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MENTAL HEALTH & EMOTIONAL WELLBEING
At Roe Green Junior School, we believe in promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing. Prioritising the wellbeing of students and staff ensures that good teaching and learning can take place, and that the school is a community where everyone feels able to thrive. A student’s emotional health and wellbeing influences their cognitive development and learning as well as their physical and social health and their mental wellbeing in adulthood.
It is normal for students to feel down, anxious, overwhelmed and worried from time to time. As a school we aim to provide support and guidance for our students’ academic studies and their pastoral needs. We offer the following services in school:
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PSHE lessons
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Assemblies
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Well-being sessions with Gary
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Daily mindfulness
We can sign post pupils to the following outside agencies:
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GP
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Child and Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
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Social services and safeguarding services at the local authority
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Online support through our Mental Health & Wellbeing support page
The links below provide guidance on services for a range of different mental health and wellbeing needs which may present in a young persons life.
Wellbeing and Emotional Support Teams In School
The wellbeing and emotional support teams in schools service is designed to help children and young people access mental health and wellbeing support early on in educational settings. The team offer short term support delivered by education mental health practitioners (EMHPs). Referrals are made through any of the class teachers and the website offers a wealth of support techniques.
Kooth
Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people. Here you can chat to counsellors, read articles written by young people and get support from the Kooth community. It is accessible through mobile, tablet and desktop.
Website: https://www.kooth.com
NHS: Every Mind Matters
Feeling stressed, anxious, low or struggling to sleep? Every Mind Matters can help with expert advice, practical tips and personalised actions to help stay. The site covers support within the following areas Mental wellbeing, Anxiety, Sleep, Stress and Low mood
Website: https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/supporting-others/childrens-mental-health/
MindEd for Families
Are you a parent or carer who is concerned about the mental health of your child or teenager? Do you just want some hints and tips on parenting? MindEd for Families has advice and information from trusted experts and will help you to understand what problems occur, what you can do to best support your family, and how to take care of yourself. Website: https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/young-people
Childline
Childline helps anyone under the age of 19 in the UK with any issues they’re going through. It is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. Phone 08001111 Website: https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/your-feelings/
Young Minds
Young minds are a mental health charity for children, young people and their parents, making sure all young people can get the mental health support that they need.
Website: https://www.youngminds.org.uk
Qwell.io
Qwell.io a free, safe, and anonymous online mental wellbeing community for adults offers a variety of support to meet your needs.
It gives you access to one-to-one text-based support from a professional team, whether that is just a chat, or a course of counselling.
Other support on the site includes an online magazine with helpful articles and personal experiences from their community, a space to connect with others through online forums, and personal tools such as goal setting and a journal to track thoughts and progress.
To find out more and sign up, visit www.qwell.io/
DAD PAD APP
The 'Dad Pad' App was developed by a group of dads that felt they wanted more information on what to expect and how to care for their new baby. The app will support you and your partner to give your baby the best possible start in life.
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Reduce your own anxiety by getting involved and gaining in confidence.
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Learn how to create a strong bond and healthy attachment with your baby.
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Build stronger family relationships by sharing the load and learning how to parent together.
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Recognise the signs of postnatal depression in both yourself and your partner, and learn how to get help early if required.
Anna Freud
Anna Freud Centre's child mental health experts have written a leaflet to provide simple advice and guidance to parents and carers about how to make conversations about their child's feelings part of everyday life.
Self-Harm UK
A website dedicated to self-harm recovery, insight and support.
NSPCC Self-Harm Guidance
Self-harm describes any behaviour where a young person causes harm to themselves in order to cope with thoughts, feelings or experiences they are not able to manage in any other way. It most frequently takes the form of cutting, burning or non-lethal overdoses in adolescents, while younger children and young people with special needs are more likely to pick or scratch at wounds, pull out their hair or bang or bruise themselves.
www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/self-harm/
Mental Health & Suicidal Thoughts:
Young people may experience complicated thoughts and feelings about wanting to end their own lives. Some young people never act on these feelings though they may openly discuss and explore them, while other young people die suddenly from suicide apparently out of the blue.
PAPYRUS - https://papyrus-uk.org/im-thinking-about-suicide/
PAPYRUS ‘Hopeline UK’: 0800 068 4141
NSPCC Parents/Carers - Mental Health & Suicidal Thoughts
Young Mind Parents/Carers - Survival Guide
How to help your child beat exam stress
https://www.studentminds.org.uk/examstress.html
Obsessions and compulsions:
Obsessions describe intrusive thoughts or feelings that enter our minds which are disturbing or upsetting; compulsions are the behaviours we carry out in order to manage those thoughts or feelings. For example, a young person may be constantly worried that their house will burn down if they don’t turn off all switches before leaving the house. They may respond to these thoughts by repeatedly checking switches, perhaps returning home several times to do so. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can take many forms – it is not just about cleaning and checking.