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Who we are
Our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service will provide direct mental health support to 45 primary and secondary schools in Halton. We have two MHSTs in Halton - one covering Widnes and one covering Runcorn.
The service aims to promote the early detection and prevention of mental health problems across the whole school, and strengthen links between schools and mental health services.
The team will provide direct, ongoing support to schools around mental health and wellbeing.
Who we are
Our Mental Health Support Team service will provide direct mental health support to 45 primary and secondary schools in Runcorn and Widnes.
The service aims to promote the early detection and prevention of mental health problems across the whole school, and strengthen links between schools and mental health services.
The team will provide direct, ongoing support to schools around mental health and wellbeing. This will include:
- Providing direct interventions to pupils with mild to moderate mental health conditions, such as anxiety, low mood or behavioural difficulties.
- Where young people require specialist support, making onward referrals for pupils to local services, such as child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
- Providing training, education and advice to school staff to help them better support their pupils around mental and emotional wellbeing.
- Championing mental wellbeing and resilience across the whole school community, providing guidance around issues such as bullying and coping with exam stress.
The service will sit alongside and complement any existing mental health support that schools have access to.
Please bear in mind that the full service won’t be operational until the end of 2022. Any referrals you submit for your pupils between now and the end of the year will be for supervised practice with our trainee MHST practitioners.
This supervised practice will allow our trainee MHST practitioners to spend time getting to know your school and pupils while they complete their training course. The full offer of support will available once they have finished their training at the end of 2022.
MHST has now implemented a new consultation process therefore we no longer require a referral form to be completed. Please speak with the practitioner allocated to your school or contact the team on 01925 664120. You will be asked to confirm the demographic information for the young person you are referring, and confirm that parental consent has been given.
Widnes Schools |
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All Saints Upton C E Voluntary Controlled Primary |
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Ashley Special School |
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Brookfields Special School |
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Ditton Primary School |
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Fairfield Primary School |
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Halebank CE Voluntary Controlled Primary School |
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Oakfield Community Primary School |
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Ormiston Chadwick Academy |
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Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School |
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Saint Peters & Paul Catholic College |
| Kingsway Primary Academy |
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St Basil's Catholic Primary School |
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St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School |
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St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School |
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St Michael's Catholic Primary School |
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Wade Deacon High School |
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Widnes Academy |
Runcorn Schools |
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Astmoor Primary School |
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Bridgewater Park Primary Academy |
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Brookvale Primary School |
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Castle View Primary School |
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Chestnut Lodge School & Specialist SEN College |
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Gorsewood Primary School |
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Hallwood Park Primary School |
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Halton Lodge Primary School |
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Murdishaw West Community Primary School |
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Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy |
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Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Cathlolic Primary School |
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Palace Fields Primary School |
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Runcorn All Saints CE Primary School |
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St Augustine's Primary Academy |
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St Chad's Catholic & Church of England High School |
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St Edwards Catholic Primary School |
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St Martin's Catholic Primary School |
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St Mary's Halton CE Primary School |
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The Bridge School - Pupil Referral Unit |
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The Brow Community Primary School |
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The Grange Academy |
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The Heath School |
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The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School |
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Victoria Road Primary School |
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Westfield Primary School |
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Weston Point Community Primary School |
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Windmill Hill Primary School |
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Woodside Primary School |
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Name of Course |
Course description |
Who is this for/ How to book on |
Course duration |
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Introduction to MHST |
An introduction to MHST, who we are, what we offer and the interventions we provide. Guidance around consultation and referral process |
Staff
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Half a day course. Can be adapted to twilight session |
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What is Mental Health? An introduction |
To gain knowledge around recognising the signs and symptoms of mental health issues in CYP |
Staff |
1 to 1½ hour |
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Anxiety Awareness |
Classroom presentation covering signs, symptoms, causes and where to get support. |
Pupils (primary and secondary) and staff |
1 to 1½ hour |
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Transition support |
Introduction to Sessions and accompanying materials Tips for managing your child’s transition Signposting for additional support |
Pupils (primary and secondary), staff and parent/carer
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1 to 1½ hour |
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Exam Stress |
To gain an understanding on how to recognise and cope with stress from exams |
Pupils (primary and secondary), staff and parent/carer Online workbook available as resource |
1 to 1½ hour |
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Emotional regulation |
To gain knowledge and understanding around recognising emotional dysregulation and tips on how to manage this. |
Pupils (primary and secondary), staff and parent/carers |
1 to 1½ hour |
| Emotional regulation and neurodiversity |
To gain an understanding of emotional regulation and neurodiversity in children and young people. To explore strategies to support neurodiverse children and young people in school. |
Staff |
½ day course |
| MHST intervention awareness (bitesize training) |
To gain more in-depth knowledge and understanding of the interventions that EMHPs deliver. The aim is to raise awareness of our interventions to aid schools in selecting appropriate cases to bring to consultation. -Anxiety interventions, Low mood, and challenging behaviour This is split across 2 30 minute sessions. |
Staff |
30 minutes per bitesize training (can be extended to aid more discussion between staff). |
To arrange a training session, please contact your school's EMHP on 01925 664120 or email
to request a training session or further information from your schools allocated EMHP.
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Contact us
To find out who your school's MHST practitioner is, contact the Mental Health Support Team on 01925 664 120.
Email: mcn-tr
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