Seven Hills Primary School

Learning Mentor Team

Our Learning Mentor Team is essential to the education we offer at Seven Hills Primary School. They are non-classroom staff who assist children with social, emotional and mental health needs. Mrs Butler, Miss Tomkins & Mrs Auty are all dedicated professionals and part of the safeguarding team who help children access their education with care and professionalism.

At Seven Hills Primary School we encourage every child to strive for their best in all aspects of their learning, valuing independence as much as academic achievement. However, school can be a challenging place for some children affecting their emotional expression, relationships and ability to learn. Our Learning Mentor Team offers an in-house service to support these children following a referral from their teacher or parent and providing a home like calm learning space. Using play and age-appropriate resources the team offers 1-1 and group sessions to help children develop strategies for a positive learning experience. Our group sessions usually take place in the Rainbow Room and 1-1 sessions and external agencies use the Woodland Room or the Treehouse.

Our Learning Mentor Team support children on a daily basis, whether this is struggling to enter school on a morning to offering support at lunchtimes and breaktimes in the Rainbow Room and with the Gardening Club. Children who access the Rainbow Room at lunchtimes also have access to our Rainbow Garden for outdoor play and many activities are provided both indoors and outdoors.

The Learning Mentor Team also liaise with Morley Cluster who we can refer to for external support for children and families, if this is something you would like more information about or think you would benefit from further support as a family, please speak to the Learning Mentor Team.

Useful Links

For Safeguarding of children

· Children’s Social Work Service: Daytime contact number: 0113 2224403

For Safeguarding and child support in a number of areas:

· NSPCC: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

· Childline: 0800 1111 (Freephone) / https://www.childline.org.uk/

For child/young person mental health / emotional well-being

· Mindmate: 0300 5550324 / https://www.mindmate.org.uk/

· Teen Connect Help line 11-18 years: 0808 8001212(6pm-2am)/ 07715 661559 (text) / https://www.lslcs.org.uk/services/connect-helpline/teen-connect/

· Time for Young People https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/young-people/well-being/services/time-leeds

· Kooth: Ages 11 to 25 years: https://www.kooth.com/

· Young Minds: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

· Calm Harm App: For self-harm: https://calmharm.co.uk/

· Clear Fear App: For anxiety: https://www.clearfear.co.uk/

· SHOUT: 24/7 free confidential text service. To start a conversation text the word SHOUT to 85258

· Suicidal ideation safety planning toolkit: papyrus-uk.org/resource-suicide-safety-plan/

For child/young person Crisis mental health support:

· CAMHS Crisis daytime number: 8am to 8pm: 0800 953 0505

· CAMHS Crisis out of hours Night Owls number: 8pm to 8am: 0800 148 8244

For emergency situations

· Children’s Accident and Emergency at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI)

· Police on 999 in an emergency or 101 for non-emergencies

· 112: For all emergency services

For Health:

· NHS helpline: 111

· Accident and Emergency at LGI and St James’s

For Domestic Abuse support:

· National Domestic Violence Helpline - 0808 2000 247(24 hours a day - freephone) / https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

· Leeds Domestic Violence Service: 0113 2460401 (24 hours a day) / https://ldvs.uk/

For Adult Mental Health Support:

· Samaritans: 116 123 (24 hours a day - freephone) / https://www.samaritans.org/

· Leeds Mindwell: https://www.mindwell-leeds.org.uk/

For Food Bank Support:

· Leeds Food Aid Network: https://leedsfoodaidnetwork.co.uk/

· Trussell Trust Food Bank: 0113 2772229 / https://leedssouthandeast.foodbank.org.uk/

· St Vincents Food Bank: 0113 2484126 / https://www.svp.org.uk/microsite/st-vincents-leeds

For Family Support:

· Family Action – Family Line: 0808 802 6666/ 07537 404282 (text) / https://www.family-action.org.uk/what-we-do/children-families/families-together-leeds/

· The Family hub will be open over Christmas -family.hubs@leeds.gov.uk 0113 535 0185

For Housing & Welfare Support:

· Housing Leeds: 0113 3760410 / https://www.leedshomes.org.uk/

· Leeds Housing Options: 0113 222 4412 Emergency out of hours 0113 378 8366housing.options@leeds.gov.uk

· Welfare support: 0113 3760330 Emergency help with essentials such as food, gas and electric / https://www.leeds.gov.uk/benefits/help-with-food-and-bills

Food Banks

Out of School Clubs & Activities