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The Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are part of the local early intervention and prevention offer for mental health and emotional wellbeing in schools and the community in Hull and East Riding. The MHSTs were developed in response to ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Care Provision: Green Paper’ (Department for Education & Department of Health, 2017).
MHSTs aim to increase workforce capacity within children and young people’s mental health service, delivering evidenced-based practice that compliments already established emotional and mental health support services. The MHST supports children, young people and those who care for them, with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
We are working across schools in Hull and East Riding to provide early intervention for mild-moderate mental health experiences along with preventative work to promote positive emotional wellbeing. We are integrated within schools and colleges, working directly with students, parent/carers, teaching staff and the community.
The service aims to complement, and not replace existing provisions available locally within education and healthcare systems.
MHST three functions:
The MHSTs offer low intensity evidence-based interventions for children and young people who have mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs.
We work together with NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB, Hull Health & Care Partnership, and Hull City Council to deliver Mental Health Support Teams in Hull.
Our East Riding teams have been fully operational since since 2024 and currently support one infant school, thirty three primary schools and seven secondary schools.
The Youth Recovery and Wellbeing College (YRWC) is a community for those aged 11–18 living in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Our teams support children, young people, their families, and other people who are important to young people.
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