Mental Health & Wellbeing - Rainford High School

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

Mental health issues children and young people

Young Minds provides support and advice to children and young people about a variety of mental health issues. www.youngminds.org.uk

Childline provides a free, private, and confidential counselling service for children and young people up the age of 19. https://www.childline.org.uk/

Kooth, Soluna by Kooth provides free and anonymous online counselling, webinars and resources for 11–25-year-olds. www.kooth.com

VIBE – Vibe UK – Youth Charity – Working together to inspire every young person and build a better society. Look for youth club, programmes etc..

A community hub of information – St Helens Gateway

Barnardo’s St Helens Resilience Service | Barnardo’s

Home – YMCA – YMCA St Helens offer a wide range of services – We support, engage and inspire young people and those that need support to reach their potential.

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services – Where to get mental health support – children and young people – NHS

Other support via APPS

Chill Panda – Think Ninja – worry tree (Worry Tree) and the following books:

ANXIETY – PANIC

Anxiety self-help guide | NHS inform

How do I deal with panic? | NHS inform

SELF-HARM

Home – Calm Harm App – Calm Harm is a free app that helps you manage or resist the urge to self-harm.

Self-Harm Awareness and Prevention – Liverpool CAMHS

SUPPORT FOR NEURODIVERGENT YOUNG PEOPLE

Home | Spectrum Gaming – Spectrum Gaming supports autistic young people to connect, build friendships, and grow in confidence through flexible online and face-to-face opportunities across the UK.

Home – Addvanced 2025 – ADDvanced Solutions Community Network is an open access offer that supports the emotional health and wellbeing of neurodivergent children and young people, their families

The Sensory Hive – https://www.thesensoryhive.co.uk/ Helping children, young people and families thrive through sensory integration. Grounded in neuroscience. Delivered through neuro affirming, trauma-sensitive practice

HEALTH PHOBIAS – HEALTH ANXIETY – OCD

Challenges for Kids and Teens – Emetophobia Resources

Health anxiety | Types of mental health problems | Mind

Phobias – NHS

OCD-UK | A national OCD charity, run by, and for people with lived experience of OCD

OCD Action –The UK’s Largest OCD Charity For over 30 years OCD Action has been delivering frontline services which make a tangible and long-term difference to the lives of people with OCD, their families, carers and friends.

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