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Who are the MindMate Support Team? (MMST)
The MindMate Support Team is an early intervention Mental Health Support Team (MHST). The service is provided by Leeds Community Healthcare Trust and is delivered in partnership with education settings in Leeds. It is part of a national Mental Health Support Team project, commissioned by the government following the ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’
The service aims is to improve access to support for children and young people, up to the age of 18 in education settings across Leeds, to prevent any emotional wellbeing difficulties becoming harder to manage.
We also work with staff in education settings to build cultures where wellbeing is prioritised for all. Go to our service leaflet
Mental Health Support Team’s have 3 core functions:
1. To give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist services to help children and young people get the right support and stay in education.
2. To support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce and develop a whole setting approach to mental health.
3. To deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues within groups and individually.
What can the team support me with?
Through our consultation model we can offer resources, advice and signposting information as well as supporting you/your child to access other appropriate services. We can also help education staff to work with you to support your/your child’s emotional wellbeing. We also offer one to one and group support to children and young people, Some examples of direct interventions we can provide are:
• Low Mood – This may include issues with sleep hygiene, and lack of motivation.
• Anxiety/Worry/Panic – This may include generalised anxiety, panic attacks, simple phobias, and separation anxiety.
• Understanding and Coping with Emotions (Group only) – Supporting children and young people in identifying and understanding emotions as well as managing emotions and distress.
• Self-esteem and building resilience (Group only) – For example, where a child or young person lacks confidence and speaks negatively about themself.
Workbooks
We have also developed a variety of self help resources and workbooks for common mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties for young people, families and education staff to use:
Go to self help workbooks from the MMST
How can I get support from the MindMate Support Team?
As we are an early intervention service offering low intensity, short term support you may wish to refer to the MindMate Single Point of Access if you feel our low intensity offer may not be the most suitable approach for your/your child’s needs. As a service we are unable to triage requests for neurodiversity assessments, these requests would go via the MindMate Single point of access.
Where are the MindMate Support Team based?
Due to the roll out of Mental Health Support Teams we are not currently able to offer our service to all education settings in Leeds. We are currently working with and accept Requests for Support from the following education settings:
(If you/your child is not in one of these education setting please refer for emotional wellbeing support via MMSPA.)
Quarry Hill Campus Leeds City College
14+ Academy at Leeds City College
Park Lane campus Leeds City College
14-16 skills programme Leeds City College
Mabgate Campus Leeds City College
Printworks Campus Leeds City College
Sommerville House Leeds City College
Sixth Form Leeds City College
North Street (ESOL) Leeds City College
South Bank College of Building
North Street College of Building
Elliott Hudson College
Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College
Electively Home Education team
Southway
Nacro
Leeds Arts Uni
Bramley Cluster
Bramley Park Academy, Bramley St Peter’s CE Primary School, Christ the King Catholic Primary School
Hollybush Primary, Leeds West Academy, Raynville Primary School
Stanningley Primary School, Summerfield Primary, Valley View Community Primary School, Valley View Primary School, Whitecote Primary School
2Gether
Alder tree Primary school, Bankside Primary School, Carr Manor Community school,
Chapel Allerton Primary School, Dixons Trinity, Holy Rosary and St Anne’s Catholic Primary School,
Hovingham Primary School, Manor wood Primary School,
Bracken Edge Primary School
Harehills primary School
Meanwood Church of England Primary School
St Matthew’s Church of England Aided Primary School
Inner west Cluster
Armley Park ( Owlcoates), Castleton Primary, Christ Church (Church of England), Cobden (DNA)
Dixon Unity Academy (DNA), Five Lanes Primary, Greenhill Primary School,
Holy Family (Catholic), Lawns Park Primary, Lower Wortley, St Bartholomew’s, Whingate Primary
Ryecroft Academy
Airborough
Guiseley High School & sixth form
Rawdon St Peters
Rufford Park Primary School
St Peter and Paul Catholic School
Benton Park & Sixth Form
Rawdon Littlemoor Primary
Guiseley infants Primary School
Tranmere Park Primay School
Yeadon Westfield Infant School
Pudsey
Crawshaw Academy
Farsley Spring Bank
Pudsey Grammar School & sixth form
Pudsey Greenside Primary School
Pudsey Lowtown
Pudsey Primrose Hill
Pudsey Waterloo Primary
Swinnow Primary School
Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary
Beckfield Academy
Park Springs Primary
Farsley Farfield Primary
St joseph’s Pudsey
Priest thorpe
Southroyd
Calverley parkside
EPOS
Bardsey Primary School
Barwick-in-Elmet Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Bramham Primary School
Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ Church of England Primary School
Crossley Street Primary School
Deighton Gates Primary School
Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ Church of England Primary School, Thorp Arch
Primrose Lane Primary School
Scholes (Elmet) Primary School
Shadwell Primary School
St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa
St James’ Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Wetherby
St Mary’s Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa
Wetherby High School
Thorner Church of England Primary School
Boston Spa secondary
Garforth:
Aberford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
East Garforth Primary Academy
Garforth Academy
Green Lane Primary Academy
Micklefield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ninelands Primary School
St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School
Strawberry Fields Primary School
Seacroft/Manston:
Beechwood Primary School
Bishop Young Church of England Academy
Cross Gates Primary School
Fieldhead Carr Primary School
Grange Farm Primary School
Grimes Dyke Primary School
Leeds East Academy
Manston Primary School
Manston St James Primary Academy
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School
Parklands Primary School
Seacroft Grange Primary School
St Theresa’s Catholic Primary School
White Laith Primary School
Whinmoor St Paul’s Church of England Primary School
John Smeaton Secondary
Swarcliffe Primary
Temple Newsam/Halton:
Austhorpe Primary School
Colton Primary School
Meadowfield Primary School
Temple Moor High School Science College
Templenewsam Halton Primary School
The Temple Learning Academy Free School Primary Site
The Temple Learning Academy Free School Secondary Site
Whitkirk Primary School
Corpus Christi Catholic College
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
The Richmond Hill Academy
Alternative
Southway Independent School
B.C.M
Beeston Primary School
Cockburn School
Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy
Cottingley Primary Academy
Elements Primary School
Hugh Gaitskell Primary School
Middleton Primary School
Middleton St Mary’s Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, Beeston
Westwood Primary School
Inner east
Richmond Hill
J.E.S.S
Clapgate Primary School
Cockburn John Charles Academy
Greenmount Primary School
Hunslet Carr Primary School
Hunslet Moor Primary School
Ingram Road Primary School
Lane End Primary School
Low Road Primary School
Windmill Primary School
Park View Primary Academy
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
St Marys Church of England Primary Academy
The New Bewerley Community Primary School
University Technical College Leeds
Leodis
Blackgates Primary Academy
East Ardsley Primary Academy
Hill Top Primary Academy
Westerton Primary Academy
Woodkirk Academy
Non cluster
The Elland Academy
Beeston Hill St Luke’s Church of England Primary School
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
The Ruth Gorse Academy
Rodillian Academy
St Philip’s Catholic Primary School
Carlton Primary School
Cockburn Haigh Road Academy
Holy Trinity Church of England Academy
Oulton Primary School
Robin Hood Primary School
Rothwell Primary School
Rothwell St Mary’s RC Primary School
Thorpe Primary School
Victoria Junior School
Woodlesford Primary School
Oulton Academy
Sharp Lane Primary School
MMST Team 5 are in a trainee year and are currently building relationships with cluster and non cluster schools in the Inner East Leeds area
Is the service confidential?
We keep your information private and confidential, but we do share some things with your education setting unless you ask us not to. This will usually include letting them know you are receiving support from our service and letting them know when this support finishes.
We will always try to discuss information we need to share outside of our team with you first so that you know what we might say and why.
