Emotional Health Support for Students « Openminds in Calderdale

For further information and informal support to support your student’s emotional health, please look below.

Resources:

Emotional health and wellbeing is everyone’s business and it’s vital that professionals working with children and young people are equipped with the knowledge and understanding to provide appropriate early intervention and signposting and know where and when to make referrals when things don’t improve. These guides have been developed in partnership by mental health professionals, parents and carers and commissioners.

A guide for supporting children and young people getting back into a routine after lockdown

A guide for supporting children and young people with low mood

A guide for supporting children and young people with anxiety

A guide for supporting children and young people with anger

Talking to students about Mental Health

Talking to YP about MHDownload

This resource covers ways to speak to children and young people about their emotional health and wellbeing. Although it refers to GPs, the advice is applicable to any professional supporting children and young people.

ELSA Support

ELSA Support is a website developed for providing resources for emotional literacy support assistants. They provide downloadable resources which are ready to print and use. Schools are welcome to order from the website and free resources are created and made available every Friday.

YoungMinds Professionals

YoungMinds Professionals offers a toolbox of training and consultancy services for schools and other front line services in the children’s mental health system.

MindEd

MindEd is a free learning resource which provides information about the mental health of children, young people and older adults.

Local Support Services:

Time Out delivered by Healthy Minds

Time Out is delivered by Healthy Minds who help children and young people ‘find their thing’, through activities such as arts, crafts, sports, singing and drama sessions.

Age range: 10-19 years
Cost: FREE
Referral process: self referral scheme
Contact details: 01422 345154 or 07388 990 229.

ChatHealth, Healthy Futures Calderdale

ChatHealth is an NHS-approved secure and confidential text messaging support service.

Age range: 11-19 years
Cost: FREE
Referral process: self referral scheme
Contact details: text: 07480 635297

The BREW Project (Invictus Wellbeing Services)

The BREW project offers children and young people who present with personal, social, emotional concerns to access bespoke support sessions with one of their wellbeing team.

Age range: 5-17 years
Cost: FREE
Opening times: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm (Referrals only) Mon-Fri 2pm-7pm (support given to the child or young person)
Contact details: 01422 730015 or support@invictuswellbeing.com

Night OWLS

Night OWLS offers Free emotional listening support and mental health crisis support for ALL children, young people, and their parents/carers across West Yorkshire.

Age range: under 18 years (18-25 for those who have an additional need and or a disability)
Cost: FREE
Contact details: 0800 148 8244, Text 07984 392 700 or go to the website to use the online chat function: www.wynightowls.org.uk .
Opening times: 8pm – 8am, every night.

Youth Works

Youth Works is a safe space for young people to come along, ‘chill out’, have a chat, listen to music and access the internet. The drop-in is open weekdays at the Orangebox in Halifax from 3.30pm to 5.45pm.

Age range: 11-25 years
Cost: FREE
Referral process: self referral scheme
Contact details: 01422 320 033.

Youth Justice Team

The Youth Justice Team is a FREE service for young people and their families who have become involved with the criminal justice system. Phone: 01422 368279.

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Survey Report February 2021

The Tough Times Reference Group created a survey to gather the views and opinions of their peers, aged 9-25, about mental health and emotional wellbeing.