Supporting Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing
Supporting the mental health of our students is very important to us at Burlington Junior School.
Please find useful links and information relating to mental health below.
Where should we go to get urgent help?
NHS Crisis Lines
Please contact the South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust 24 hour Mental Health Support Line. Anyone can use this out of hours line, even if you are not seen by CAMHS.
The 24/7 Crisis Line is supported by trained mental health advisors.
- 0800 028 8000
Attend A&E
If you cannot keep yourself / your child immediately safe, and have contacted the Crisis Line, you may be advised to attend A&E.
Contact your GP
If you or your child needs urgent mental health support, but you feel like you can keep yourself/your child safe for a little while, you should book an emergency GP appointment - contact your GP surgery directly to book.
Kingston and Richmond's Single Point of Access (Safeguarding)
In the first instance, contact Kingston and Richmond's Single Point of Access (SPA) if you are looking for support for a young person or have concerns. This service should also be contacted if there are any safeguarding issues or any other concerns about the wellbeing of a person.
- 020 8547 5008 (9am - 5pm)
- 020 8770 5000 (out of hours)
Contact Your CAMHS (9am - 5pm Monday - Friday)
If you are currently being seen by CAMHS, use this helpline in the first instance. The local teams' numbers are:
- Kingston Tier 3 (Woodroffe FACT) - 020 3513 5183
- Kingston Emotional Health Service (Tier 2 CAMHS) - 020 8547 6269
Kingston and Richmond's School Health Service
The School Health Service provides confidential advice and support to young people attending a school or being home-schooled in Kingston, to help promote physical and mental wellbeing.
- 0208 549 6323
- ku19@yourhealthcare.org
Support in School
If you have concerns about your child's mental health and wellbeing at school (and it is not an emergency), please talk to your child's class teacher in the first instance. From there, we will be able to direct you to appropriate support or offer provision in school.
MHST (Mental Health Support Teams)
Our school has access to the MHST (Mental Health Support Teams). The MHST is a school based CAMHS offer for early intervention and prevention work to support positive mental health and wellbeing. The team works in partnership with local schools to offer a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
They work within both primary and secondary schools across the borough providing evidence-based interventions to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. They work closely with our Mental Health Lead to develop our whole school approach to mental health, providing consultations and sign-posting guidance.
If you feel concerned about your child’s mental health, please contact the school SENCo, Caroline Case, at caroline.case@burlingtonjunior.org.
To learn more about what the MHST is, please visit their website.
For primary schools:
In our school, they can work with parents to support children with mild to moderate anxiety or behavioural difficulties and offer regular parent webinars on a range of topics linked to children’s emotional wellbeing. They also offer groups for children around issues such as resilience, friendships or transition to secondary school.
If you would like to make a parent self-referral for your child's emotional needs to be discussed with your school in a consultation, please follow this link.
The MHST holds regular coffee mornings in our school.
ELSA - Emotional Literacy Support in Schools
Achieving for Children Emotional Health Service (Kingston Local Authority)
Achieving for Children's Emotional Health Service is a multi-disciplinary team of clinical specialists and mental health clinicians (clinical and counselling psychologists, systemic psychotherapists and art psychotherapists) who provide mental health support to children and young people in Kingston and Richmond.
Emotional Health Waiting List Information Pack
Emotional Health Waiting List Resource Pack
Kingston Adult Education - Course and Workshops for Parents/Carers regarding Wellbeing
Please see the link below for courses running between June and July 2023 that you are welcome to attend.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wHiZkrAPI_wxa0L6qnPJhXwYfIJcI75s/view
Useful Links to Support Pupils
- CAMHS - This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being.
- Young Minds - Whether you want to understand more about how you're feeling and find ways to feel better, or you want to support someone who's struggling, we can help.
Useful Links to Support Parents and Carers
- Mind - Our information pages will help you learn more about mental health, wellbeing and types of mental health problems.
- CAMHS - This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being.
- Young Minds - Whether you want to understand more about how you're feeling and find ways to feel better, or you want to support someone who's struggling, we can help.
- Achieving for Children's Emotional Health Service
- Anna Freud - National Centre for Children and Families
- BBC Teach - When I worry about things - stories and animations which may help open conversations between you and your child. Please be sure to view these materials before advising young people to watch them.
Additional Information and Resources
Please find useful documents and information relating to mental health below.