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  1. Governors

    Mentally Healthy Schools – Guidance for School Governors Mentally Healthy Schools has advice on a Governors’ role in understanding emotional wellbeing and mental health issues. This section has advice and guidance to school governors within a whole school approach. It also offers guidance on what to include in an induction programme for new Governors, including […]

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  2. Identifying responsibilities

    Templates for schools to use to support discussions with local partners in planning mental health support at school. Commissioning responsibilities grid 2018 This document has been developed by Healthy London Partnership. It is for use or adaptation within local areas to assist strategic commissioning groups to discuss and clarify the responsible commissioners for different categories […]

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  3. CAMHS information

    This section of the toolkit is geared towards parents and families of children and young people. CAMHS useful links for parents and young people Here you will find relevant information and contacts for sources of support for bullying, autism, eating disorders and other issues. CAMHS useful links This section of the website represents the historical […]

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  4. Principles of commissioning

    This page provides supporting information and links to documents that offer guidance, examples, tools and advice and evaluation of  Commissioning cost-effective services for promotion of mental health and wellbeing and prevention of mental Ill-health  – Public Health England This document covers the commissioning of mental health services across all age ranges. There are two detailed case […]

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  5. Counselling services

    This page offers information to support London schools to engage individuals or organisations (or both) at the school to provide counselling services. It includes a financial evaluation assessing the benefits these services can bring to young people. Counselling in schools: a blueprint for the future – Department of Education This non-statutory guidance gives school leaders some advice […]

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  6. Local commissioning

    This page offers background information and links to guidance and research about local mental health improvement plans.  Influencing local commissioning Mentally Healthy Schools  gives guidance and information on the local processes for commissioning mental health services and how schools can get involved. Download their guide ‘Influencing local commissioning’. Local transformation plans The Five Year Forward […]

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  7. Government guidance

    See our summaries of key government documents and guidance in relation to mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and school.  Government Guidance for Mental Health and Wellbeing Support in Schools and Colleges (September 2021) This government document gives a range of advice on what help you can get to develop a whole school […]

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  8. Teaching resources

    This page offers an overview of online resources for teachers to use to promoting mental health and wellbeing during classes. Advice on COVID-19 for places of education The Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) have created a poster/infographic for places of education which includes advice how to stop the coronavirus from spreading and what you can […]

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  9. Training & support for staff

    This section contains information about training and support for school staff, parents and pupils to improve mental health and wellbeing at school. For the full list of all the mental health training available to people working with children and young people please see our Children and young people’s mental health training compendium.

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