Many young people seem to sail easily through adolescence into adulthood while others find the process much more difficult and need a bit of extra support along the way.
At the Hollins we have staff trained as Youth Mental Health First Aiders to support our pupils.
MHFAs are skilled in understanding how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental health issues in young people/adults and have the confidence to guide the young person to a place of support.
The role of the MHFAs is to act as a point of contact for the person who is experiencing a mental health issue or emotional distress. This interaction could range from having an initial conversation through to guiding a person to get appropriate support.
Your Mental Health First Aiders are:
- Mr G. Lee
- Mrs S. Careless
- Ms V. Pilkington
- Mrs N. Roscoe
MHFAiders® are a point of contact if you, or someone you are concerned about, are experiencing poor mental health or emotional distress. They are not therapists or psychiatrists but they can give you initial support and signpost you to appropriate help if required.
If you have any questions about Mental Health First Aid at the Hollins School please contact any of the MHFA staff, either face to face or individual email.
Please click on the link below, to find out more about the support on offer to pupils in school from the mental health team
https://elht.nhs.uk/services/mental-health-support-teams-school-based
Lancashire Authority have collated this useful guide to signpost support for pupils and their families Signposting of Mental Health advice and resources
in addition these websites have useful information to support our families at this time:
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
In addition all our pupils can access free, safe confidential and non-stigmatised online counselling through the online service Kooth.com
The counselling service is offered from 12pm noon to 10pm Monday to Friday and 6pm to 10pm at weekends. We are really please to be involved as Kooth gives an alternative way of ensuring children and young people can access free support when they need it.
To find out more read Lancashire Kooth info sheet
To read the letter to parents about the service please click here
To find out about services available during the school holidays please visit here
