The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is an early-intervention service that supports children and young people, their families and school/college communities with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Each MHST will be allocated to specific secondary schools/colleges and their feeder primary schools in Suffolk.
Working directly in schools, on site, and in the wider school/college community, both in and out of term time.
The MHSTs have a range of professionals including clinical lead, clinical team managers, psychological therapists, senior education mental health practitioners and education mental health practitioners (EMHPs).
The MHST can support with:
- Anxiety and/or avoidance
- Worry management
- Panic management
- Mild OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- Behavioural difficulties
- Low mood / depression
- Managing negative thoughts
- Irritability as a symptom of depression
- Thoughts of self-harm and support for alternative coping strategies for superficial self-harm
- Low confidence and low self-esteem
- Sleep difficulties
What does your MHST offer with a whole school/college approach?
- Consultancy with specialist mental health team
- Support for senior leadership teams, mental health leads, pastoral teams and all school/college staff with the mental health and wellbeing curriculum and development
- Facilitation of therapeutic peer support groups for pupils/students/staff and parents
- Signposting and connection for the school/college community with other mental health services and organisations
- Support and promotion of the development of a school/college culture that values mental health
Contact your MHST
For all teams, please call 01284 733234, or email: