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WELLBEING - Children & Young People

What is mental wellbeing in children?
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Mental Wellbeing is not simply the absence of mental illness; it is a broader indicator of social, emotional and physical wellness. It is influenced by a range of factors, including a child or young persons family, their community, and school environment, their physical health and their social and emotional skills.

Mental Wellbeing can be defined as feeling good, feeling that life is going well and feeling able to get on with daily life.
NHS - 5 Ways to Wellbeing 
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Support to improve mental health & wellbeing:
CAMHS - http://oxleas.nhs.uk/services/service/child-and-adolescent-mental-2/​
Bexley Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation
CAMHS provides specialist mental health services for children and young people from birth to 18 years and their families who are registered with a Bexley GP or who are Looked After by the LB Bexley.
Tel: 020 3260 5200
Email: oxl-tr.bexleycamhsreferrals@nhs.net
Website: www.oxleas.nhs.uk

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https://headscapebexley.co.uk/




HeadScape has been designed for young people, by other young people in Bexley, to give them a trusted website to use for information, to check how they feel and even take a test to find out if they need help with their emotions.
HeadScape is a 'one stop' source of self-help about a range of mental health issues and conditions for young people to browse at leisure.
Uniquely, HeadScape offers young people the opportunity to independently undertake a mental health screening questionnaire, which when completed, provides individually tailored advice and information. Depending on the results, the site can offer young people living in Bexley and Greenwich the option to self-refer directly into their local Children and Young People's Mental Health Services.
Designed to work on tablets, smart phones and computers, the site is simple to use and highly visual with well-designed, colour-coded emoticons to represent feelings and situations.
The range supported includes: 
  • Anxiety and Depression
  • Bullying
  • Eating and Sleeping Disorders
  • Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia
  • Family Difficulties
  • Gender Identity
  • OCD (Obsession Compulsive Disorder)
  • Panic, Stress and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
  • Drinking and Drugs
For more information visit: http://oxleas.nhs.uk/advice-and-guidance/children-and-young-peoples-services/headscape/


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Emotional Wellbeing Service in Bexley 
​https://www.kooth.com/


​Kooth is an online counselling and emotional wellbeing service.
​Kooth offers children and young people aged 11-19 in Bexley, free, anonymous mental health support, online.
Children and young people who are going through a hard time and want to access support online can talk to someone quickly and anonymously. 


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Young Minds are the UK’s leading charity fighting for children and young people's mental health.
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https://youngminds.org.uk/
Young Minds have a Parents Helpline for detailed advice, emotional support and signposting about a child or young person up to the age of 25. Call us for free on 0808 802 5544 from 9:30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

  • The Parents Helpline is available in England, Scotland, Wales andyoungminds.org.uk/ Northern Ireland.
  • You’ll get through to a trained adviser who will listen and talk through your concerns in complete confidence.
  • Your adviser will help you to understand your child’s behaviour and give you practical advice on what to do next.
  • If you need further help, they’ll arrange for one of our qualified mental health professionals to call you for a 50-minute telephone consultation within seven days.
  • Please note, calls may be recorded for monitoring or training purposes.
  • Hard of hearing or speech-impaired? Please use Typetalk or Textdirect to contact us, or use our Parents Webchat.
  • If English is not your first language, we can arrange for an interpreter as a member of LanguageLine
  • YoungMinds have also produced a Parents Survival Guide:
    https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-survival-guide/​

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​Supporting teenage mental health 
https://stem4.org.uk/


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The Mix is a UK based charity that provides free, confidential support for young people under 25 via online, social and mobile.
https://www.themix.org.uk/


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Childline is a free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything. Call us free on 0800 1111
https://www.childline.org.uk/
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This website covers Sex & Relationships, Drink & Drugs, Bullying, Studying & Work, Your Body, Health & Wellbeing, Friends, Family & Home, The Internet, Money & Your World.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3DtDGM3JPvn9g0jKWTl4Ppl/helplines-websites


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Helpline:​08000288840
https://www.childbereavementuk.org/

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Take a look at their new Young Persons Signposting Directory. It is full of useful information on support services:
Young persons signposting directory
​https://www.healthwatchbexley.co.uk/


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The Bexley Adolescent Support Service and Porch Light helps young people aged between 8 and 17 to deal with any problems so that they can be the best they can be. 
Support workers provide one to one support at home, in school, or anywhere the young person feels safe.
Including: education, relationships, drinking/drugs, medication, stress, self-harm and bullying.
To find out more about how the service can help, call 0800 567 7699 or email bass@porchlight.org.uk

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