The Chantry School

The Chantry School

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Excellence for all

The Chantry School

Excellence in all

Excellence for all

Support and Early help

Parents & Pupils

Support and early help

 

 

Level one – Safeguarding for all.

Tutor Support

Our form tutors are best placed to provide pastoral support in school. Forms tutors have daily contact with their form groups, they know the young people in their form groups well and will have establish a good relationship with them. Form tutors should be the first port of call for parents who are seeking additional support for their child or wish to discuss their pastoral welfare. Please call our main office 01886 887100 or email form tutors directly. All email addresses at The Chantry start with the member of staff initial followed by their surname then @chantryschool.com For example: fbloggs@chantryschool.com

Pastoral Support Area

Our Pastoral Support Area (or PSU) is staffed by members of our Pastoral, Wellbeing and Safeguarding Team. Emotional and wellbeing support is provided or signposted for any pupil in school who has a concern or needs additional support. It is located upstairs in the main building to the left of the lift.

School Nurse

Chat Health is a Starting Well Worcestershire NHS service for young people. If you are aged 11-19 years old, you can text the number below to speak to a school nurse for confidential advice and support on a range of health and wellbeing issues. Text: 07507331750

Attendance Support

It’s normal for children and young people to feel worried about something that’s happening at school – for example, when starting a new school or during exams. Sometimes, however, school can become challenging, stressful or distressing over a much longer period of time. If your child is feeling anxious about school, or not able to go, it can be exhausting for both of you. Mornings in particular can become really stressful for the whole family, as you try to juggle your child’s feelings alongside the need to get them to school and get on with your other responsibilities such as work. Even if you manage to get your child to the school gate, you might know how difficult they’re going to find the day – or know that you’ll be facing the same problem tomorrow morning. If you’re in this situation, we’ve got advice to help you explore what’s going on with your child, make changes at school that can help, and find the support you need if your child can’t go to school. https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-a-z-mental-health-guide/school-anxiety-and-refusal/

Prevention of Suicide

Papyrus is the national charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional well-being in young people. They are the leading youth suicide prevention charity in the UK. HOPELINE247 is staffed by trained suicide prevention advisors, who work with young people and anybody concerned for a young person, to help keep them safe from suicide. HOPELINE247 is a free and confidential call, text and e-mail service, which is available 24 hours a day every day of the year (weekends and bank holidays included).

Young Carers

Support for Young Carers is provided by The Children’s Society. Young carers are children who look after a friend or family member. Their extra responsibilities often mean they miss out on school and hanging out with friends. It can sideline their whole childhood. That's why it's so important to help them to find balance, give them space to enjoy being young, and support them into adulthood, so they can pursue their dreams outside of caring. Many children and young people do not identify themselves as a Young Carer as it is ‘’just something they do’’, and don’t realise that they can access support through local projects.

Mental Health

Young Minds are the UK’s leading charity fighting for children and young people's mental health. They aim to see a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health, and all young people get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what. They offer free advice and support for young people and for parents.

Relate

Relate is the largest provider of relationship support in the UK. They can provide both family counselling and counselling for children and young people.

Starting Well Partnership

The Starting Well Partnership is an NHS service which helps support families, parents, children and young people across Worcestershire to lead happy, healthy and fulfilled lives.

Bereavement Support

The death of a close relative or friend can be devastating and can bring about stronger emotions than we have previously experienced. For some people grieving starts at the time of death and for others it starts at the time of diagnosis. Grieving is a normal process following bereavement and can affect people in different ways – whether emotionally, physically, socially and in many practical areas of life. St Richard’s Bereavement service offers confidential support for anyone who has experienced the death of a close relative or friend. Our specialist service is part of the Family Support Team, which provides comprehensive support for adults and children. Footsteps is a registered charity providing support for bereaved children, young people and their families in Worcestershire following the death of a parent, sibling or other significant person in their life. They guide and support bereaved children and young people and help them manage their grief.

Bestie

Local Mental Health Services App BESTIE is an interactive app developed by Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and designed by local young people, CAMHS clinicians and IT experts. BESTIE is freely available and can be found by searching for ‘Worcestershire BESTIE’ on Apple and Android phones or tablets. A web-based version is available at www.camhsbestie.co.uk On joining BESTIE, young people, parents and professionals are able to easily access information about local mental health services (including virtual reality tours of Worcestershire CAMHS bases), signposting to local and national services and charities, as well as useful self-help information. This information is age-rated (so that young people only see information which is appropriate for their age) and favourite self-help information can be saved in a ‘personal space’ on the app, so that it is immediately to hand. For young people who are seen in CAMHS, additional features will soon be unlocked, including the ability to track their goals, mood and emotion. BESTIE was awarded ‘MidTech Best NHS developed innovation' at the Meridian Celebration of Innovation Awards.

Shout

Shout is a free, confidential, 24/7 text support service for anyone in the UK who is struggling to cope. To start a conversation, text the word 'SHOUT' to 85258. Trained volunteers are available to listen at any time of day or night, and messages won't appear on your phone bill.

NSPCC

The NSPCC provides support and tips to help keep children safe. From advice on children’s mental health to staying safe online, support for parents and what to do if you’re worried about a child.

Childline

Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you. Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can talk to us: by calling 0800 1111 by email through 1-2-1 counsellor chat Whatever feels best for you.

Kooth

Kooth is a free online service that offers emotional and mental health support for children and young people up to 10pm at night 365 days a year. When you sign up you can choose an avatar, which helps to keep you safe and anonymous.  You can have a “drop-in” chat with a counsellor or therapist or book a one-to-one session. ear on your phone bill.

National Online SAfety

The National College via National Online Safety provides lots of award winning online safety advice, course and free downloads for parents. You just need to create an account.

Childline

Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you. Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can talk to us: by calling 0800 1111 by email through 1-2-1 counsellor chat Whatever feels best for you.

Level two – This support and these services are accessed via our own internal referral system.

Wellbeing Support

Our Wellbeing mentor Mrs Richardson offers talking therapy, mindfulness, wellbeing and easily accessible cognitive behaviour therapy strategies. This combined support enables pupils to build greater resilience and learn useful coping strategies. Internal school referral by your child’s Head of Year

Mentoring

The Chantry School benefits from the support of a number of outside agencies when providing mentoring for some of our young people. These may include: YMCA, Mentorlink and Social Prescribers Pastoral Mentoring is also provided by some members of our trained Pastoral Support Team. Referrals are made through Heads of Year.

Peer Mentoring

The Chantry School offers Peer Mentoring to some pupils in Year 7. Our trained Yr10 mentees help to ease transition to secondary school and help.

WEST

The Wellbeing and Emotional Support Teams (WEST) in schools service is designed to help children and young people ages 5-18 years access mental health and wellbeing support early on in educational settings. It's all about ensuring children and young people can get access to the right help as early as possible. “An early intervention service integrated in education settings to promote children and young people’s emotional wellbeing, keeping the child’s voice at the heart.” There are lots of different clinicians and support staff who work in the team who have different expertise, but all work well together. In the team there are: Education mental health practitioners Senior practitioners, Clinical leads, Operational leads, Service manager, Support staff.

CRUSH

WMWA provides support to children and young people who have been affected by domestic abuse. Their work has a strong focus on self-esteem, self-care and on understanding healthy relationships. This includes support for young people who are themselves experiencing abuse in their teen relationships. CRUSH is a structured group for young people that are affected by ANY form of domestic abuse whether it is witnessed, experienced or perpetrated and is suitable for both young men and young women. The CRUSH programme has been externally evaluated as effective in helping young people to: Increase their understanding of abusive relationships and give them support in ending an abusive relationship. Greater understanding of the impacts of domestic abuse on thoughts, feelings and relationships. Increased understanding of gender-based bullying. CRUSH has been written and developed by West Mercia Women’s Aid.

SEND Support

All teachers at The Chantry School endeavour to make sure that young people with SEND get the support they need – this means that they do everything they can to meet each young person’s needs through quality first teaching. The school will also ensure that young people with SEND engage in the activities of the school alongside pupils who do not have SEND. Heads of Year and the SENDCo will monitor academic progress as well as emotional well-being and participation in the daily life of the school. The school will inform parents/carers when they are making special educational provision for a pupil and review the provision termly. The passport process provides pupils and parents/carers with the opportunity to attend a termly meeting with the SENDCo (or an appropriate member of staff). The purpose of this meeting is to review the provisions in place, look at new strategies and set targets together for the new term. Due to the number of reviews scheduled, unfortunately timings cannot always be rescheduled, however a questionnaire is sent out to collect the views of parents/carers that are unable to attend. For all enquiries, please contact Miss Robinson by email: rrobinson@chantryschool.com

Sexual Health Nurse

WiSH Sexual Health Outreach Nurses work with people who cannot or are unable to access mainstream sexual health services. Vulnerable Young People Young people involved with social services. Child exploitation Child on Child abuse Learning difficulties Disabled/mental health issues Pregnancy Risk Emergency contraception Young people who have had termination of pregnancy. Young people at risk of unintended pregnancy. Advice on pregnancy tests What should I do if I want an abortion? Sexual Health Management People who require further support to manage their own sexual health. Test kits available online via SH24 www.SH24.org.uk Self-referrals can be found by clicking the following link https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/shoutreach

Level three – This support is accessed via a referral to external agencies. For some of these organisations it is possible to self–refer or obtain a referral via your GP.

MET

The Medical Education Team (MET) support young people who are unable to access mainstream education due to medical illness, a medical professional is required to make a recommendation the safeguarding team will make a subsequent referral for the service. Parents/carers will work with the Academy to support students in their transition to MET and regular communication will be maintained throughout. Students will continue to study a number of subjects alongside the therapeutic work that will be conducted.

Reach4Wellbeing

This is an NHS service and is parts of CAMHS. The Reach4Wellbeing team supports and promotes the emotional wellbeing of young people and parent/carers through evidence based interactive online group programmes. We use a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informed approach for the Anxiety and Low Mood Skills Groups and a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) informed approach for the Brief Emotional Resilience Skills Groups. Their online group programmes are delivered weekly, they include:  1x 30 minute introductory session  6x 60 minute weekly sessions  1x 30 minute follow up session 8-12 weeks after the programme  Programmes they offer are: Parent/carers of children in school years – Reception (aged 5 years) to Year 2 - Little Explorers Anxiety Skills Group Parent/carers of children in school years - 3 to 6 STEPS4Wellbeing Anxiety and Low Mood Skills Group Parent/carers of children in school years – 3 to 6 BERG Brief Emotional Resilience Skills Group Young people in school years 7 to 13 - STEPS4Wellbeing Anxiety and Low Mood Skills Group Young people in school years 7 to 11 - BERG Brief Emotional Resilience Skills Group You do not need school to refer you for Rach4Wellbeing, you can make a self-referral.

Financial help

Help for Households Cost of Living support and advice is accessed via this government website. Support with household costs. Find out what benefits are available to you. Help with travel costs. Support with your income. Support with childcare costs. Support if you are disabled or have a health condition

Early Help Family Support

Worcestershire Early Help Family Support This service is delivered by Worcestershire Children First company directly to families permanently living here in Worcestershire who have children aged 0 to 18 years old and need help and support specifically from a Family Support Worker. They are part of a wide range of early help services across Worcestershire for children and young people aged 0 to18 years old. If you are a parent, carer or young person aged of 13 years old or older, you can request help and support directly from your local family support worker team. They are open: 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursdays and Fridays 9.00am to 4.30pm. Except on bank holidays. Please note they are not an emergency response service but will always try and get back to you the same day. You do not need school to make a referral for Early Help, you can make a self-referral.

Action for Children

Action for Children protects and supports children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives.

CAMHS

Across Herefordshire and Worcestershire, there is a collection of NHS services that specifically support children and young people between the ages of 5-18 years with their emotional wellbeing and mental health called child and adolescent mental health services (or CAMHS for short). Provided by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, CAMHS is made up of a doctors, nurses and other medical staff who work in a number different teams. These people are trained to help children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

Family Front Door

The Family Front Door is the referral point for all referrals, where members of the community and professionals refer children and young people living in Worcestershire where they are worried about their safety and welfare. If you have any concerns about a child or young person living in Worcestershire and feel that they may be in need of protection or safeguarding contact the Family Front Door You are also able to make a self-referral.

Prisoner's Families Support

Support is provided by The National Prisoners’ Families Helpline website for England and Wales. They offer support for families who have a loved one in contact with the criminal justice system.

Parental Education Growth Support

PEGS is a social enterprise set up to support parents, carers and guardians who are experiencing Child to Parent Abuse (including those with adult offspring). They aim to create safe places online where you can talk openly about your experiences, where you will always be listened to and never judged. Their services are free, and open to any parent, carer or guardian experiencing Child to Parent Abuse, regardless of the age of their child. Services are offered virtually, to limit any boundaries around accessing in-person services.

West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC)

The West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC) offers frontline specialist and confidential services free for people of all ages, genders and faiths who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any time in their lives. This includes online abuse and exploitation. Their services are accessible to all and we have a team with a breadth of specialist knowledge around additional needs, those who identify as from the LGBTQIA+ community and those from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) communities. In a safe and supportive environment, WMRSASC can help overcome the effects on well-being, health, and mental health, and regain the lost power and control as a result of sexual violence and abuse. Their services are not just for survivors of sexual violence. They also provide specialist help to children conceived of rape, families, and those who have been indirectly affected by sexual abuse.

Domestic Violence

This is provided by Victim Support Domestic abuse What is domestic abuse? The UK government’s definition of domestic violence is ‘any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been, intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. The abuse can encompass, but is not limited to psychological, physical, sexual, financial, emotional.’ Domestic abuse can take different forms, including: physical abuse sexual abuse financial abuse coercive and controlling behaviour, and gaslighting/emotional abuse digital/online abuse ‘honour’-based abuse forced marriage female genital mutilation (FGM). Get help now If you need to speak to someone, we’re available every day, night and day. Call our free and 24 hour Supportline now on 08 08 16 89 111 or start a live chat any time.

West Mercia Police

Is it an emergency? Does it feel like the situation could get heated or violent very soon? Is someone in immediate danger? Do you need support right away? If so, please call 999 now. Call 101 for non-emergency enquiries. If you have a hearing or speech impairment, use our textphone service on 18001 101. For Crimestoppers Call 0800 555 111

Finding External Support for Young Carers

 

The Children’s Society has a great search tool on their site that allows you, young people, or families to find a local support service that can help Young Carers. Local projects can offer professional guidance, connect young carers with other young carers, and provide important breaks from caring responsibilities.  
 
Many children and young people do not identify themselves as a Young Carer as it is ‘’just something they do’’, and don’t realise that they can access support through local projects. We would like to suggest that DSLs and Mental Health Leads display information that can enable a pupil to recognise whether they are a Young Carer, as well as information that can support them.

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The Chantry School is proud to be part of Heart of Mercia Multi Academy Trust

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10499174

Telephone
01432 355166

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Registered Office

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