WelcomeCYP Programme South East Region

Launch Event

Sue Baker Director of Time to Change

Liz Mcavan Kent Community Health

NHS Trust

‘Time To Change’Supporting a Heart, Head and Hands

approach to Healthy School Enhancement.

Liz McAvanChildren and Young People Wellbeing ManagerHealth and Wellbeing DirectorateKent Community Health NHS Trust

Strategic Vision

“To be the provider of choice by

delivering excellent care and

improving the health of our

communities”

KCHT Transformation Programme

Core Values

Caring with Compassion Listening Responding and

Empowering Leading Through Partnerships Learning Sharing and Innovating Striving For Excellence

Business Objectives: To improve outcomes for children by strengthening integrated partnerships.

Prevention Pays: Our Children Deserve Better,

“My generation unquestioninglyexpected our future to be better thanour parents and grandparents. But our children and grandchildren face a far more challenging outlook. We need a renewed focus on children”

“This report questions whether we havegot the balance right in our society andshould act as a wake-up call. The evidence is crystal clear and the opportunity is huge investing in children is a certain way of improving the economic health of our nation, as well as our children’s well-being.”

(Professor Dame Sally C Davies, Chief Medical Officer;

Oct 2013)

‘Time to Change’ will help schools

engage with strategic objectives of

Kent’s Healthy School Enhancement; Developing healthy behaviours Supporting raised achievement. Helping to reduce inequalities Promoting social inclusion.

Caring with Compassion

WHOLE SCHOOL

APPROACH

Policy development

Curriculum planning & work withoutside agencies

Teaching & learning

Assessing recording & reporting

(HSEM)

Partnership with Parents/carers & local communities

Giving pupils a voice

School culture &

environment

Provision of pupil

support services

Leadership, management &

managing change

Staff CPD, health and welfare

needs

Listening Responding and Empowering

‘Mind The Gap’;

KCC Inequalities Plan 2012-2015

Marmot’ life course approach to PH

Outcomes Framework: Healthy Weight Yr R, Yr 6 U 18 Conceptions Smoking prevalence 15 years Harmful effects of alcohol misuse Targeted focus on young people who

have complex or multiple needs

‘Time to Change’ will enhance local

healthy school partnerships promoting

‘No Health Without Mental Health’;

Schools, young people, parent/carers Health Providers Alternative Curriculum Providers Youth and Community Groups LA and Borough Council Services Voluntary Sector Agencies Business and commercial sector Local forums and action groups

Leading Through Partnerships

‘Time to Change’ complements the

key principles of Kent’s Healthy School

Enhancement model ;

Data led Founded on national guidance, Evidence based practice Promotes local initiatives Builds capacity Increases the knowledge bank

Learning Sharing and Innovating

For the CYP Wellbeing Service; 130+ schools for 14-18 age range 10% 11-16 yr olds, inc 7% post 16 ‘feel

sad or depressed most days’ (NFER)

For schools; Behaviour and Safety Attendance Achievement Spiritual, moral, social and cultural

development of the pupils Extent to which the education provided

meets the needs of the range of pupils Safeguarding

‘Time to Change’ can be embedded to

Kent Healthy School Enhancement model,

For schools to evidence to Ofsted how

they plans to ‘narrow the gap’.

Striving For Excellence

It’s

Time To Change

Just Do It!

Emma Salt Time to Change Young Volunteer

Break

Beverley Roberts Specialist Community Practitioner

NHS Trust

Children and Young Peoples Mental Health

Why is this important 1 in 5 children and young people suffer from

anxiety 2-3 in 100 young people (11-18) will have a

diagnosis of depression 1 in 15 young people carry out self harm 75% of young offenders have a mental health

issue (ONS 2012)

Why `Time to Change`

In 2011We contacted Time to Change – they sent us some leaflets for our community bus event

In 2012They sent us badges , leaflets and a DVD for our community bus event

In 2013They attended our local high school with a `pop up village` to support our event! – Raising awareness of mental health for children and young people

Impact on the School

Schools welcomed multi agency staff into the school to raise awareness of mental health

It was an opportunity to let young people know that the school nurse was available to see them on a regular basis and offered a confidential `drop in` service

Young people were made aware of other services available within the local community – Youth service, Cruse bereavement support , Targeted youth support , Samaritans.

Time to Change - resources

THE DIFFERENCE THIS HAS MADE

Young people were made aware of local services Young people were given information on positive

mental health – how to keep healthy Where to go if you need to talk Its ok to talk about mental health concerns Who / where /when help is available Resources available from `Time to Change`

Time to Change resources

Offering support to young people Early identification of problems Tier One interventions Appropriate referral School Nurse support Safeguarding guidelines

Time to Change resources

The Stand up Kid DVD Impact on young people Impact on multi agency professionals `Train the trainer` training `POP UP` Village Impact on the School – now have permanent

display board around mental health Assemblies

Strategies for support

Appropriate referral Non judgemental approach Young person understands the limits of

confidentiality Identifying the young persons own support

network Listening Offering alternative strategies See the young person not the mental health issue Looking after yourself

The impact on support for Young People

“Too often we underestimate the power of touch, smile, a kind worda listening ear, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have thePotential to turn a life around...”

Leo Buscaglia

Questions & Thanks

Any Questions ?

Thank you!

Rachel Walsh Wellbeing Worker

Nuneaton Academy

Our Experience

The Challenge

Last October ‘Time to Change’ launched its first ever competition in schools to get students talking about mental health. Students were asked to design a campaign that challenges people’s attitudes and behaviour towards people with mental health problems.

Over 50 schools in the West Midlands area signed up to take part in the competition.

How Students from the Nuneaton Academy got involved

Students and Teachers in the Academy took part with campaigns using;Creative writingShort filmArtBaking (Including a message on biscuits about time to change and how to make a pledge)Power pointsStalls at parents eveningPosters around the schoolInformation on school websiteArticle in school news letter

My experience being involved in the campaign

Lead Staff member for the Academy promoting the campaign Supporting the Wellbeing Student Leader group with their

ideas to promote this Created a Form Time Programme for a period of 6 weeks that

explored mental wellbeing and lead up to the competition Providing materials and making links resources available to

whole school Finding any opportunity to get the message spread throughout

the academy and community Creating an online page for students and staff that explore

mental health, 5 a day to improved mental wellbeing and links to Time to Change Website

How its impacted on my work Staff, students and parents becoming increasingly more open

talking about mental health issues Students with a mental health illness are talking more openly

about their experiences. Staff and students understand the importance of my role

supporting students with their wellbeing. Everybody talking a more active role in breaking the taboo

surrounding mental health illness This time last year we asked 108 students at random what they

understood in relation to wellbeing only 8 students could provide some kind of response. This year we are in the process of collating feedback from the same number of students. Already from 70 responses I have 47 qualitative responses that discuss how we take care of our body and mind, as well as attitudes towards others

Why wanted to explore this To generate greater awareness about mental wellbeing and

to allow staff, students and local community to be more informed of how mental illness does not discriminate anyone and impacts on all areas of life.

To help staff, students and the community to be able to talk openly about mental health in positive manner which would allow those with an illness to be able to access support they may need without feeling judged.

With a high level of students in our school experiencing mental health illness to help normalise their experiences

What we achieved and unexpected benefits/successes

Students, staff and parents talking more openly about mental health issues.

Young carers have come forward in relation to supporting parent/s with a mental illness

Positive language associated with mental health with students, parents and teachers.

A year on and the assemblies we delivered had a lasting impression with staff and students.

Sharing Time to Change message at a student voice network meeting

From this we have developed a strong student leader well-being group. New challenges are being accepted by students.

Student and parent feedback given to Head Teacher to say how effectively the issues of mental health have been addressed.

National/Local news

223 pledges

Hopes and vision for the Time to Change Campaign

Q & A

Thank you