Mental Health

At Utkinton we want all of our children to thrive.  However, we know sometimes they need additional support flourish.  If you have concerns about your child please speak to a member of staff in confidence.

Mental Health Helpline - 0300 303 3972

Local NHS Trust, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP), has launched a new mental health helpline for residents of Cheshire West, Cheshire East and Wirral.

Open 24 hours a day, seven-days a week, it is open to people of all ages including children and young people who need urgent mental health support.

What to do if you need urgent mental health help:

Please call 0300 303 3972 and our dedicated local NHS staff will support you to access the help you need;

The helpline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is open to people of all ages – including children and young people;

The helpline is now the first port of call for mental health help – it is operated by people in your local area who will know how best to support you. If you call NHS111 you may have to wait longer for help and will be re-directed to this local service – so call 0300 303 3972;

Please note, A&E and 999 are not the best places to get help for the majority of mental health problems – call 0300 303 3972 to be directed to the best local service to support you;

You should still call 999 or go to A&E if you have an immediate, life-threatening emergency requiring mental or physical health assistance;

For non-urgent help and general wellbeing advice, the CWP website contains information and links to resources to support people with anxiety, low mood, and worries relating to the current Covid-19 pandemic www.cwp.nhs.uk

For children and young people there is also a dedicated website MyMind.org.uk

You can also phone the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) out-of-hours advice line on 01244 397644.

The websites below contain lots of information for you as parents and for your child.

Childline

Place 2 Be

Young Minds

Action For Children

Kooth

Kooth is the UK's largest digital mental health provider to the NHS for children and young people aged 10-25, offering digital mental health services and a broad range of therapeutic tools and interventions, including counselling.  

Kooth - Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people from Kooth Digital Health on Vimeo.