Resource Hub

This webpage provides advice to help understand why children and teenagers self-harm, and what you can do to support them.

A useful guide for school staff around understanding and supporting young people who self-harm.

This practical guidance and toolkit on managing self-harm was produced for schools in Cornwall, but it brings together a variety of information on self-harm including the signs, assessing risk and signposting to more advice.

This guideline covers assessment, management and preventing recurrence for children, young people and adults who have self-harmed. It includes those with a mental health problem, neurodevelopmental disorder or learning disability and applies to all sectors that work with people who have self-harmed....

Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service: A bitesize video lasting 8 minutes providing an introductory understanding of self-harm in children and young people. It aims to provide information on why children or young people may self-harm and ways of supporting self-harm behaviour through finding...

The Centre for Suicide Research together with colleagues has produced a new resource on Self-harm for School Staff - 'Young people who self-harm: A guide for school staff.'

This webpage provides a range of information on identifying the signs of self-harm, risky behaviour, and top tips.

Harmless have a range of downloadable information, flyers and workbooks.

Aims to raise awareness of suicide and signpost to support that is available.

Provides support for parents and carers on healthy minds, healthy bodies, health issues and support services.

Lots of tips, information and advice on how to support children's mental health.

Here parents and carers can access a range of advice from an A-Z guide to support, parents survival guide, starting a conversation with your child and more.

Pregnant pupils guidance for schools has been developed to help Leicestershire & Rutland schools to manage the support and reintegration of pregnant pupils and school aged parents. Find the guidance below.

This policy is designed to promote a positive ethos of good behaviour in which children can work and play well together with other people.

Information about the IRC's Healing Classrooms Approach.

The aim of this activity is to allow pupils to reflect and explore ways to respond to a tragic incident or events.

Guidance for parents and staff about how to talk to children about the war in Ukraine.

Guidance for parents about talking to children about terrorism and war.

A list of five books which can help children explore their emotions around mental health

An activity which uses the five ways of wellbeing and can be used to help children cope with world conflict.

Help for teachers and families to talk to pupils about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how to help them avoid misinformation.

An audit tool around staff wellbeing which can be used in schools.

Audit which can be used for governor/staff wellbeing in schools.

This document outlines guidance to help you develop an Emotional Health and Wellbeing policy for your school.

Leicestershire County Council have created an example template for a Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing whole school policy.

Department for Education: compiled in this guidance are a range of mental health and wellbeing services/support.

Public Health England: Guidance on supporting resilience and wellbeing for children and young people it can be used for policy planning.

Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service: A bitesize video lasting 12 minutes providing an introduction to staff resilience and wellbeing. It aims to share theory around psychology and schools as well as sharing practical ideas for enhancing staff wellbeing.

Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service: A bitesize video lasting 12 minutes providing an introduction to emotion coaching. Emotion coaching is a way of interacting and connecting with others. It works on the premise that moments of heightened emotion provide opportunities to connect with and guide...

Learn more about how to support children and young people with their body image and mental health.