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:

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  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.