WSA Targeted Support
Key question: How does the school ensure timely and effective identification of students who would benefit from targeted support and ensure appropriate referral to support services?
- Graduated response
- Staff aware of how they can raise concerns about a pupil
- Support in school
- Referral pathways
- Partnership working
- Effective communication with external services
- Awareness of the THRIVE needs-led framework used to deliver mental health services.
Six Litmus Tests (Pooky Knightsmith)
(4) We Recognise and Support Our Most Vulnerable Learners
Learners can be vulnerable for a whole range of reasons, I invite you to think about how you can recognise and support vulnerable learners in every shape and form. Sometimes it’s the students you least expect who most need some additional support.
Prompts and Resources
Supporting Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs
About the Graduated Response in Cornwall
Wellbeing Series with Dr Lynette Rentoul
These guides were written to support schools in C&IOS. Recordings / slides from the sessions are available to view on the Wellbeing Hub
- Managing Self Harm Guidance and Toolkit for Schools - Dr Lynette Rentoul (pdf)
- Managing Eating Problems Guidance and Toolkit- Dr Lynette Rentoul (pdf)
- Managing Anxiety Problems Practical Guidance for Schools - Dr Lynette Rentoul (pdf)
- Promoting resilience and prosocial development in children and young people - Dr Lynette Rentoul (pdf)
For 2024/5 Infant, Children & YP Mental Health: Early Intervention Training Programme Click image for more information
THRIVE
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is an i-THRIVE community of practice site implementing THRIVE and contributing to learning nationally.
- THRIVE refers to the framework for delivering improved children’s mental health.
- i-THRIVE refers to the implementation of THRIVE. It is the mechanism to deliver a population/whole-system approach to promote “thriving”, and seeks to improve services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
The thrive approach places emphasis on prevention and early intervention. It aims to talk about mental health and mental health support using a common language that everyone understands. The framework is needs-led, whereby mental health needs are defined by young people and families in partnership with professionals. Needs are not based on severity, diagnosis or health care pathways.
Further information:
- https://youtu.be/ARAaiEoVpjQ
- THRIVE ‘Pixar Pitch’ one page summary
- More detail can be found in an accessible summary document: Wolpert, M., Harris, R., Hodges, S., Fuggle, P., James, R., Wiener, A., Munk, S. (2019). THRIVE Framework for system change. London: CAMHS Press
Targeted Support
What is the Early Help Hub?
The 'front door' to Early Help services led by Cornwall Council and Cornwall Foundation Trust. The Early Help Hub looks at requests for help. These can be submitted by parents and / or professionals with consent, and identify:
- the right help
- at the right time
- by the right service
The early help hub also looks at voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations who can offer help and support. Find out more
Support Services for young people. Providing a range of universal, targeted and specialist services for young people aged 11 - 19 years and those up to 25 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Working to improve the social, emotional, mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in Cornwall
The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is an early intervention service that supports children and young people who may be presenting with mild or moderate mental health difficulties
Putting it all together
WSA in wider context of wellbeing / education in Cornwall
One of the key priorities for the council is ensuring that Cornwall is a brilliant place to be a child and grow up
A Whole School Approach to wellbeing and mental health can make an important contribution and sits alongside with :
- A Graduated Response
- The THRIVE needs-led Framework for delivering C&YP mental health support in Cornwall
- Trauma Informed approaches
- Inclusion and Belonging
- Improving educational outcomes
- Parent Engagement Framework
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Explore the other Principles of a Whole School Approach
Leadership and management that supports and champions efforts to promote emotional health and wellbeing
Leadership and management that supports and champions efforts to promote emotional health and wellbeing
An ethos and environment that promotes respect and values diversity
An ethos and environment that promotes respect and values diversity
Curriculum, teaching and learning to promote resilience and support social and emotional learning
Curriculum, teaching and learning to promote resilience and support social and emotional learning
Enabling student voice to influence decisions
Enabling student voice to influence decisions
Staff development to support their own wellbeing and that of students
Staff development to support their own wellbeing and that of students
Identify need and monitoring impact of interventions
Identify need and monitoring impact of interventions
Working with parents/carers
Working with parents/carers
Targeted support and appropriate referral
Targeted support and appropriate referral