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/

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)

 

Barnardo’s Help Directories

YOUNG PERSON Directory

ADULT PERSON Directory

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

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

Bully buster –
 
Calm Harm (self harm support) – 
 
Clear Fear (anxiety support) –
 
Move Mood (low mood support) – 
 
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.
 
Sleep –
 
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
 
Support for neurodivergent young people –
Home | Spectrum Gaming -Spectrum Gaming is an autistic-led UK based charity that supports autistic young people. We aim to create a world where every autistic young person knows that who they are is ok and they can be themselves, whilst still developing meaningful relationships and achieving their personal goals.
 
BEREAVEMENT  –
 
VIBE –
 
Health fears –
 
OCD – 
 
ST HELENS GETAWAY –