Mental Health

This Guide has been designed to help stakeholders design and implement Living Well (LW) systems, as a key priority within the Greater Manchester’s Community Mental Health transformation.

If you’re worried someone you care about is showing the signs of an eating disorder, the first step is to talk to them and encourage them to seek help.

This project aimed to support care leavers who were transitioning or preparing to transition from their Level 3 studies in college to higher education

This project aimed to support students who report mental health issues round LGBGTQ+ or transgender identification in their transition from school to college.

This project aimed to support the transition of students who identified as having anxiety, OCD and/or depression

This project aimed to try and improve early identification of vulnerable students and support them with their early interactions with college.

The aim of our summer project was to reduce stress, reduce anxiety surrounding transition and improve wellbeing and resilience.

The aim of this project was to support students to develop and build self-reliance and coping skills and to discover stress management, relaxation and calming methods to suit them personally.

Together with their partner Streetwise @ Early Break Bury College aim was to provide support for new learners over the summer holiday and during the first few weeks of term

This project aimed to raise self-esteem, create a community bond and sense of belonging for the most vulnerable students

This project aimed to support students who may face particular challenges when transitioning into further education.

This project aimed to support the mental health of high achieving students and in particular those who were at greatest disadvantage

This project aimed to support potential ‘Not in Education, Employment or Training’ students by providing support over the summer months

This project aimed to create a culture and community in which mental health is openly discussed and addressed without shame and stigma

This project aimed to provide a robust and streamlined transition to all students who disclosed a special educational needs and disability prior to enrolment.

This project aimed to improve transition support for the most vulnerable students from two Pupil Referral Units

This project aimed to facilitate the creation of a safe space for employers and assessors to develop skills and the confidence to support students presenting with poor mental health.

Xaverian college wanted to find out about the support available to their students for mental health problems.

Greater Manchester i-THRIVE Programme team spoke with Kim Marshall, Associate Directorate Manager for Healthy Young Minds in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale about how the service became a top performer for NHS Benchmarking

Longdendale High School’s whole school curriculum to support the emotional health and wellbeing of students, staff, and the wider community

The Greater Manchester i-THRIVE programme team spoke with Rachel Pilling, the service manager for M-THRIVE about the development of the THRIVE Framework in Manchester.

Marie Baron, the Commissioning Transformation Manager for children and young people’s Mental Health and Learning Disability Services met with the i-THRIVE team to discuss the role of the Thrive Mentor in Wigan.

The Greater Manchester i-THRIVE Programme team caught up with Graham Doubleday from Wigan Start Well, Chloe Charnock from the Early Help Hub, Amy Cotter from Sensoriel and Sarah Marshall Wigan commissioner to discuss Wigan’s General Practitioner (GP) referral pathway.

The National i-THRIVE Programme spoke with Dr Paul Wallis, Director of Psychological Services, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, about Manchester and Salford’s Integrated Access and Care Pathways.

Kevin Edward Turner, Artistic Director, and Sam Broadbent, Learning & Participation Manager at Company Chameleon meet Kat Taylor, GM i-THRIVE Arts, Culture and Mental Health Programme Manager to explore how arts and cultural provision can support emotional health and wellbeing for children and young people.

Katherine Taylor, practising clinical psychologist and manager of the innovative programme discusses the aims and progress so far.

The Greater Manchester i-THRIVE Programme team spoke with Dr Liz Bailey, Clinical Lead for the Virtual Mental Health Team for Our Children with Disabilities, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, to discuss the creation of a virtual mental health team as part of a local transformation plan to support children and young people.

The Greater Manchester (GM) i-THRIVE Programme team spoke with Lee Dinsdale, Director at Unity Radio in Greater Manchester, to discuss the innovative ways in which their offer has been adapted during lockdown

The i-THRIVE Programme team spoke with Dr Caroline White, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and head of the Children And Parents Service Manchester about how the service provides an integrated support pathway for families.

Salford’s Emotional Health Workforce Training Programme and strategy: an example of how a locality can develop a bespoke training strategy to build capacity in the children and young people’s (CYP) workforce.

Stockport Integrated Parent Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Care Pathway is informed by the strong evidence base emphasising the importance of supporting child development and family relationships in the early years of a child’s life.

An essential framework for communities who are supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people and families

This case study looks at how Unity Radio in Manchester are supporting young people and contributing to the local ambition to implement the THRIVE Framework

Read more about the #Thrive service based in Rochdale, an early help, mental health service for children and young people (CYP) between 0-19 years

An early identification model that was developed in Oldham includes multi-agency care plans to provide holistic help and support

The Tameside and Glossop THRIVE Model of Care is a great example of whole system working

Developing a consultation care pathway in Stockport

The eating disorder service in Greater Manchester is a developing example of implementing a whole-system pathway across all of the THRIVE Framework needs based groupings

Bridging the gap between mental and physical health care in general hospitals

Part 2: Implementing the Evidence-based Treatment Pathway for Urgent and Emergency Liaison Mental Health Services for Adults and Older Adults – Guidance

These standards have been developed from recommendations in key literature, research and in consultation with a range of stakeholders

Position statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists

A range of readable, user-friendly and evidence-based information on mental health problems, treatments and other topics

Medication information covering a wide range of illnesses

PLAN is a quality improvement and accreditation network for psychiatric liaison services in the UK

Poster for families signposting to support

Our goal with this project was to learn lessons that can help us in the future

Poster for fathers signposting to support

Poster for fathers signposting to support

Poster for families signposting to support

Poster for families signposting to support

Poster for families signposting to support

Poster for families signposting to support

Holding in mind the parent and baby

This document describes Greater Manchester’s pioneering perinatal and parent-infant mental health model

The Royal College of Psychiatrists perinatal care pathway guidance provides detailed information on the pathway

Perinatal Mental Health Quick Guide for Health Professionals

One in five women experience a perinatal mental health problem during their pregnancy and in the first year after the birth. This short video aims to raise awareness of Perinatal Mental Health for health professionals like GPs, Health Visitors and Midwives.

Tameside’s aim in its provision of services is also straightforward, namely, to effectively and cost effectively meet the needs of all families, right up to those with the most severe mental health problems and/or safeguarding issues.

This document is a guide for all professionals working with parents during pregnancy and the early years. The guidance is relevant to all services working within the Stockport Family of Integrated Services and their local partners.

Article from August 2015 Community Practitioner. This paper describes a comprehensive and cost-effective parent infant mental health service based on a psychodynamic model

This paper is concerned with the delivery of our parent infant mental health services in Tameside and Glossop; specifically, the vital contribution that trained volunteers has been able to make to families during the perinatal period.

Home-Start Oldham, Stockport and Tameside (HOST), the Tameside and Glossop early attachment service (EAS) and Tameside health visiting services enhanced training for volunteers.

Some ways of tailoring strategies that can help services be effective in the context of tele-mental health

Video Content Spreadsheet April 2020

Welcome to Dad Matters

An introduction for services to Dad Matters

Babies cry - you can cope

Parental Self Care ICON Video

For parents in lockdown with young babies. Some ideas for parents on things they can do to help them cope at this stressful time.

A guide to services available

Babies cry - you can cope

Your guide to pregnancy, family and mental health

If you are feeling worried or stressed, as many people are in the current crisis, try to get the support you need from family, friends or professionals

Ideas for parents to take emotional care of themselves, babies and toddlers during the Covid–19 outbreak

This flyer contains information about, and links to, a film on attachment and bonding for new parents.

Fun and games that are proven to help children's development - from birth to 5 years-old.

How are you dad? Dad Matters

Dad Matters asked some dads how they were doing, how they were feeling and what they were worried about...

Hannah

Hear from someone who has benefitted from the perinatal service.

Midwives - Perinatal Launch

Learn about the midwives who work alongside the perinatal service and support the families who use the service.”

Patrycia

Hear from someone who has benefitted from the perinatal service.

The DadPad is a great free app, developed in partnership with the NHS, with information and advice for dads. Read more about the DadPad here, or download for free via your app store.

Dad Matters is a new project that aims to provide fathers with support during the pregnancy period and childhood. The Dad Matters website includes useful information and support for fathers.

AIMH promotes the importance of infant mental health and has resources for professionals and parents on its website

The Parent-Infant Foundation bring together and support the infant mental health sector and have useful resources on their website

Understanding Childhood provide downloadable leaflets for families and child care professionals

Baby Buddy is a free award-winning mobile phone app for parents-to-be and new parents. You can download Baby Buddy for FREE on Google Play and in the App Store, and there is also a web version of Baby Buddy,

An app to Help Develop Babies’ Brain Power. The app offers parents a toolbox of tips to boost kids’ capacity to learn while promoting parent-child bonding.

Tiny Happy People, developed in Greater Manchester, is here to help you develop your child's communication skills through simple interaction and play.

Best BEGINNINGS offer practical, simple, educational and interactive tools to support parents-to-be and new parents.

This NHS choices website includes information from keeping well in pregnancy, antenatal care and baby’s development, vaccinations in pregnancy through to labour and birth, your new baby, feeding, teething and tantrums.

Pocket Commando Dad is a parenting manual which provides just that. It is concise, as the title suggests, small enough to carry with you, but contains a wealth of step-by-step instructions for everything you need to do for your baby and toddler.

This toolkit has been written to assist providers of primary care services to use a train the trainer method of education to upskill their workforce in mental health and wellbeing.

The Statutory/Mandatory CSTF allows employers to recognise statutory/mandatory training to a standard, trust that information and reduce duplication of training.

The following report outlines and evaluates a collaborative project between Health Education England and the Royal Society for Public Health to deliver the Connect 5 programme