approach.

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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

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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

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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?

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Emotional Healthy Schools Resource pack

http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/994/emotionally- healthy-schools-resource-pack

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North Tyneside’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Model for Children and Young People

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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.

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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

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Supervision

Learning mentor One to one member of staff

One hour session per month

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Community Learning Disability Health Team North Tyneside.

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The key to happiness

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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

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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

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