Mental Health Support Team (MHST)
Halton MHST
Our Mental Health Support Team (MHST) provides direct mental health support to 52 primary and secondary schools in Halton. We have two teams in Halton - one for Widnes and another for Runcorn.
We promote the early detection and prevention of mental health problems, strengthen links with mental health services, providing direct, ongoing support around mental health and wellbeing across the whole school.
This includes:
Providing direct interventions to pupils with mild to moderate mental health conditions, such as anxiety, low mood or behavioural difficulties. We also offer interventions around self-esteem, emotional regulation and some selective phobias.
Making onward referrals for pupils to local services, such as children and young mental health services (also know as CAMHS), when young people require specialist support
Providing training, education and advice to school staff to help them better support their pupils with mental and emotional wellbeing
Championing mental wellbeing and resilience across the whole school community, providing guidance around issues such as bullying and coping with exam stress.
The service sits alongside and complements any existing mental health support that schools have access to.
To find out who your school's MHST practitioner is, contact the Mental Health Support Team on 01925 664 120.
Email: mcn-tr.mhst-halton@nhs.net
Parents and carers can access our digital resources at any time here:
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/mental-health-workbooks
