{"id":5071,"date":"2025-04-15T14:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/?page_id=5071"},"modified":"2025-04-29T07:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:51:52","slug":"wigan-mental-health-support-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/our-work\/mental-health-support-teams\/wigan-mental-health-support-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Mental Health Support Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mental health support teams were introduced as part of a nationally programmed expansion in Children and Young People\u2019s mental health services set out in the Green Paper: Transforming Children and Young People\u2019s Mental Health Provision (2017).[1]<\/em><\/a> The central purpose of mental health support teams, as set out in national policy, is to provide specific extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help, with three specified functions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Function 1: providing direct support to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health issues;<\/li>\n
  2. Function 2: supporting educational settings (specifically the\u00a0senior mental health lead in that setting \u2013 where established) to introduce or develop their\u00a0whole school or college approach<\/a> to mental health and wellbeing;<\/li>\n
  3. Function 3: giving advice to staff in educational settings and liaising with external specialist services to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Our Aims<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Working as part of the THRIVE model, we aim to align with the \u2018getting advice\u2019 and \u2018getting help\u2019 aspects of the framework. We achieve this by providing three core functions:<\/p>\n

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    • Delivering evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues (including but not exclusive to: Generalised anxiety – Worry management; Specific phobias \u2013 graded exposure; Low mood \u2013 behavioural activation; Sleep problems; Parenting for anxiety (under 12s); Self esteem)<\/li>\n
    • Supporting the senior mental health lead (where established) in each school or college to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach. This includes running well-being assemblies, completing parent sessions at family hubs and offering mental health workshops<\/li>\n
    • Offer timely advice to school and college staff, and liaise with external specialist services to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education. As a team we provide regular consultation slots with schools to explore avenues for support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Wigan\u2019s current offer covers 38 educational establishments, including a mix of primary schools, high schools and colleges.<\/p>\n

      Why this matters<\/strong><\/p>\n

      In 2018 it was identified in the \u2018Transforming Children and Young People\u2019s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper and Next Steps\u2019 that \u201cChildhood should be the happiest time in a person\u2019s life, yet for thousands of children who develop mental illness in childhood or adolescence, the reality can be very different. One in ten (around 850,000) children and young people have a diagnosable mental health condition. These illnesses can have a devastating impact on their physical health, their relationships and their future prospects. The challenge often extends into a person\u2019s adult life, with half of all mental health conditions beginning before the age of 14.\u201d As a result of this mental health support teams: are in place to address this ongoing difficulty, providing support to children and families to overcome difficulties where possible, and point them in the right direction, if our service is not the one best fit to address their current challenges.<\/p>\n

      What we have achieved<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Over the past 12 months (April 2024 \u2013 2025) the Wigan mental health support team: have provided support to over 700 young people within the 38 schools who have opted-in to receive mental health support teams support. This was achieved using: 1-1 interventions, group work sessions or effective signposting to the appropriate services. Less than 3% of the young people were ever re-referred though the service requesting further support. Over this period less than 2% then needed an onward referral to more intensive support services.<\/p>\n

      What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The goal for the future is for mental health support teams: to span 100% coverage of schools by 2029\/2030, to provide, effective, low intensity, early interventions to young people and families in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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