The Mental Health Support Lead will be in school to develop a whole school approach offering advice to school staff, students, and liaising with external specialist services.

• The new mental health work force has been established as part of the national trailblazer to improve and increase availability to children’s mental health services and mental health and wellbeing support.
• Trailblazer sites will test how MHSTs can work with schools, local authority and other services and reduce waiting times for specialist NHS mental health services.
• Faster access to NHS care – to bridge the gap between health and education.

The Mental Health Support Lead/s are trained to deliver Low Intensity Cognitive Behaviour Treatments (CBT) to any student demonstrating mild to moderate mental health concerns.

A moderate mental health problem is when a person has more symptoms that can make their daily life much more difficult than usual. Examples of this can be, but not limited to:

• Low mood
• Exam stress
• Mild anxiety
• Low self esteem
• Friendship issues
• Daily worries and upset

• Guided self help approach using a Low Intensity Cognitive Behaviour framework as part of the NHS Trailblazer programme.
• Help your own understanding and your self-management of these difficulties. We will look at how your difficulties operate in the ‘here and now’ and what may be keeping them going. We will be introducing tools and techniques for you to apply to yourself and that you can continue to use to stay well in the future.

• NHS Crisis Card
• Experiencing Grief or Loss support leaflet