Rutland school students to take part in mental health workshops
Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHST) are at Uppingham Community College this week
As part of Children's Mental Health Week (February 5-11), specialist support teams from Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust will hold workshops with school children in Rutland.
The trust's Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHST) will visit Uppingham Community College on Friday (9th February), to engage with students and encourage them to express their thoughts and feelings through different activities.
Selina Tumani, All Age Mental Health & LD Transformation Lead, Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland (LLR), Integrated Care Board (ICB) who is the commissioning lead for the service said: “The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is a key priority for all organisations working in health and care organisations across our patch.
"MHST is a nationally driven initiative to reduce health inequalities and increase timely access to mental health support for children and young people through early intervention and prevention.
"Since 2020/21 the MHST service has been commissioned with a commitment to expanding direct mental health support in local schools. They currently cover around 96,000 children and young people. This week is a great opportunity to hear from children and young people about how initiatives such as these are supporting them in school or college when they need it the most.”.
Julie Thomson, who manages the Melton and Rutland MHST stated “Mental health and student wellbeing is high on the priority list of all schools and colleges all year round, however, this week it’s important for us to show all the support that is out there. This year we will be co-facilitating workshops and we’re really looking forward to finding out what the children and young people have to say.”
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