Supporting staff to support children and young people

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Supporting staff to support children and young
people

• Healthy Minds the Lossiemouth Mental Health
  Framework Pilot Project

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policy

• integrated childrens services For Scotlands
  Children and Changing Childrens Services Funds,
  Integrated Childrens Services Plans and joint
  inspections, Child Protection legislation,
  Getting it Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) and
  Integrated Assessment Frameworks, Childrens
  Commissioner and the participation of children
  and young people

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policy

• health and education Child Health Support Group
  and the Delivering a Healthy Future Framework,
  Partnership to Care, NHS Scotland and CHPs,
  Better Behaviour Better Learning, Additional
  Support For Learning Act, Curriculum for
  Excellence.

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policy

• mental health and well being Towards a Mentally
  Flourishing Scotland, The Mental Health and well
  being of children and young people - a framework
  for promotion, prevention and care, Getting the
  Workforce Right - Getting the Right Workforce,
  New Mental Health Act.

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Public Eye

• Turn to the person sitting beside you
• Between you, list as many examples as you can of
  people in the public eye who exhibit good mental
  health
• Then try to list as many as you can who exhibit
  poor mental health
• Which was easier?

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the plan

• phase one mental health promotion activity -
  whole school staff, all children and young
  people, parents
• phase two identification of mental health
  difficulties - training a cohort of whole school
  staff
• phase three care - connection to specialist
  CAMHS and the drop-in

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Phase 1

• Programme delivered by CALM staff, Health
  Improvement staff, Guidance staff, LCN and ASG
  support
• MH awareness sessions for staff
• classroom activity around the development of
  emotional intelligence through to the
  identification of mental health problems
• connection sessions for parents - show and tell

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What do you think??

• Use the statements to think more about some of
  the issues surrounding the topic of mental health.

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Phase 2

• Identification of mental health difficulties -
  training a cohort of whole school staff
• Who? guidance staff, key link teachers in primary
  schools, school nurse, home school link worker,
  social workers
• What? introduction to mental health in young
  people and to specialist CAMHS team, Applied
  Suicide Intervention Skills - ASIST
• ongoing support and development

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Phase 3

• Care - connection to specialist CAMHS and ongoing
  support development
• further CALM development - consultation, advice
  and liaison
• Drop in with MH Development Officer
• Max Agents, Peer Support, Guidance HSL
• Columba 1400 and Values Work
• Ongoing development of classroom materials

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Staff Health

• Scotlands Health at Work v Healthy Working Lives
• Staff activities Yoga/ Pilates, Trampolining,
  Spanish, Pottery and Painting, Walking, Circuits,
  Spinning and swimming
• Staff supports ICAS, open door, Coaching
  Mentoring, Collegiality, workshops on stress,
  reiki, massage sessions, alcohol awareness.
• Race for Life
• Curriculum for Excellence groups

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the reality

• time-scales, timings and time
• buy-in and getting the buzz going
• relationships and persistence
• how schools work, costs, cover and culture
• developing and managing the material
• evaluation
• Roll out

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the lessons learnt

• ownership
• all about people who can work it and make it
  happen
• enthusiasm, energy and egos
• start early, leave more time and then add some
  more time

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the future

• Pilot rolling out across Moray
• Leadership for Change project
• further CALM redesign
• MSC Applied Psychology in Children and Young
  People and the Associate Psychologist
• Primary Mental Health link workers
• mainstreaming a Mental Health and Well-Being
  Curriculum through Curriculum for Excellence

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contacts

• Dr Chris Wiles, The Rowan Centre, The Glassgreen
  Centre, Elgin 01343 553111, chris.wiles_at_nhs.net
• Cath Reilly, Lossiemouth High School, Coulardbank
  Road, Lossiemouth, 01343 812047,
  Catherine.Reilly98_at_moray-edunet.gov.uk