The Team The Emotional Health and Resilience Team are made up of Emotional resilience nurses, practitioners, Child psychological wellbeing practitioners and trainee child psychological wellbeing practitioners. What do the team offer? Individual support to children and young people Advice / support to schools and other professionals Advice/support to Parents about their child Group Sessions in […]
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Active 30
Get involved in Active 30! Over the last couple of months, the Active 30 Hub has been redeveloped. The new Active 30 Durham website provides schools, parents and carer’s with information and inspiration on how to embed physical activity into young people’s lives. The hub now has a range of resources to encourage physical activity […]
QWELL
Mental Health is one the largest challenges for Global Public Health with 1 in 4 adults experiencing mental health issues. Qwell is a new commissioned service available in County Durham and is aimed at supporting education staff with their mental health. Qwell understands that teachers need a supportive place away from the workplace. Qwell offers […]
Emotional Wellbeing Locality Forums
The Emotional Wellbeing Locality Forums connect Mental Health leads in Schools and other services working with children and young people in relation to mental health and emotional wellbeing. There are opportunities to attend are termly meetings and get access to termly newsletters which provide the space to share good practice, identify support available locally and […]
Durham Resiliance Programme (DRP)
The Durham Resilience Programme (DRP) aims to raise awareness of the importance of developing and supporting resilience across school communities, and support participating schools in developing, implementing and reviewing a bespoke action plan to improve resilience-promoting practice within their setting. Who is it for? Schools in County Durham who are interested in developing their knowledge […]
Mental Health Support Teams (MHST)
Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are a new resource, funded by and accountable to the National Health Service (NHS). They will work with, and in, schools and colleges to support you with mental health and wellbeing and to treat mild to moderate mental health issues. How the MHST supports you and your education setting? Across […]
Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM)
What is YAM? YAM offers a hands-on approach to mental health issues such as stress, crisis, depression and suicide. The programme spans over five sessions with three role-play workshops at the core. YAM is based on empathy building and finding solutions as a group, the YAM youth reflect and analyse their actions through play and […]
Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Rainbow Resources
County Durham has a wide mental health and emotional wellbeing offer for Children, Young People and Adults. However, due to the scale of support services it is often difficult for people to find what support service is most suitable for them. Baring this in mind a set of new ‘rainbow resources’ were developed to make […]