Epping Forest Mental Health Promotion Group Laura Stancevic- TeenAIM, Hayley Thorn- EF

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Epping Forest Mental Health Promotion GroupLaura
Stancevic- TeenAIM, Hayley Thorn- EF Harlow PCT

Wheres your head at?
Developing skills for positive emotional health
and wellbeing
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Mental Health Promotion Strategy for Epping
Forest 2004

• PCT devised strategy. Comprised of local mental
  health promotion initiatives and ideas for future
  development in 4 key settings
• COMMUNITY
• PRIMARY CARE/HEALTHCARE
• WORKPLACE
• HOME
• SCHOOL AND YOUTH SETTINGS

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School Youth Settings

• Identified need for provision for positive mental
  health in schools.
• Working with Education.
• Adapting Slough PCT programme
• Slough PCT (2001) Stay Well, Equipping Young
  People with Social, Emotional and Mental Health
  Skills. (Berkshire Health Promotion December
  2001)

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Mental Health Promotion Group Schools and Youth
Settings

• Task group set up to develop programme sessions
• PCT Public Health Team
• School Nurses
• Tier 2 CAMHS Workers
• Connexions Targeted Team Personal Advisor
• TeenAIM Voluntary Sector
• Pool resources, knowledge, skills and time.

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AIM OF THE PROJECT

• To promote the social, emotional and mental
  health of young people in Epping Forest.
• 1 in 4 people will have a mental health problem
  at some stage in their life.
• As more people are equipped with knowledge and
  information on the issues surrounding mental
  health, this will positively impact on their
  health and future.

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OBJECTIVES

• Raise awareness of mental health issues with
  school staff and young people.
• Develop knowledge and personal skills in young
  people.
• Produce a resource pack on mental health issues
  for secondary schools.
• Provide training and support in the delivery of
  the pack to pupils and schools.
• Implement a PSHE programme that is
  self-sustaining beyond the life of the project.
• To reduce the likelihood of mental health
  difficulties arising.
• Assist schools to identify individuals with
  emerging mental health difficulties.
• To provide up-to-date information on routes of
  referral and signposting to relevant organisation

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Wheres Your Head at? Project

• Secondary School in Epping
• 1st pilot Year 8 PSHE Class
• 7 sessions in their PSHE lesson covering
• Mental Health and Mental Illness
• Self Esteem
• Assertiveness
• Giving and receiving criticism
• Dealing with anger

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Pilot Programme Structure
Week 1 Introduction, icebreaker,
confidentiality, ground rules, and
introduction to Mental Health and Mental
Illness (including sources of advice,
information and support) Week 2 Mental
health and mental illness (including
understanding emotions) Week
3 Self-esteem Week 4 Communication (including
assertiveness) Week 5 Dealing with
anger Week 6 Criticism and Praise Week 7
Wrap-up session and post-evaluation
(including sources of advice, information and
support)
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April 2005 Giving and Receiving Criticism
Session
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Childrens National Service FrameworkDOH(2004)
www.dh.gov.uk/policyandguidance

• Standard 1 Promoting health and wellbeing,
  identifying needs and intervening early
• Standard 9 The mental health and psychological
  wellbeing of children and young people
• All staff working with children and young
  people to contribute to mental health promotion
  and early intervention

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July 2006 - Evaluation Session
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Key Stage 3 PSHE National Curriculum

• The mental health promotion project Wheres your
  HEAD at? has many links with the study
  requirements in national curriculum key stage 3
  for CPSHE.

Developing confidence and responsibility and
making the most of their abilities Developing a
healthy, safer lifestyle Developing good
relationships and respecting the differences
between people Knowledge and understanding about
becoming informed citizens Developing skills of
enquiry and communication Developing skills of
participation and responsible action Taken from
National Curriculum Online www.nc.uk.net/