Category: Healthy Schools

Kooth festive period 2020 campaign digital poster

As the festive season looms near, I just wanted to update you that Kooth.com remains open, meaning that young people have access to mental health support throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday period.

With the festive period looking a little different this year and some young people feeling stressed about spending more time at home, our counsellors will be working hard throughout the holiday period to make sure that young people will continue to have access to free online counselling and support.

Before schools and local services break up for the holiday period, I would like your help in making sure young people are aware that Kooth.com will still be available if and when they need support.

Please cascade to one and all about this wonderful service.

Best Wishes

Leonie Aboagye

Project Officer | Children & Young People

North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCL CCG)

Haringey Directorate Children’s Commissioning Team

Email:    leoni.aboagye@nhs.net

Tel:        020 3688 2773

Web:     www.northcentrallondonccg.nhs.uk

In line with commitments to improve air quality and road safety around schools, the council has agreed proposals for the School Streets Plan.

Poor air quality is known to be particularly harmful to the developing lungs of children and young people. Outside schools, exposure to poor air quality is increased as a result of congestion caused by motor traffic, and idling cars outside the school gates – which can emit more harmful fumes than passing or through traffic.

As part of the Plan, the council will begin implementing school streets across 20 schools in the borough, over the next six months. All primary schools in the borough have been assessed as part of the Plan, with those with the most urgent needs brought forward in the first tranche of the roll-out.

School streets is a proven method of improving air quality and road safety. The works will see timed closures of roads outside schools, which will be enforced by either CCTV cameras or physical measures.

This will create a safe space for children, teachers, parents and carers travelling to and from school at peak times and will get parents to think twice about their travel habits – encouraging more sustainable and active travel methods, such as walking, cycling or taking public transport.

In line with the ongoing Covid-19 response, the school streets implemented will also ensure safety and social distancing around the school gates.

As laid out in Haringey’s Air Quality Action Plan, School Streets is just one of the areas that the council is taking action, to help improve local air quality, by reducing carbon emissions from traffic and increase walking and cycling across the borough.

As part of plans to reduce air pollution around schools, the council is installing an Air Quality Fence in Tottenham Hale at Holy Trinity Primary – a school previously identified by Transport for London (TfL) as one where air quality improvement measures needed to be made.

Mental health service Kooth’s campaigns in November are focusing on Movember, Men’s Mental Health Month and National Stress Awareness Week.

New Kooth resources are available here:

Kooth information sheet November 2020

Discover Kooth poster

Kooth-Cards

Kooth is a FREE online counselling and emotional wellbeing service aimed towards young people from 11 years and up to 18 years, and those with SEN needs up to 25 years.

Kooth helps to reduce wait times for young people seeking help and removes stigma around mental health. Kooth integrates with face-to-face local services to ensure a seamless transition for young people. 

If you have any questions or would like more information please call or email:

Tristyn Eddings, Integration & Participation Worker

Call: 07535 091432

Email: teddings@kooth.com

Choices

Offers support to families, children, young people up to the age of 17 in Haringey who are worried about their emotional wellbeing. 020 8702 3405 beh-tr.choices@nhs.net

https://www.haringeychoices.org/  

Kooth

Kooth Free confidential online support for  11 to 18 year olds and up to 25 years with additional needs.  12pm to 10 pm Monday to Friday and 6am to 10pm Saturday/Sunday and Bank Holidays. https://www.kooth.com/

MHST

MHST phone line open 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday to all Haringey schools. Telephone: 020 8702 6035 Email: Beh-tr.camhstrailblazerinbox@nhs.net

SEMH Support

A range of Social, Emotional Mental Health support available to schools, parents, carers, professionals, children and young people.

Choices 

Offers support to children, young people up to the age of 17 and families in Haringey who are worried about their emotional wellbeing. https://www.haringeychoices.org/contact-us

020 8702 3405 beh-tr.choices@nhs.net 

Kooth

Free confidential online support for  11 to 18-year-olds and up to 25 years with additional needs. 12pm to 10pm Monday to Friday and 6am to 10pm Saturday/Sunday and Bank Holidays.

Haringey Mental Health Support Team (MHST)

MHST phone lines are open 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday to all Haringey schools. Call 020 8702 6035 or email: Beh-tr.camhstrailblazerinbox@nhs.net

Social, Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) Support

A range of Social, Emotional Mental Health support available to schools, parents, carers, professionals, children and young people.

Crisis Telephone Service

You can call this number to get help or advice in a crisis from our trained mental health advisors and clinicians, Monday to Friday 9 – 5pm.  We are hoping to make this services 24 hours a day later in the year.

0300 0200 500 

Solace Women’s Aid

Domestic abuse organisations saw increased household tensions and domestic abuse during lockdown because of forced coexistence, economic stress and fears about the virus.

Increased isolation can create an escalation in abuse, where people who are living with an abusive partner or family member may be less likely to ask for help. Fewer visitors mean that evidence of physical abuse could go unnoticed. Children and young people living in these circumstances could disclose some of these experiences when coming back to school.

It is vital that schools are best supported to provide trauma informed/strength based care to students who need it the most. Solace Women’s Aid Early Intervention and Prevention team can support your students by offering: 

• Wellbeing/advocacy support to individual young people impacted by any type of abuse (virtually or in person). Please see Solace’s leaflet and referral form.
• Solace
• Solace early intervention referral form
• Group work focusing on emotional well-being and resilience to students or staff members (virtual or in person). 
• Group work to understand healthy/unhealthy relationships and all forms of abuse – some young people might struggle to recognise or name their experiences.
• Staff training to spot the signs of abuse and trauma.
• Download free well-being learning journals for primary/secondary school students here (external link)

Solace Women’s Aid offers a flexible approach. For further information, please contact Sasa Onayngo, Service Manager Formal and Informal Education, CYP Service on 07500 115761 or email cypservice@solacewomensaid.org

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Haringey Council has launched a new campaign to remind children and young people to protect their friends from COVID-19 by continuing to follow social distancing guidelines.

As lockdown eases, schools re-open and we start to see our friends regularly, it’s easy for young people to forget to do the things that will keep us all safe. 

Through this campaign they will be reminded of the things they need to continue to do to avoid spreading coronavirus to the people they care about.

The campaign is made up of ten different posters that will appear on social media and in schools, community centres, libraries and other venues throughout Haringey.

A reminder that Insight Platform Young People’s Substance Misuse Service  is open for advice and referrals as usual, can see Young People via Zoom, Teams or telephone.

•  Able to see Young People willing to come to service on site.
• Able to support carers and/or parents via Zoom, Teams or telephone (Family, Friends and Carers).
• Able to see young people in the school setting (subject to joint Risk Assessment).

Call 020 8800 6999 or email: insightplatform@blenheimcdp.org.uk , https://insightyoungpeople.org.uk/ 

IP have also produced some Post Lockdown information for young people and parents visit https://insightyoungpeople.org.uk/how-can-we-help/wastedsummer-2/

Insightful Families Service (for children and families of alcohol dependent parents) are taking referrals and providing advice to professionals over the phone.

Call 020 8493 8525 or email: insightplatform@blenheimcdp.org.uk​​​​​​​