Mental Health Support Teams in Schools

Description

The Mental Health Support Team provides direct mental health support to primary and secondary schools in Knowsley.

The service promotes the early detection and prevention of mental health problems across the whole school and strengthens links between schools and mental health services.

The team provides support to schools around mental health and wellbeing by providing training and support for school staff and parents.

This includes:

• Direct interventions to pupils with mild to moderate mental health conditions, such as anxiety, low mood or behavioural difficulties
• Onward referrals for pupils to local services, such as child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
• Providing training, education and advice to school staff to help them better support their pupils around mental and emotional wellbeing
• Championing mental wellbeing and resilience across the whole school community, providing guidance around issues such as bullying and coping with exam stress.

The service sits alongside and complements existing mental health support that schools have access to, including the school link programme within CAMHS and mental health first aid.

You can speak to the practitioner in school, call the team on 01925 664 120 or email mcn-tr.mhst-knowsley@nhs.net