Gloucester House outreach

For:

Schools

Available in:

Nationwide

What we do

We provide an innovative service by offering skills and experience in both mental health and education that addresses the most pressing needs and challenges facing our children sector today. It is a standalone service that can be purchased by local authorities or schools.

The aim is to support children with social, emotional and mental health needs to either remain in mainstream schools, stay engaged in some form of education through bespoke direct teaching  or effectively transitions into appropriate provisions. Our service also provides extensive staff training in addition to the direct work with children, families and the professional network around the child – for example schools, CAMHS and children’s services.

What we provide;

• Multi-disciplinary assessment of mental health and educational need for children with complex social, emotional and mental health needs
• Multi-disciplinary education and clinical interventions for children, schools, families and networks which are tailored to specific needs
• Staff training and consultation – face to face and by phone
• Support to professional and informal networks and the collaborative coordination of complex networks to achieve coherent and effective care plans
• Support to plan interventions and sharing resources and interventions that have been used at Gloucester House to build a child’s cognitive ability and build strategies to manage their feelings and relationships with others
• Liaison and linking with the network to facilitate joint thinking and improved collaborative working between health and education

We are able to offer support through our role as outside objective observer. This allows us the benefit of being in a unique position of offering systemic consultation to the whole system, drawing on our extensive knowledge in child mental health and education.

Schools can access specialist input from staff with vast experience of working with children with similar needs and presentations.

What to expect

Following an initial exploratory meeting, a core intervention is agreed, involving a combination of:

• Exploratory meetings
• Network meetings
• Meetings with key contacts
• Therapeutic/other sessions
• Observations
• Team discussion, report write-up, follow-up phone calls

Depending on identified need, this may lead to a bespoke package of specialist clinical and educational support for the individual child, or wider support for the network or provision.

This may lead to subsequent capacity building or specialist clinical or intensive specialist packages depending on identified need.

Related educational courses

• Addressing emotionally-based school avoidance (CPD33B)
• Identifying and supporting pupils with attachment difficulties in the classroom (CPD33C)
• Supporting pupils at risk of self-harm (CPD33D)