Emotional wellbeing and mental health
Mental health influences every aspect of a child's development, including how they think, learn, interact socially, and manage emotions.
When children and young people have good emotional resilience and mental health, they are more likely to thrive in life and be able to cope with life’s ups and downs, build strong friendships, safely navigate the digital world, and embrace new experiences with confidence.
Emotional Health and Wellbeing Directory
The Emotional Health and Wellbeing Directory is designed to support children and young people across Westmorland and Furness by helping professionals and families find the right help at the right time.
The directory is organised into five key sections, these are:
- self care
- getting advice
- getting help
- getting more help
- getting risk support
It also addresses a wide range of important topics, including:
- resilience building, self-esteem and confidence
- SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
- SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health)
- transitions through and out of school life
- bullying
- sexuality and identity
- anxiety and stress
- bereavement and loss
- trauma and safeguarding
- self-harm and suicide prevention
WFC Children & Young People's Emotional Health and Wellbeing Directory (PDF , 1.14MB)
Download this one‑page Thrive pathway poster which links to the directory and is ideal for your wall - guide to help you choose the right Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health services and support (PDF , 480KB)
Information for professionals
Children and young people’s health and wellbeing, provides information about support on offer in Westmorland and Furness for children and young people’s health and wellbeing.
Cumbria Service Providers Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Padlet, provides support for services working with children and young people across Westmorland and Furness. It offers a range of resources, training opportunities, and links to additional services that promote emotional wellbeing, resilience, and mental health in children and young people.
Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health - A Schools Guide Padlet, provides support for schools in accessing resources and training focused on emotional wellbeing, mental health and resilience in children and young people. It includes links to local and national support services for school staff, as well as services to meet the needs of children and young people.
Child Bereavement Support Information for Schools, Families and Communities (PDF , 309KB) contains details of information and support available in Westmorland and Furness in respect of Child Bereavement.
Added the word awareness to this link! The school age children and young people self-harm awareness pathway (PDF , 6.3MB) is a guide to help schools decide who to ask for help to choose the right support service.
Social emotional mental health in Westmorland and Furness
The All About Me Profile and Profile Guidance.
The profile is a simple form that is filled in by the child or young person (with help if needed – the Profile guide helps explain how to do it). It outlines who they are and what their needs are, to help those who work and support them understand how to do that in the best way.
It aims to highlight their strengths as well as the areas where more support may be needed, how they might communicate or want to be communicated with, what makes them feel more comfortable and help them to be themselves.
The Personal Profile is theirs to share – they can use it in any way that they want to. We hope that this will help them feel included and comfortable accessing services, schools, settings, activities, appointments and sessions and that any changes are made to make sure this happens.
The ‘How Can I Help? SEMH Guide for professionals’ this is a 10 minute read for all those working with children and young people in whatever capacity (i.e GP’s, sports coaches, school staff etc) to understand more about social, emotional, mental health - what triggers there are, how a child or young person may behave and respond, what they might need to help them and also what changes can be made to help make sure services and activities are as welcoming as possible.
Support C&YP with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs , explains what SEMH is and how to support children and young people.
The SEMH How Can I Help (PDF , 241KB) provides guidance to support accessibility for C&YP with SEMH needs.
Social, emotional mental health – ‘all about me’ (PDF, 128KB), explains what the ‘All About Me’ personal profile (DOCX , 201KB), is and how it can help. For guidance on how to complete these, please refer to WFSCP Guidance Document - all about me (DOCX , 23KB)
Thrive after tackling trauma (TATT) service – support for Eden residents
The Thrive after Tackling Trauma (TATT) Service supports children, young people and care leavers in the Eden area who have lost a loved one to suicide or traumatic death. The service is for:
- ages 6–24
- ages 24–29 for those leaving care
Offering 6–8 sessions, TATT helps you feel safe, listened to and supported, providing a space to talk through your experiences.
Only need 1 poster link as they all appear to be the same -
Training
A one‑stop hub for emotional health, wellbeing and mental health training for staff working with children and young people in Westmorland & Furness.