Healthy Minds for Sheffield schools
Dear Parent/Carer,
We are happy to report that our school will be involved in a joint project with Sheffield Child
and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) called Healthy Minds.
Healthy Minds is a project that focuses on developing the whole school environment to best support young people’s mental health, rather than working
on a one-to-one basis with students.
The Healthy Minds project includes:
Training for all school staff on the fundamentals of young people’s mental health and the implications for learning.
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A Healthy Minds survey for students, parents / carers and staff to complete. This will help us to find out a range of views so that we can best understand the specific needs of our school.
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Based on the Healthy Minds survey, a mental health action plan will be developed for our school. This will include whole school interventions designed to meet mental health needs across the school.
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Creating a group of student Healthy Minds Champions. These students will represent children at our school making sure their views are heard and integrated into the school’s mental health action plan.
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Clarity for staff, students and parents about who they can talk to if they are worried about a young person’s mental health.
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Further development of the Sheffield CAMHS website for secondary students www.epicfriends.co.uk
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Specialist mental health training for key staff in schools.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HealthyMindsParentCarer
All responses will be anonymous
Your child will also be asked to complete the Healthy Minds survey in class. Please contact ………J.Eagleton………………. if you want to find out more about this.
If you would like more information about Healthy Minds or CAMHS please visit the Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust website https://www.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk/services/camhs/healthy-minds/