Mental Health & Well-being

At Brooklands we believe in promoting a culture which supports everyone’s mental health and well-being. This ethos promotes and encourages a happy and secure environment where everyone feels valued and above all able to flourish and achieve their full potential.

We also strongly believe that everyone is responsible for ensuring one another’s emotional needs are being looked after. This means that all staff members at Brooklands School take an active role in supporting the emotional needs of students and their colleagues.

 

“Mental Health is a state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to her or his community”

World Health Organisation

 

Talking Mental Health – Anna Freud

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We have a variety of support in place to help support students who feel that they need to talk to someone about either their own mental health and well-being or if they have any concerns regarding one of their peers or members of the wider school community.

Pastoral Support Mentor / Senior Mental Health Lead

Mrs Woodburn

 

Heads of Year                                                  

                              

 5-Mrs Rose       6-Ms Lalor                7-Mr Nathan          8-Mr Evans

 

Director of Student Wellbeing and Designated Safeguarding Lead 

                  

Mrs Robinson

 

Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral and Inclusion 
                                      

 

 

 

Ms Cox

 

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral and Inclusion                    

Mrs Goring-Farrow

 

SEMH Coach                                                  

Ms Brodigan

There are a number of local and national organisations that can offer support and advice to young adults who are experiencing emotional difficulties.

If you would like further advice regarding the referral process please contact Mrs Robinson or somebody from the well-being team or your child’s GP.

If you have any immediate concerns regarding a child’s mental health and well-being and you feel they could be at risk of harm, please seek urgent advice.

CHUMS - http://chums.uk.com/

Childline - Freephone 0800 1111 or https://www.childline.org.uk/

The Samaritans - Freephone 116 123 or https://www.samaritans.org/

BEAT - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

Hope Again - https://www.hopeagain.org.uk/

Shout - https://giveusashout.org/

Papyrus (Youth Suicide Charity) - 0800 0684141 or pat@papyrus-uk.org

 

ChatHealth: for young people aged 11-19 TEXT 07507 331450

ChatHealth is a similar service for young people to confidentially ask for help about a range of issues or make an appointment with a school nurse. Young people can also find out how to access other local services including emotional support or sexual health services.

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