Useful websites and resources outside of EduLincs - EduLincs

Finance and health and safety

• Information regarding school budget shares
• Health and safety executive guidance on managing significant risks in the school sector

First aid training

• Emergency first aid skills for life workshops
• First aid and emergency first aid training
• Mental health awareness and mental health first aid training for adults

Further details can be found by searching the Stay Safe Partnership directory.

Health and wellbeing

• British Nutrition Foundation - useful resources and information about healthy living
• Here4You Mental Health Services (CAMHS and Healthy Minds Lincolnshire) - advice and, or self-referral to children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing services
• CAMHS - provides support and treatment to CYP up to their 18th birthday (or those aged 24 and under the care of the local authority):
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
• Healthy Minds Lincolnshire - supports the emotional wellbeing needs of children and young people in Lincolnshire:
  • Healthy Minds Lincolnshire
  • Healthy Minds Lincolnshire - Lincolnshire young minds
• Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) – for Lincolnshire school-aged children and young people up to the age of 5 to 18 years (25 SEND or care leaver).
• Kooth - a web-based service, providing an anonymous online counselling support service.
• Health and wellbeing advice, signposting and support can be found on our website.
• Mental health resources for children and young people, parents, carers and school staff.
• Mental health and wellbeing resources for teachers and teaching staff.
• Promoting children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing – a whole school approach.
• Senior mental health lead training – schools and colleges.
• PSHE - useful PSHE guidance and resources for schools.
• Sex education forum - useful teaching resources for schools to support relationships and sex education (RSE).
• Lincolnshire centre for grief and loss – advice and counselling service.The service is commissioned to improve the health and well-being of young people in Lincolnshire (up to the age of 19) who are experiencing grief and loss:
  • Lincolnshire centre for grief and loss
  • CYP counselling services
• Change4Life - a range of teaching resources for schools to:
  • support children and young people to make healthy choices
  • encourage parents and carers to promote healthy lifestyle choices

Food hygiene and food safety training

Contact details for Environmental Health Services who are based at the district councils:

• East Lindsey
• South Kesteven
• Lincoln City
• West Lindsey
• North Kesteven
• Boston
• South Holland food safety team: 01775 761161

Preventative wellbeing offer – the specialist teaching team are looking into some members of the team becoming Specialist SEMH teachers. However, this won't go live for at least 18 months. For further information, contact STTenquiries@lincolnshire.gov.uk.

SEND

• SEND advice line for Lincolnshire (ask SALL) - support for all educational settings up to 25 years of age.
• Lincolnshire sensory support services – sight and hearing loss support
• LCHS children's therapy services - provides more information regarding referrals for children's physiotherapy and motor skills.

Premises and facilities

Good estate management for schools - information on the policies, processes, and documents that educational settings should consider when managing their estates.

Information for families

• Family services directory (FSD) and SEND local offer - an online guide to services and information on local organisations for:
  • parents
  • practitioners
  • children
  • young people
  • partners and providers
• Our graduated approach to SEND.
• Makaton charity - information on national Makaton training and resources available for parents/carers and professionals.