The asthma friendly schools programme sets out clear, effective partnership arrangements between health, education and local authorities for managing children and young people with asthma at primary and secondary schools. This includes the adoption of government policy on emergency inhalers and early years settings, such as: It also means that schools should have the following: […]
This page provides a summary of the websites associated with organisations and initiatives that aim to support better mental health and wellbeing for children and young people. Follow the links to explore their resources. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) This list collates useful websites for primary care professionals, many of these links are relevant […]
Share these resources with the children and young people at your school. They are designed to help them improve their own mental health and wellbeing. Contact the CYP mental health team with any feedback or suggestions to add to this toolkit: hlp.cyp-programme@nhs.net.
Place 2 Be Place2Be are a leading mental health charity for children who have concentrated on providing services within schools. They provide direct work with individual children and groups of children. Where their staff are present within schools they will offer consultation with school staff. They can also offer support to parents and training to staff […]
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust runs a wide range of training for school staff and for young people. Their trainers all have expertise in mental health and are teachers, clinicians, academics or have lived experience of mental health problems. Trainers draw on the latest research, clinical practice and the experiences of […]
MindEd MindEd is a free educational resource on children and young people’s mental health for all adults, so it is useful for teachers and parents. It offers a wide range of online study courses. They are certificated so that participants can build up a portfolio of completed courses. The site offers a good range of […]
Developing your skills Anna Freud Centre Schools in Mind: a free network for school staff and allied professionals which shares practical, academic and clinical expertise regarding the wellbeing and mental health issues that affect schools. The network provides a trusted source of up-to-date and accessible information and resources that school leaders, teachers and support staff […]
St Marylebone School, a secondary school for girls in City of Westminster, incorporates issues around good mental health within the culture and everyday life of the school. The school draws pupils from a number of neighbouring authorities. The school makes use of the curriculum throughout the whole school to promote mental health and well-being. Students explore […]
Islington CAMHS has been working with Islington secondary schools since 2013 and primary schools since 2011. Service The standard service is: 1 day per week to Secondary Schools 0.5 days (Half a day) per fortnight to Primary Schools The main functions of the childhood and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) link worker are: Working with […]
The Peer Listening Scheme has been developed at the school to encourage children who are experiencing anxiety or other difficulties an opportunity to speak to peers. The Peer Listeners are recruited from all age ranges within the school. The Peer Listeners are offered training through school staff. They operate a rota and are present in […]