Calderdale Mental Health Support Team (MHST)

Open Minds (CAMHS) Northpoint Wellbeing provide the Calderdale Mental Health Support Team. This is a service that works directly in participating schools to provide direct clinical interventions as well as support to school staff to develop their whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

What does the MHST do?

• Provides short term evidence-based mental health support for students in school experiencing mild to moderate emotional/mental health problems
• Support and training to schools to develop their whole school approach to mental health
• Provides mental health advice and liaison with services for school staff about students.

How to refer

Referrals are made by trained members of school staff who act as wellbeing leads. They refer directly to Mental Health Support Team practitioners who are based within school. To access the Calderdale Mental Health Support Team Request for Support Forms, please visit this website.

Current participating schools

Primary:

• All Saints’ CE J&I School
• Bolton Brow Primary Academy
• Colden J&I School
• Copley Primary School
• Holy Trinity
• New Road Primary
• Todmorden CE (A) J I & N School

Secondary:

• Brighouse High School
• Lightcliffe Academy
• Ryburn Valley High School
• The Brooksbank School
• Todmorden High
• Trinity Academy

Schools to start around December 2021:

Primary:

• Bowling Green Academy
• Cliffe Hill
• Central Street Infant School
• Cross Lane
• Elland CE J, I & N
• Moorside
• Old Earth School
• Riverside Junior School
• Siddal Primary School
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary
• St Patick’s Catholic Primary & Nursery
• Stubbings Infant School
• The Greetland Academy
• Walsden St Peter’s CE Primary
• Withinfields Primary School

Secondary:

• Park Lane Academy

College:

• Calderdale College