Mental Health Organisations and Resources

Childline

NSPCC Child Line is still open with trained Childline counsellors there for young people 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Talking to Childline can be the first step that gets a child’s life back on track. And young people can get help and support with any issue they’re going through, no matter how big or small. www.childline.org.uk

Place2be

Place2Be – Guide to helping parents answer questions from their children and to support family wellbeing. www.place2be.org.uk

After piloting with parents and carers in their partner schools, PlacetoBe are proud to have launched Parenting Smart​ for all UK parents and carers of 4-11 year olds. The Parenting Smart site is completely free to use and access, full of tips and advice on a range of topics including transition to secondary school, meltdowns, and sleep difficulties.

Anna Freud Centre

Tracking My Feelings – This document from the Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families called Tracking My Feelings is designed to help individual children identify emotional trigger points and moments of positivity in their day-to-day life.

Feel Brave

Children should be familiar with the Feel Brave characters as we use them in school school assemblies and within classes. There are lots of short videos and activates which you can do with your children to support them with their well being. https://www.feelbrave.com

Therapists and Young People Provisionhttps://www.feelbrave.com/feel-brave-daily-doses – TACaccess

TACaccess is a new, free UK-wide directory developed by school leaders to provide rapid, cost-effective access to trained, DBS-checked mental health therapists, experienced in working with children and young people. With 1 in 5 children and young people suffering from a diagnosable mental health condition, Ruth Simmonds and Julian Rose set about creating a service that: – includes a directory of therapists with video profiles – searchable according to identified needs; – an online booking facility; – embedded, secure video conferencing facilities for online therapy; – secure payment to therapists through the directory. For years agencies have been gaming the system and taking up to two-thirds of therapists’ fees leaving children, young people and professionals short-changed. If interested please follow the link below to register: https://dashboard.tacaccess.com/home

BBC – Tiny Happy People

Tiny Happy people is a BBC website which provides ideas of things to do with your young children. An NHS psychologist working with parents and preschool children got in touch to say:
“Tiny Happy People is a godsend to parents at this time! We are loving it here at work and directing lots of parents to it. It’s all evidence based too and fits with what we advise.” Tiny Happy People

Kooth.com – online support for young people (This is for Year 6 Children Only)

Kooth is a web based confidential support service available to young people. Kooth provides a safe and secure means of accessing mental health and wellbeing support designed specifically for young people.

Kooth offers young people the opportunity to have a text-based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis. Young people can access regular booked online counselling sessions as needed. Outside counselling hours’ young people can message our team and get support by the next day.

When students register with Kooth they will have support available to them now and in the future. Support can be gained not only through counselling but articles, forums and discussion boards.  All content is age appropriate, clinically approved and fully moderated.
To find out more visit www.Kooth.com  where young people can register and others can find out more about the service.

You can also view a short video about the service at: https://vimeo.com/318731977/a9f32c87de.

@mentalhealthchats

What is anxiety? Anxiety is a normal emotion that everyone feels at some point in their life. Anxiety is like feeling afraid and has helped us survive as a species. Anxiety triggers a response in our brain called the Fight or Flight response, which enables us to respond to danger, so we have a better chance of surviving and staying safe. This emotion allowed cavemen to survive because it allowed them to run away, fight or hide from dangerous threats in their environment, including tigers or dinosaurs! A little bit of anxiety is a good thing because it prepares
our body for danger and helps us get things done, for example, revising for a big exam. If we weren’t worried then we wouldn’t have any motivation to revise! However, anxiety becomes a problem when it stops us from doing day to day things or stops us from concentrating as we’re too busy worrying. The follow resource is a useful guide for parents whose children are suffering from anxiety.

Parent Activity Pack for Children with Anxiety

Parenting Support

Are you looking for support or advice on a problem related to be a parent or carer? If your answer is ‘Yes’, then you may be interested in exploring Haringey Council’s helpful new ‘Parenting’ web page. The web page includes information for parents and  carers about the types of support available within the borough, as well as a comprehensive new Parenting Support document providing an up-to-date list of some of the current services
running parenting programmes, courses, workshops and projects in Haringey. You can view the website by clicking here.

Mind

Parents in Mind is a newly commissioned peer support project funded by Haringey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. It targets parents and carers of young people aged 10-18 living in the borough who are experiencing emotional and/or mental health difficulties. The peer support groups offer parents and carers a chance to meet peers with similar experiences and to learn more about mental health and local borough support. For more information, please visit the Parents in Mind webpage.

Family Action

Family Action transforms lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation across England. They have been building stronger families since 1869, and today work with over 45,000 families through over 145 community-based services. Thousands more are supported with financial assistance through education and welfare grants programmes. Their innovative services reach out to those in need, we strengthen families and communities, build skills and resilience and improve the life chances of children and adults. To find out more abut how they could help you and your family by visiting the Family Actin website www.family-action.org.uk

Family Mosaic

Family Mosaic is a large housing association providing affordable homes and care and support services. They own and manage approximately 26,000 affordable rented homes and house around 45,000 people. They also provide a wide range of specialist housing and care and support services to around 8,000 people in London, Essex and the South East. They own two subsidiaries, Old Oak Housing in West London and Charlton Triangle Homes in South East London and are a member of the g15, the representative body of the largest housing associations in London. To find out how they could help you visit their website at www.familymosaic.co.uk

Shelter

Family Lives works around the clock, transforming the lives of families, supporting parents and making happier relationships, happier families and a stronger society. Our experience enables us to help families with any problem or challenge that they face. Our trained family support workers, both paid and volunteer, offer all family members immediate and on-going help on the phone, online or in local communities. We use the knowledge gained through our work to inform, support and train professionals and campaign for changes to improve and support family life. To find out more, visit Family Lives at www.familylives.org.uk