Mental Health & Wellbeing

At Rainford High, we believe in promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing. Prioritising the wellbeing of students and staff ensures that outstanding teaching and learning can take place, and that the school is a community where everyone feels able to thrive.

Useful Links

CAMHS

nhs conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/

nhs.uk mental-health

Merseycare.nhs.uk

Teen Body Image And Self-esteem – A Practical Guide For Parents
https://www.freederm.co.uk/body-image-and-self-esteem

Ok to Ask Campaign (suicide awareness and prevention) –
OK TO ASK (oktoaskcampaign.co.uk)

Barnardo’s BOSS Service (early intervention emotional health and wellbeing service working alongside CAMHS) –
BOSS | Barnardo’s (barnardos.org.uk)
 
Tackling the Blues (sports and arts-based education programme supporting children and young people experiencing, or are at risk of developing, mental illness) – Tackling the Blues – Tackling the Blues (edgehill.ac.uk)

Self help books/booklets

Anxiety

Anxiety UK

Anger

Reading Well – Young People & Mental Health

Beating Eating Disorders

Gender, Sexuality and identity

Papyrus UK

Young Minds

Kooth

NSPCC

MIND – Stress Management

Mindfulness

Self-Care

Self-Harm

Sleep

Stress

Self help exercises

MIND – Self help for anxiety

Moodjuice – NHS Scotland – Anxiety

NHS UK – Ways to relieve stress

Get self help – flashbacks

Exam stress

How to deal with exam stress

App links

Calm Harm (self harm support) – Home – Calm Harm App
 
Clear Fear (anxiety support) – Home – Clear Fear App
 
Move Mood (low mood support) – Home – Move Mood App
 
Combined Minds (information for families supporting a young persons mental health) –
Home – Combined Minds App
 
Breathwrk (breathing exercises to help anxiety) –
Breathwrk | Breathing Exercises
 
Calm (meditation and sleeping) –
Calm – The #1 App for Meditation and Sleep
 
BetterSleep (sleeping tracker) –
BetterSleep | Sleep better. Feel Better.
 
MoodNotes (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, only on Apple App Store) –
Moodnotes – Mood Tracker on the App Store (apple.com)
 
Bloom (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) –
Bloom – #1 Self-Therapy App (enjoybloom.com)
 
 
Breeze (Journalling, developed with concepts from Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy) –
Breeze: Mental Health on the App Store (apple.com) (Apple)
 
 
Wysa (24/7 AI chatbot using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) –
Wysa – Everyday Mental Health
 
 
Reflectly (AI journalling) –
Reflectly – A Journal for Happiness