Published on: September 2, 2021
A new integrated mental health and wellbeing service for children and young people has launched across North Yorkshire.
Compass Phoenix – named after extensive consultations with young clients – offers an integrated service for the nearly 400 schools and colleges, including academies and private schools.
The new service amalgamates the work of Compass BUZZ and Compass REACH mental health and wellbeing services which have operated successfully in England’s largest county since 2017.
Lisa Gale, service manager of Compass Phoenix said the new service was named by young clients who felt Compass services gave them a new lease of life.
The service offers the same high-quality interventions to children and young people who need support with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties, as Compass REACH did, providing evidence-based psychosocial interventions on a one-to-one or group work basis.
In line with what Compass BUZZ offered, Compass Phoenix is supporting schools and colleges to develop a whole school approach towards emotional wellbeing and mental health through the delivery of workforce training.
It provides advice and guidance to school staff through Compass’ established professional consultation model and retains the widely used text messaging service ‘BUZZ US’.
Lisa said: “I am delighted that we are able to offer these comprehensive services as a single team, integrated in name as well as spirit.
“This gives us the opportunity to align ourselves with the vision that commissioners have of the emotional wellbeing and mental health offer in North Yorkshire.”
It is jointly commissioned by North Yorkshire County Council and the North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (on behalf of Bradford and Craven CCG and Vale of York CCG).
More about the support Compass Phoenix will give
Compass Phoenix will continue to give one-to-one or group work support for children and young people aged 9-19 (and up to 25 for those with special educational needs or disabilities) who live in North Yorkshire who have been screened as having mild to moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
Our team of experienced and dedicated practitioners conduct a comprehensive assessment, create a collaboratively agreed SMART care plan and deliver up to six tailored sessions with a child or young person.
Our training and consultation workers deliver free emotional wellbeing and mental health training to schools and colleges. Our popular BUZZbite webinars have been rebranded as ‘Phoenix Features’, and the following new training packages will be available from the autumn term:
- Establishing a School Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Policy
- Introducing Emotional Wellbeing Measurement Tools
- Managing School Refusal
- Supporting Children & Young People to Regulate their Emotions & Conduct
- Supporting Children & Young People to Cope with Stress & Anxiety
We will also be offering:
- Pupil Wellbeing Champions Package
- Student Wellbeing Champions Package
- School Staff Wellbeing Training
Our training and consultation workers offer professional consultation to colleagues working in education settings, providing advice, guidance, resources, and signposting in relation to pupil and students emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Finally, BUZZ US, our confidential text messaging service will continue to operate, young people aged 11-18 can text 07520 631 168 for confidential advice, support, and signposting.