Healthy Minds has been developed by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS service in collaboration with Sheffield schools.
Initially launched as a whole school approach to emotional wellbeing in 2016, the service now includes the following:
Sheffield Children’s Healthy Minds is here to help school staff promote positive wellbeing in schools.
If you’re looking for mental health support for yourself or someone you know: go to Further Support.
Healthy Minds works on the principle that schools are in an excellent position to educate about mental health, provide guidance and offer experiential learning that helps develop emotional resilience.
The service collaborates with schools to share psychological theory, trauma-informed learning, mental health research and practice alongside the expertise of schools to support school communities.
Healthy Minds has reached over 80% of mainstream schools in Sheffield.
Services
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HEALTHY MINDS SURVEYS
9% of primary pupils in Sheffield report that things are not going very well for them at all.

Sleep

Problems with friends

Worries

Feeling sad

Feeling angry

Schoolwork

Family problems
Feedback from Sheffield Children and Young People
“Sometimes people are mean to me”