Our services
Mental Health Support teams (MHST)
About the service
The Mental Health Support team provides support to children and young people (school age), school staff, parents, and carers. We offer therapy and support to young people who may be struggling with mild to moderate mental health difficulties as well as supporting their schools to adopt a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
How to access
To be referred to the Mental Health Support team, the child or young person must be registered at one of our designated schools. If you are a parent, the first point of call is to contact your child’s school and speak to a member of staff who can speak to the team. Children and young people can also speak directly to the team and parents/carers can contact the team via the email address provided.
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What to expect
Information for families
Who is the Mental Health Support team for?
We work on a 1:1 or group basis with children and young people who are presenting with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. We have a variety of interventions which are suitable for young people aged 5-18.
We also work with parents/carers for several interventions including parent led CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), family therapy, parent support groups and our parenting programme for conduct problems.
As well as 1:1 and group interventions, we implement a whole school approach within our allocated schools working with all staff, parents/carers, and pupils. We work closely with schools to help them identify social, emotional, and mental health issues as early as possible. We can also offer assemblies, workshops, and staff training.
FAQs
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We have practitioners from different professional backgrounds who can offer a range of support tailored to need. A proportion of our workforce are trained in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and can offer a variety of short-term interventions, including but not limited to treatment for:
- Low mood
- General anxiety
- Separation anxiety
- Anger and irritability
- Sleep difficulties
- Panic
- Phobias
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Specialist practitioners within the team can also offer longer term interventions, including but not limited to:
- Family relationships
- Confidence and self-esteem
- Parenting
- Health anxiety
- OCD
- Mood disorders or problems related to emotional health and well being
- School related difficulties
- Friendship, relationship difficulties
- Referral support onto other services
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We support young people who are registered to one of our designated schools in the Bradford, Keighley, and Craven districts.
We aim to see a young person face to face in their school, but in times where this is not possible, at a time and place that suits. This can include home visits or clinics elsewhere (for example a GP surgery, children’s centre etc.) If that’s not possible, we can contact you through video or telephone call. We want to make mental health support as accessible as possible and will try our hardest to ensure you can reach us.
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- Carleton Endowed
- Christ Church Cof E Primary school
- Craven College
- Ermystead Grammar School
- Glusburn Primary
- Settle College
- Skipton Academy
- Skipton Girls
- South Craven School
- St Stephens Catholic Primary School & Nursery
- Sutton in Craven Community Primary School (CP)
- Sutton-in-Craven Primary (CofE)
- Upper Wharfdale School
- Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy
Bowling Park Primary School - Bradford Forster Academy
- Bronte Girls Academy
- Carlton Bolling
- Dixon City Academy
- Feversham Primary
- Horton Park Primary School
- Lower Fields Primary Academy
- Newby Primary School
- Thornbury Primary (currently paused)
- Bradford Academy
- Cavendish Primary
- Hanson Academy
- Immanuel
- Laisterdyke
- Marshfield Primary School
- Peel Park Primary
- Beckfoot Nessfield
- Beckfoot Oakbank
- Carleton Keighley (previously known as UAK)
- Eastwood Community School
- Beckfoot Bingley
- Bingley Grammar School
- Dixons Cottingley
- Shipley Cof E
- Titus Salt
- Wycliffe
- Beckfoot Priesthorpe
- Cullingworth Primary
- Parkside
- Brakenhill Primary Schools
- Carrwood primary
- Co-op Academy Grange
- Dixons Kings Academy
- Hollingwood Primary School
- Knowleswood Primary
- Lidget Green Primary
- Newhall Primary
- Southmere Primary School
- St Columba’s Primary
- St Oswalds CofE primary Academy
- Tong
- Appleton Academy
- Appleton Primary
- Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College
- Farfield primary
- Foxhill Primary School
- Hilltop
- Home Farm
- Reevy Hill Primary School
- Russell Hall
- Shibden Head
- Trinity Academy (previously Queensbury)
- Wibsey Primary
- Woodside Academy
- Beckfoot Allerton Primary
- Beckfoot Thornton
- Belle Vue Secondary
- Bradford Girls Grammar
- Eden Boys Leadership Academy
- Green Lane Primary school
- Lady Royd Primary
- Lily Croft
- Oasis Academy
- One in a million
- All Saints CofE
- Atlas Community Primary
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton
- Dixons Allerton Academy
- Dixons Trinity
- Farnham Primary School
- Keelham Primary School
- St Bedes & St Josephs
- Westbourne Primary
- Miriam Lord Primary
Parent support groups
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This is a safe place for you talk and get to know other parents and provide support to each other, facilitated by professionals. Providing an information session on a different topic each month about common mental health issues children and adolescents may face.
Our group runs virtually once a term. The session is held at either 10.30am or 7.30 pm. To receive a link to the session or for more information please email.
Video
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Mental Health Support teams (MHST) work alongside the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service, (CAMHS). They support young people in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven experiencing emotional and mental health issues.