Safeguarding
The DSL:
Bianca Osobu (Acting Headteacher) – bianca.osobu@larwood.herts.sch.uk
The DDSLs:
- Todd Baines (Deputy Headteacher) – todd.baines@larwood.herts.sch.uk
- Joe Scales (Deputy Headteacher) – joe.scales@larwood.herts.sch.uk
- Melanie Sutton (Assistant Headteacher) – mel.sutton@larwood.herts.sch.uk
- Nick Sheldon (Assistant Headteacher) – nick.sheldon@larwood.herts.sch.uk
- Sarah Comerford (Assistant Headteacher) – sarah.comerford@larwood.herts.sch.uk
- Gemma Boulton (Family Support Worker) – gemma.boulton@larwood.herts.sch.uk
- Jenny Bryant (Family Support Worker) – jenny.bryant@larwood.herts.sch.uk
Mental Health and SEN lead: Sian Brooks – (Mental Health and SEN lead)
If you have any concerns, please contact the school office on 01438236333
If your concerns are immediate, please phone (Hertfordshire Children’s Services) 0300 123 404 (Bedfordshire Children’s Services) 0300 300 8585 or the police.
Mental Health
Welcome to Hertfordshire Mind Network https://www.hertsmindnetwork.org/ 020 3727 3600
We work across Hertfordshire to support positive mental health and wellbeing. We provide a diverse range of services from our eight Wellbeing Centres and other venues across the county. Funded locally, our services are available to all residents in Hertfordshire aged 18+ and we offer dedicated services for 5-18 year olds.
Our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
We are a local Mind, affiliated to national Mind, the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. That means we raise our own funds to keep vital services running – and every penny you raise stays right here in Hertfordshire, helping local people.
Herts - https://www.hpftcamhs.nhs.uk/
CAMHS Partnership
Making sense of CAMHS Click here for more information on confidentiality, knowing who is who in CAMHS and a dictionary of all our hard to understand terms.
Beds
NHS 111 (Option 2): This is the primary number for urgent mental health support in Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes. You'll be connected with trained professionals who can provide assessment and support, including referrals to appropriate services.
Milton Keynes Emergency Line: If you are in Milton Keynes, you can also call the 24-hour emergency line at 0800 0234 650.
If there is an immediate threat to life: Dial 999.
Deaf and hearing-impaired individuals: Can use the NHS 111 British Sign Language service.
Shout Crisis Text Line: If you prefer text-based support, you can text "SHOUT" to 85258, according to the NHS.
Local CAMHS: If you are already known to a CAMHS service in Bedfordshire, Luton, or Milton Keynes, you should continue to contact them during office hours. If you are experiencing a crisis outside of those hours, you should use the 111 or MK emergency line options mentioned above.
YP Mental Wellbeing
The NSPCC has an extensive page of resources which can help parents and carers to support children and young people who may be suffering from anxiety during this period.
Loneliness Resources
This blog highlights key messages about loneliness and social connection, looks at how they can be applied to social care practice and contains access to useful resources.
Think Ninja App – Free during Covid-19
The Think Ninja App is a commissioned child mental wellbeing app. In response to Covid-19 the app has been updated with specific content and made freely available to young people aged 10—18 years old.
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