Social Emotional and Mental Health Strategy 0- 25 years Anne Scarborough

What is Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)? Emotional and mental health is a state of wellbeing in which we: Feel good or ok about life most of the time and enjoy some things in life Feel able to cope with life most of the time Fulfil our potential and make a contribution ‘Social’ life is our family, friend’s, home life, financial situation etc World health organisation definition We live in a complex world Thinking about your own state of wellbeing now think about how you feel, you will probably have gone through various emotions from getting out of bed to getting here

RESILIENCE The ability to ‘bounce back’ Doing well against the odds, coping and recovering. Children who resist adversity, manage to cope with uncertainty and are able to recover successfully from trauma. Protective factors to build resilience include good school experiences Strategy is built on the premise of early intervention and identification To build resilience in cyp

Resilience Factors Problem solving skills Communication skills Sociable Reflective Ability to concentrate on schoolwork Emotional expressiveness Sense of humour Hobbies Positive adult role models Not an exhuastive list Different resilience factors for different age groups supportive home environment, nurture bonding with parent etc But this is what the strategy is built on

Children and young people with significant SEMH needs Higher likelihood of serious injury or death through self harm Higher likelihood of exclusion from school Higher levels of youth offending Poorer academic outcomes

Leeds Strategy! ‘To improve the social emotional and mental health and wellbeing of children and young people’ To develop world class specialist learning provision One of the 14 priorities in the CYPP Children who have unmet SEMH needs may have difficulty in achieving many or inded all of the 5 outcomes we want for every child in Leeds

Joint themes Primary prevention Local offer of SEMH services Shared pathways and efficient, timely processes High quality SEMH services Outcomes based accountability Shared communications working with the Children’s Outcomes Research Centre (CORC) Offer available to everyone training and development champions in schools Mindmate website

MindMate https://www.mindmate.org.uk/

Useful contacts Steve Walker, Deputy Director of Children’s Services and Strategic Lead for SEMH: Steve.Walker@leeds.gov.uk Dr Jane Mischenko, Lead Commissioner Children & Maternity Services, South & East CCG, Strategic Lead for Health Transformation Plan: Jane.Mischenko@nhs.net Ruth Gordon, Chris Sutton, SEMH Programme Co-ordinator: Christopher.Sutton@leeds.gov.uk Allison Chin, Seconded Headteacher: china01@swinnowprimary.com Siobhan Roberts, Seconded Deputy Headteacher: RobertsSBR@cockburnschool.org