Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 October 2016.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 3 October 2016 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

At the first meeting the panel held a wide ranging discussion and determined that the review will focus support provided to schools and provision in the school environment. Consequently, the following have been invited to take part in a discussion:-

·         Janette Braithwaite, Inclusion Services

·         Jenny Curzon, Restorative Approaches Headteacher Support

·         Tanya Cross, Schools Health & Well Being Advisor

·         Cathy Lyall, Strategic Lead SEN

·         Janice Cahill, Pendlebury Centre

·         A representative of Werneth School

Further to the discussion held at the first meeting, Councillors identified the following as issues of areas of work that they wished to explore further:-

              I.        The desire to work towards a first point of contact as a referral pathway for schools and GP’s

            II.        Work being undertaken nationally by NICE and how that can be used to benefit Stockport Council

           III.        Encouragement to Schools to have a named lead/development of emotional wellbeing leads

          IV.        How the various (embedded) mental health support services in schools interact

           V.        Raising awareness in schools of the HYM services

          VI.        How the 1.5WTE additional mental health practitioners will be deployed

         VII.        Training for school staff / improve confidence of school staff in working with emotional distress

       VIII.        The impact of the Living Life to the Full Programme/ Development of a toolkit to support school’s commissioning of mental health support

          IX.        the link between good mental health and educational attainment/ impact of the new OFSTED regimes”

The Chair explained that at the meeting of the Panel on 3 October, there had been two presentations and as a result the Panel had identified a number of key areas that they wished to explore further including:-

·         The desire to work towards a first point of contact as a referral pathway for schools and GP’s

·         Work being undertaken nationally by NICE and how that can be used to benefit Stockport Council

·         Encouragement to Schools to have a named lead/development of emotional wellbeing leads

·         How the various (embedded) mental health support services in schools interact

·         Raising awareness in schools of the HYM services

·         How the 1.5WTE additional mental health practitioners will be deployed

·         Training for school staff / improve confidence of school staff in working with emotional distress

·         The impact of the Living Life to the Full Programme/ Development of a toolkit to support school’s commissioning of mental health support

·         the link between good mental health and educational attainment/ impact of the new OFSTED regimes

The chair welcomed the following participants to the meeting and asked them to share their experiences and opinions with the Panel:-

·         Janette Braithwaite, Inclusion Services

·         Jenny Curzon, Restorative Approaches Headteacher Support

·         Tanya Cross, Schools Health & Well Being Advisor

·         Cathy Lyall, Strategic Lead SEN

·         Janice Cahill, Pendlebury Centre

·         Jo Dee -  Werneth School

The Panel members proceeded to ask those in attendance and a discussion was held in respect to the support provided and opportunities to access support particularly in the school environment.

RESOLVED – That those participants be thanked for their attendance and participation and that the issues raised be incorporated into the final report.

Panel members are requested to agree to invite the following to the next meeting and suggest any other persons they would wish to hear evidence from:

·         Jenny Wilborn and Sarah Lea of Healthy Young Minds

·         Martin Powell,  Education Psychology Service

·         Moira Appleby and Heidi Shaw, Stockport Family

·         James Harper, Beacon Counselling

RESOLVED – That the Democratic Services Manager be requested to make arrangements to invite the following participants to the next meeting:-

·         Jenny Wilborn and Sarah Lea of Healthy Young Minds

·         Martin Powell,  Education Psychology Service

·         Moira Appleby and Heidi Shaw, Stockport Family

·         James Harper, Beacon Counselling