Published on: 26th October 2017
A new wellbeing service aimed at supporting children and young people who experience emotional wellbeing concerns has launched in Lincolnshire.
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire is delivered by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council and will provide group and one-to-one interventions to young people, offer advice to parents and carers and work with schools across the county to develop a proactive approach to student’s emotional wellbeing. The new service will also deliver training to Lincolnshire pre-school and school staff to build confidence and provide tools for them to better support children and young people's emotional wellbeing.
Lee Scigala, Service Manager, said that early intervention is key to developing young people’s resilience to be able to cope with whatever life throws at them in the future.
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire helps to address young people’s emotional wellbeing concerns before serious problems develop and offer early help,
said Lee.
The idea is to support young people wherever possible in their school environment, allowing them easy access to help.
We recognise that mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people is a growing concern for staff working in educational settings. The training and advice offered by Healthy Minds Lincolnshire to schools will prepare them better for supporting resilience of their students.
Councillor Mrs Patricia Bradwell, Executive Councillor for Children's Services, said:
The emotional wellbeing of young people is one of the most important aspects of our new 0-19 children's health services. Feedback about services told us better support was needed across all age ranges for children and young people. Healthy Minds Lincolnshire provides that support, with early intervention when children need it, promoting resilience and stopping things escalating to mental health issues. It gives one-to-one, group and school support with advice and signposting also available for parents and carers.
The council's new online access for emotional wellbeing and behaviour support is the first step to accessing the Healthy Minds Lincolnshire and other relevant services. Professionals, children, young people, parents and carers can visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ewb for information and advice, or to identify local and national services that can offer support for common emotional wellbeing, behaviour and mental health concerns, including anxiety, body image, bullying, depression, eating concerns or exam stress.
