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Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHST)

Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHST) are part of a national programme to reduce inequalities and increase access to mental health support for children and young people.

 

Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHST) are part of a national programme to reduce inequalities and increase access to mental health support for children and young people.

The LPT service works with over 240 schools across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The teams offer support to children and young people who are experiencing:

  • low mood
  • worry
  • anxiety and avoidance (eg simple phobias or separation anxiety)
  • sleep difficulties

The team can provide techniques and strategies to children and young people, either on a direct 1:1 basis or within school groups. MHST also work closely with parents/carers to help them understand and support their child’s mental health.

The team work collaboratively with the school’s mental health lead and senior leadership team to raise awareness and promote better mental health for everyone as part of the school’s ‘Whole School and College Approach‘.

Referral criteria

MHST provides support to children and young people aged 5-18 years (in education) who attend one of the participating schools. MHST is an early-intervention service for children and young people who are experiencing low to moderate mental health concerns.

Referral process

Mental health concerns regarding specific children and young people are referred by the school’s mental health lead following discussion with the MHST team.  Consent is obtained from parents/carers prior to consultation. Advice and signposting to other appropriate services can also be provided by MHST.

Criteria exclusion

The team cannot help with more serious, complex or clinical mental health disorders. For example, a young person needing help for clinical depression could not be helped by this service - instead they would need to speak to their GP to get further support from a different service.

How to access this service

If your child is based in a school with a Mental Health Support Team, they can speak to a teacher, member of school staff or mental health support lead to find out more about when the team visit.  Visit the locations page for an up to date list of the schools we are based in.

Alternatively, young people who need support can speak directly to one of our Educational Mental Health Practitioners if they see them around school.

In addition, it is now possible to self refer for further support via My Self Referral if your child is based in a school with a Mental Health Support Team. The Triage and Navigation service will review the information in the self referral and your child will be referred to support that is considered most appropriate to meet their needs. This means a referral to Mental Health Support Team in Schools is possible but not guaranteed. Visit My Self Referral for more information.

Where are the team working?

Leicester City
Primary Secondary
Abbey Mead Primary Academy Avanti Fields School
Alderman Richard Hallam Babington Academy
Avanti Fields School Beauchamp City Sixth Form
Avenue Primary School Beaumont Leys School
Barley Croft Primary School Brook Mead Academy
Beaumont Lodge Primary School Castle Mead Academy
Belgrave St Peter’s C of E Crown Hill Community College
Braunstone Community Primary School Darul Uloom
Braunstone Frith Primary School Ellesmere College
Bridge Junior School English Martyrs’ Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Buswells Lodge Primary School Fullhurst Community College
Caldecote Community Primary School Gateway Sixth Form College
Catherine Infant School Jameah Academy
Catherine Junior School Jameah Boys Academy
Charnwood Primary School Judgemeadow Community College
Christ The King Catholic Voluntary Academy Lancaster Academy
Darul Uloom Leicester Madani Boys School
Dovelands Primary School Madani Girls School
Ellesmere College Orchard Mead Academy
Eyres Monsell Primary School Rushey Mead Academy
Folville Junior School Sir Jonathon North Girls College
Forest Lodge Academy Soar Valley College
Fosse Mead Primary Academy Spark Vale Academy
Glebelands Primary School The City of Leicester College
Granby Primary School The Herewood Academy
Green Lane Infant School Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A Church of England School
Hazel Community Primary School West Gate School
Heatherbrook Community Primary School WQE and Regent College Group
Herrick Primary School
Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School
Humberstone Infant Academy
Humberstone Junior School
Imperial Avenue Infant School
Inglehurst Infant School
Inglehurst Junior School
Jameah Academy
Jameah Boys Academy
King Richard III Infant and Nursery School
Knighton Mead Primary School
Krishna Avanti Primary School
Marriott Primary School
Mayflower Primary School
Mellor Community Primary School
Merrydale Infant School
Merrydale Junior School
Montrose School
Mowmacre Hill Primary School
North Mead Primary Academy
Overdale Infant School
Overdale Junior School
Parks Primary School
Queensmead Primary Academy
Rolleston Primary School
Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy
Rushey Mead Primary Academy
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Patrick’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sandfield Close Primary School
Shaftesbury Junior School
Shenton Primary School
 Slater Primary School
Spark Vale Academy
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School
Spinney Hill Primary School
St John the Baptist C of E Primary School
 St Mary’s Fields Academy
St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy
Stokes Wood Primary School
Taylor Road Primary School
Thurnby Mead Primary Academy
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A C of E School
West Gate School
 Whitehall Primary Academy
Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy
Wolsey House Primary School
Woodstock Primary Academy
Wyvern Primary School
Leicestershire
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville Beauchamp College
Badgerbrook Primary School Brockington College
Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Charnwood College
Belvoirdale Community Primary School Countesthorpe Academy
Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary Academy De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School Forest Way School
Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School Foxfields Academy
Brookside Primary School Gartree High School
Broom Leys School Humphrey Perkins School
Broomfield Community Primary School Ibstock School
Brownlow Primary School Iveshead School
Christ Church & Saint Peter’s C of E Primary School John Ferneley College
Church Hill Church of England Junior School Limehurst Academy
Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Long Field Spencer Academy
Cosby Primary School Loughborough Grammar School
Eastfield Primary School Loughborough High School
Ellistown Community Primary School Lutterworth College
Farndon Fields Primary School Lutterworth High School
Forest Way School Manor High School
Foxfields Academy Melton Vale Sixth Form College
Gaddesby Primary School North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College (Harrowbrook Campus)
Glen Hills Primary School Rawlins Academy
Glenfield Primary School Redmoor Academy
Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School Saint Martin’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
Greenfield Primary School South Wigston High School
Hallam Fields, Birstall The Castle Rock School
Hathern Church of England Primary School The Cedars Academy
Heather Primary School The Divergent High School, Harborough
Holywell Primary School The Fusion Academy
Hugglescote Community Primary School The Lady Byron School
Huncote Primary School The Martin High School Anstey
Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School The Newbridge School
Ibstock Junior School The Robert Smyth Academy
Kibworth Church of England Primary School The Roundhill Academy
Kirby Muxloe Primary School The Winstanley School
Langmoor Primary School Oadby Welland Park Academy
Launde Primary School Wigston Academy
Lift Beacon Wigston College
Little Hill Primary Woodbrook Vale School
Loughborough Church of England Primary School Wreake Valley Academy
Loughborough Grammar School
Loughborough High School
Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School
Market Harborough Church of England Academy
Meadowdale Primary School
Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy
Mountfields Lodge School
New Lubbesthorpe Primary School
New Swannington Primary School
Newbold Church of England Primary School
Newcroft Primary Academy
Newlands Community Primary School
Newton Burgoland Primary School
Oxley Primary School Shepshed
Parkland Primary School South Wigston
Ravenhurst Primary School
Rendell Primary School
Richard Hill Church of England Primary School
Richmond Primary School
Ridgeway Primary Academy
Riverside Community Primary School Birstall
Robert Bakewell Primary School
Rothley Church of England Primary School
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sherard Primary School
Sileby Redlands Community Primary School
South Kilworth Church of England Primary School
St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth
St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School
St Botolph’s Church of England Primary School
St Clare’s Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville
St Denys Church of England Infant School, Ibstock
St Francis Catholic Primary School
St Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Loughborough
St Peter’s Church of England Primary School Whetstone
St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School
St Winefride’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Stafford Leys Community Primary School
Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre
Swannington Church of England Primary School
The Divergent School, Harborough
The Fusion Academy
The Grove Primary School
The Hall School
The Lady Byron School
The Latimer Primary School
The Merton Primary School
The Pastures Primary School
The Pochin School
Thorpe Acre Infant School
Thorpe Acre Junior School
Townlands Church of England Primary School
Viscount Beaumont’s Church of England Primary School
Warren Hills Community Primary School
Water Leys Primary School
Westfield Infant School
Whitwick St John The Baptist Church of England Primary School
Woodhouse Eaves St Paul’s Church of England Primary School
Woodstone Community Primary School
Woolden Hill Primary School
Rutland
Brooke Hill Academy Catmose College
Cottesmore Academy Uppingham Community College
Edith Weston Academy Wilds Lodge School
Empingham C of E Primary School
English Martyrs’ Catholic Voluntary Academy
Exton & Greetham C of E Primary School
Great Casterton C of E Primary School
Ryhall CofE Academy
St Mary & St John C.E.V.A. Primary School
St Nicholas C of E Primary School
Wilds Lodge School

What conditions do you cover

  • low mood
  • worry management
  • anxiety and avoidance (eg simple phobias or separation anxiety)
  • panic management
  • sleep difficulties
  • irritability
  • problem solving
  • challenging thoughts

Contact info

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