Leeds MindMate Support Team
We are Mental Health Support Team in Leeds, known as MindMate Support Teams locally. We are an early intervention mental health service.
Introducing the MindMate Support Team
The service aims to improve access to support for children and young people, up to the age of 18 years old, in education settings across Leeds, to prevent any emotional wellbeing difficulties becoming harder to manage. We also support young people of the same age who are electively home educated and not on roll with a school. The MindMate Support Team is made up of registered professionals working as part of the National Mental Health Support Team project.
What do the MindMate Support Team do?
We work with staff in education settings across Leeds to help build environments where wellbeing is prioritised for all.
MindMate Support Teams have 3 core functions
- To give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist services to help children and young people get the right support and stay in education.
- To support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce and develop a whole setting approach to mental health.
- To deliver evidence-based low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues within groups and individually.
How can I access support?
If you wish to access MindMate Support Team support, check whether you or your child attends one of the education settings we are working with (from the list below) and ask to speak to the designated mental health lead within school.
The designated mental health lead can then contact the team on your behalf using our “request for support” form and organise an education staff consultation.
If you or your child is not in one of these education settings please refer for emotional wellbeing support via MindMate SPA.
Schools and education settings we work with
We are currently working with and accept requests for support from the following education settings
- Elective Home Educated
- Elliott Hudson College
- ESOL, North Street building
- LCC, 14+ Academy
- LCC, 14 to 16 Skills Programme
- LCC, Joseph Priestly
- LCC, Park Lane
- LCC, Printworks and Temple Newsam
- LCC – Quarry Hill
- LCC, Sixth Form
- LCC, Somerville
- LCC, Supported Engagement
- Leeds College of Building – North Street
- Leeds College of Building – South Bank
- NACRO Alternative provision
- Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College
- University Technical College Leeds
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
- Allerton Grange High School
- Allerton High School
- Benton Park & Sixth Form
- Bishop Young Church of England Academy
- Boston Spa Academy
- Bruntcliffe Academy
- Cardinal Heenon Catholic High School
- Cockburn John Charles Academy
- Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy
- Cockburn School
- Co-Op Academy Leeds
- Co-Op Academy Priesthorpe
- Corpus Christi Catholic College
- Crawshaw Academy
- Dixons Trinity Chapletown
- Dixons Unity Academy
- Garforth Academy
- Guiseley School (High School and Sixth Form)
- Horsforth School
- John Smeaton Secondary
- Lawnswood School
- Leeds East Academy
- Leeds West Academy
- Mount St Mary’s Catholic High School
- Oulton Academy
- Prince Henry’s Grammar School
- Pudsey Grammar School & Sixth Form
- Rodillian Academy
- Rounday High School
- St Mary’s Menston Catholic High School
- Temple Moor High School Science College
- The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL)
- The Morley Academy
- The Ruth Gorse Academy
- The Temple Learning Academy Free School Secondary School
- Trinity Academy
- Wetherby High School
- Woodkirk Academy
- Aberford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Adel Primary School
- Adel St. John the Baptist Primary School
- Alder Tree Primary Academy
- All Saints’ Richmond Hill CE Primary School
- Allerton C of E Primary School
- Alwoodley Primary School
- Armley Park (Owlcoates)
- Ashfield Primary School
- Asquith Primary School
- Austhorpe Primary School
- Bankside Primary School
- Bardsey Primary Academy
- Barwick-in-Elmet Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Beechwood Primary School
- Beeston Hill St Luke’s Church of England Primary School
- Beeston Primary School
- Birchfield Primary School
- Blackgates Primary Academy
- Blenheim Primary School
- Bracken Edge Primary School
- Bramham Primary School
- Bramhope Primary School
- Bramley Park Academy
- Bramley St Peter’s Church of England Primary
- Broadgate Primary School
- Burley St Matthias C.E Primary School
- Calverley Parkside Primary School
- Carlton Primary School
- Carr Manor Community School
- Castleton Primary
- Chapel Allerton Primary School
- Christ Church (Church of England)
- Christ the King Catholic Primary School
- Churwell School
- Clapgate Primary School
- Cobden (DNA)
- Cockburn Haigh Road Academy
- Collingham Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ Church of England Primary School
- Colton Primary School
- Cookridge Primary School
- Co-op Academy Beckfield
- Co-Op Academy Brownhill
- Co-Op Academy Nightingale
- Co-Op Academy Woodlands
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
- Cottingley Primary Academy
- Cross Gates Primary School
- Crossley Street Primary School
- Deighton Gates Primary School
- Drighlington Primary School
- East Ardsley Primary Academy
- East Garforth Primary Academy
- Ebor Gardens Primary Academy
- Elements Primary School
- Farsley Farfield
- Farsley Springbank Primary School
- Fieldhead Carr Primary School
- Five Lanes Primary School
- Fountain Primary School
- Gildersome Primary Schoool
- Gledhow Primary School
- Grange Farm Primary School
- Green Lane Primary Academy
- Greenhill Primary School
- Greenmount Primary School
- Grimes Dyke Primary School
- Guiseley Primary School
- Harehills Primary School
- Harewood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Highfield Primary School
- Hill Top Primary Academy
- Hillcrest Academy
- Holly Bush Primary
- Holy Family (Catholic)
- Holy Rosary and St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Holy Trinity C of E Primary Academy, Rothwell
- Holy Trinity C of E Primary School – Cookridge
- Horsforth Featherbank School
- Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School
- Hovingham Primary School
- Hugh Gaitskell Primary School
- Hunslet Carr Primary School
- Hunslet Moor Primary School
- Hunslet St Marys Church of England Primary Academy
- Immaculate Heart of Mary School
- Ingram Road Primary School
- Ireland Wood School
- Iveson Primary School
- Kerr Mackie Primary School
- Kirkstall St Stephen’s C of E School
- Kirkstall Valley Primary School
- Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ Church of England Primary School, Thorp Arch
- Lane End Primary School
- Lawns Park Primary
- Little London Primary School
- Low Road Primary School
- Lower Wortley
- Manor Wood Primary School
- Manston Primary School
- Manston St James C of E Primary Schhol
- Meadowfield Primary School
- Meanwood Church of England Primary School
- Micklefield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Middleton Primary School
- Middleton St Mary’s Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Moor Allerton Hall Primary School
- Moortown Primary School
- Morley Newlands Academy
- Morley Victoria Primary School
- Ninelands Primary School
- Otley The Whartons Primary School
- Oulton Primary School
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School
- Park Springs Primary School
- Park View Primary Academy
- Parklands Primary School
- Pool C of E Primary School
- Primrose Lane Primary School
- Pudsey Bolton Royd
- Pudsey Greenside Primary School
- Pudsey Lowtown
- Pudsey Primrose Hill
- Pudsey Waterloo Primary
- Queensway Primary School
- Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School
- Rawdon St Peters
- Raynville Primary School
- Richmond Hill Academy
- Robin Hood Primary School
- Rothwell Primary School
- Rothwell St Mary’s RC Primary School
- Roundhay St John’s C of E Primary School
- Rufford Park Primary School
- Ryecroft Academy
- Sacred Heart Catholic School
- Scholes (Elmet) Primary School
- Seacroft Grange Primary School
- Seven Hills Primary School
- Shadwell Primary School
- Shakespeare Primary School
- Sharp Lane Primary School
- Shire Oak C of E Primary School
- Southroyd
- Spring Bank Primary School
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic School
- St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, Beeston
- St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School
- St Bartholomews
- St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School
- St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa
- St Francis Catholic Primary School
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St James’ Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Hunslet
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Wetherby
- St Joseph’s Primary School – Otley
- St Joseph’s Pudsey
- St Margaret’s C of E Primary School
- St Mary’s Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa
- St Mary’s Horsforth Catholic Voluntary Academy
- St Matthew’s Church of England Aided Primary School
- St Nicholas Catholic Primary
- St Paul’s Catholic Primary School
- St Philip’s Catholic Primary School
- St Theresa’s Catholic Primary School
- St Urban’s Catholic Primary School
- Stanningley Primary School
- Strawberry Fields Primary School
- Summerfield Primary School
- Swarcliffe Primary School
- Swinnow Primary School
- Talbot Primary School
- Templenewsam Halton Primary School
- The New Bewerley Community Primary School
- The Temple Learning Academy Free School Primary Site
- Thorner Church of England Primary School
- Thorpe Primary School
- Tranmere Park Primay School
- Valley View Community Primary School
- Victoria Junior School
- Victoria Primary School
- Weetwood Primary School
- West End Primary School
- Westbrook Lane Primary School
- Westerton Primary Academy
- Westgate Primary School
- Westwood Primary School
- Whingate Primary
- Whinmoor St Paul’s Church of England Primary School
- White Laith Primary School
- Whitecote Primary School
- Whitkirk Primary School
- Wigton Moor Primary School
- Windmill Primary School
- Woodlesford Primary School
- Wykebeck Primary School
- Yeadon Westfield Infant School
- Yeadon Westfield Juniors
How the MindMate Support Team support young people
How can the MindMate Support Team help me?
MindMate Support Team offers short term low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LICBT) for emotional well-being difficulties. Find out more about LICBT on our supported interventions page below.
We offer support for emotional difficulties such as:
- when you are feeling anxious, worried or stressed
- when you can’t sleep or are sleeping too much
- when you are experiencing changes to your mood
- when you are experiencing a racing heart and don’t know why
We offer support in different ways:
- 1 to 1 support with a trained professional
- Group support with other young people experiencing similar difficulties
- Parent support: where parents learn strategies to support you
- Provide resources to help you manage your emotions (have a look at our free resources on the link below)
- Direct/Support you to access other appropriate services
- Support education staff to work with you in your school or education setting to support your emotional wellbeing
- Delivering workshops and assemblies in your education setting
When MindMate Support Team might not be suitable to meet your needs
If you are in need of immediate support please find support by visiting the MindMate: Urgent help webpage
If you feel you need longer term support, You can refer yourself to MindMate SPA
As a service we are unable to triage requests for neurodiversity assessments, these requests would go via the MindMate Single point of access ND assessment for school aged children
Is the service confidential?
Yes! We keep your information private and confidential. We do share information with your education setting, unless you ask us not to. This will usually include letting them know you are receiving support from our service and letting them know when this support finishes.
We will always try to discuss information we need to share outside of our team with you first so that you know what we might say and why.
How does the MindMate Support Team help young people?
The team offers short term low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LICBT) for mild to moderate emotional well-being difficulties. Find out more about LICBT on our supported interventions page below.
MindMate Support Team can offer support for common mild to moderate mental health difficulties in young people, such as:
Anxiety
- Worrying a lot about school, friends, or the future.
- Feeling nervous or panicky in certain situations (like tests or social events).
- Avoiding things because of fear
Low mood
- Feeling sad or down most of the time.
- Losing interest in things they used to enjoy.
- Feeling tired or having trouble sleeping
Stress
- Feeling overwhelmed by schoolwork or responsibilities.
- Struggling to relax or switch off.
- Getting headaches or stomach aches from worry
We offer support in a number of ways
- 1 to 1 support with a trained professional
- Group support with other young people experiencing similar difficulties
- Parent support: where parents learn strategies to support young people
- Provide resources to help young people manage their emotions (have a look at our free resources using the link below)
- Direct families to access other appropriate services
- Support education staff to work with young people within their school/education setting to support their emotional wellbeing
- Delivering young person and parent workshops and assemblies in education settings
- Delivering staff training to education staff to equip them with a deeper understanding of emotional mental health difficulties
When the MindMate Support Team may not be appropriate?
If your young person is expressing thoughts around harming them self or suicidal thoughts and requires immediate support by visiting the MindMate: Urgent help webpage
As we are an early intervention service offering low intensity, short term support you may wish to refer to the MindMate Single Point of Access if you feel our low intensity offer may not be the most suitable approach for your child’s needs. You can refer to MindMate SPA
As a service we are unable to triage requests for neurodiversity assessments, these requests would go via the MindMate single point of access ND assessment for school aged children
Is this service confidential?
We keep your child’s information private and confidential, but we do share some things with the education setting unless you ask us not to. This will usually include letting them know when this support finishes.
We will always try to discuss information we need to share outside of our team with you first so that you know what we might say and why.
We utilise SystmOne and share information with GPs, however always discuss with you who information will be shared with before this happens.
How does the MindMate Support Team help young people?
The team offers short term low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LICBT) for mild to moderate emotional well-being difficulties. Find out more about LIBCT in the support interventions section below.
Mild to moderate mental health difficulties are emotional challenges that affect how they feel, think, or behave but they’re not so severe that the young person can’t cope with daily life.
Mild
- Recently emerging difficulty
- Minimal impact on day to day functioning
- Low level difficulties
- No risk or self-harming
- First intervention
Moderate
- Ongoing difficulties
- Considerable impact on day to day functioning
- Some risk of self harming
- Co-morbidities of mental health issues
- Some previous accessed as part of a graduated approach
Severe
- High risk and severe self-harming
- Enduring
- Significant impact on day to day function
- Active suicidal plans or intent
- Exhausted numerous previous support services
MindMate Support team can offer support for common mild to moderate mental health difficulties in young people, such as:
Anxiety
- Worrying a lot about school, friends, or the future.
- Feeling nervous or panicky in certain situations (like tests or social events).
- Avoiding things because of fear
Low mood
- Feeling sad or down most of the time.
- Losing interest in things they used to enjoy.
- Feeling tired or having trouble sleeping
Stress
- Feeling overwhelmed by schoolwork or responsibilities.
- Struggling to relax or switch off.
- Getting headaches or stomach aches from worry
We offer support in a number of ways
- Support education staff to work with young people within their school and education setting to support their emotional wellbeing
- Delivering workshops and assemblies in education settings
- Delivering staff training to education staff to equip them with a deeper understanding of emotional mental health difficulties
- 1 to 1 support with a trained professional
- Group support with other young people experiencing similar difficulties
- Parent support: where parents learn strategies to support young people
- Provide resources to help young people manage their emotions (have a look at our free resources on the link below)
- Direct families to access other appropriate services
How can young people get support from the MindMate Support Team?
If the young person attends one of the education settings we offer support to, the Mental Health Lead within the school can contact our team using our “request for support” form.
With parent and carer consent we will then be able to offer a staff consultation in the first instance to discuss the concerns and create a shared plan of support for the young person. Find out more about education staff consultations on the link below.
When the MindMate Support Team may not be appropriate
MMST do not offer a crisis intervention and are not able to provide intervention where risk management is the main presenting problem (for example, suicidal intent or risk to others). MMST are able to offer information about which services a young person or setting can contact in an emergency utilising leaflets and conversations. However MMST should not be the first point of call when a young person is in crisis. In these situations useful information regarding supporting young people in crisis can be found on the MindMate: Urgent help webpage
We are a short-term service, therefore do not offer long term support. If you are looking for longer term support for a young person they can be referred through MindMate SPA
As a service we are unable to triage requests for neurodiversity assessments, these requests would go via the MindMate single point of access ND assessment for school aged children
Is the service confidential?
Yes! Young people’s information is kept private and confidential, but we do share some things with the education setting unless asked not to. This will usually include letting them know when this support finishes.
We will always try to discuss information we need to share outside of our team with young people first so that they know what we might say and why.
We utilise SystmOne and share information with GPs, however always discuss with you who information will be shared with before this happens.
