Advice and Support for Children & Families
Useful Contacts and Links to Service, Support or Advice for Children and Families
Physical Health Services Advice
Mental Health Services
More Mental Health Services/Resources:
Kooth
Kooth is a children's and young people's online counselling service. This offers:
- live interactive counselling with qualified counsellors
- online community support groups supervised by counsellors
- guidance on wellbeing and supportive activities
Qwell
Qwell is an online support service for parents/carers: This offers:
- live chat function for parents/carers to converse with a qualified counsellor in confidence available from midday to 10pm daily
- messaging function for parents/carers to contact the service, these are monitored and managed by counsellors, emotional wellbeing practitioners and media workers
- static topic-focused forums; forums encourage the development of a peer-supported community online
- an online magazine containing a wealth of topic specific resources, from mental health specific topics to more general subjects such as holidays, family, and relationships - over 50% of content is contributed by service users, all of which is post moderated
- crisis information, and self-help resources including journal and goal setting functionality
Building Sounds Minds
Building Sounds Minds provide specialist support for children and young people aged 0 to 17 who are likely to present emotional and mental difficulties but do not meet the thresholds for more specialist services. Through early intervention they aim to build resilience and reduce the development of more serious emotional and mental health issues, better preparing children and young people for the challenges of life.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Tameside and Glossop CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health service), formerly Healthy Young Minds, offer specialist services to children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties.
Safety Out of School
Online and E-Safety Advice/Factsheets
Support for Domestic Abuse:
Please see our school's SDAT (Stopping Domestic Abuse Together) page here.
Online Safety Parent Hub - click here
Lots of guides and fact sheets on all aspects of online safety including Fortnight, Instagram, Roblox etc.