Working with schools

The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) works directly with schools in the BANES area.

Which schools do we work with?

Wiltshire secondary schools

Wooton Bassett

Bradon Forest

Royal Wootton Bassett

Calne

Kingsbury Green

Chippenham

Hardenhuish

Wiltshire College Chippenham

Abbeyfield School

Sheldon School

Devizes

Devizes School

Lavington School

Pewsey Vale School

Melksham Oak Community School

Salisbury

Sarum Academy

Salisbury Sixth Form College

St Joseph’s Catholic School

Wiltshire College Salisbury campus

Wyvern and St Edmunds Learning Campus (Wyvern College)

Trowbridge

The Clarendon Academy

St Augustine’s Catholic School

The John of Gaunt School

Wiltshire College Trowbridge campus

Westbury

Matravers School

Wiltshire primary schools

Wootton Bassett

Longleaze

St Bartholomew’s

Calne

Priestly Primary

Marden Vale

Chippenham

St Pauls

Charter Primary

Ivy Lane

St Mary’s RC

St Peters Primary

Frogwell

Queens Crescent

Devizes

Five Lanes School

Southbroom Infants School

Southbroom St James Academy

St Joseph’s Primary Academy

The Trinity CE Primary Academy

Wansdyke School

Pewsey Primary School

River Mead School

The Manor School

St Nicholas CVC

SEEND

Salisbury

Manor Fields

Pembroke Park

Woodlands

Sarum St Pauls

St Peter’s CE

Harnham CE junior

Harnham infants

St Mark’s CE

St Martin’s CE

St Osmund’s Catholic Primary

Wyndham Park

Trowbridge

Bellefield Primary and Nursery School

Grove Primary School

Holbrook Primary School

Newtown Community

Oasis Academy Longmeadow

Paxcroft Primary School

St John’s Catholic Primary School

Studley Green Primary School

Westbury

Bitham Brook Primary School

Westbury CE Junior School

Westbury Infants School

Westbury Leigh CE Primary School

Dilton Marsh CE Primary School

Special education provision

Exeter House

164 Silverwood (Larkrise)

Silverwood (St Nicks)

Silverwood (Rowdeford)

 

Early intervention and prevention

MHSTs are a response to the government’s green paper to improve access and quality of mental health support for children and young people in education settings. Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) sit within the MHST along with other mental health professionals and clinical supervisors. The purpose of the MHST is for early intervention and prevention of common mental health problems.

Self-help interventions

EMHPs deliver evidence-based, low-intensity, guided self-help interventions with children and young people and their parents/carers, either remotely or in a school setting.

These interventions are to support children, young people, and their families to overcome common mental health problems such as anxiety, low mood, and behavioural difficulties.

Interventions include:

  • Behavioural activation
  • Exposure habituation
  • Cognitive restructuring
  • Behavioural experiments
  • Worry management
  • Coping Cat
  • Pesky gNATS
  • Parent training and parent-led CBT
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a form of talking therapy which looks at how what we think and what we do affects how we feel. It involves finding out what is keeping us ‘stuck’ and helps us change how we feel by trying different ways of thinking about things or different ways of doing things.  The below video explains more about how CBT works.

As well as 1:1 work, the MHST works closely with schools and their Designated Mental Health Lead (DMHL) to develop a whole school approach towards mental health. A whole school approach involves everyone being committed and working together to improve mental health and wellbeing. This includes senior leadership, all school staff, parents and carers, and members of the wider community.

Consultations

School staff can request consultations with an EMHP. This is a solution-focused meeting to discuss a mental health problem or concern for a group of children or an individual child.

MHSTs can deliver psychoeducation to classes or groups of children where there is an identified need. Examples include managing exam stress, emotional literacy, self-esteem, transitions, and raising mental health awareness.

MHSTs can also deliver continuing professional development to school staff.

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Page last reviewed: 10 October, 2024