MHWB Support and Signposting

Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Signposting

Please find some suggestions for supporting children, young people & their families expressing mental health concerns below:  

MYPAS

East Lothian Council has invested in the MYPAS school counselling service which is available at NBHS – you can find out more about this service here:  

MYPAS Home - MYPAS. 

MYPAS drop-ins: Digital (Mon-Fri 3.30-5.30pm) and Walk-in (15-min consultations with link MYPAS counsellor via Google Meet/phone call) – these can be arranged via school through a Guidance teacher or young people are able to self-refer.

At NBHS, we have a Mental Health Youth Worker, Martin Lahiffe, in school Tuesday- Thursday.

He is able to offer: 

Young people can speak to their guidance teacher to find out more or see Mr Lahiffe to arrange an appointment. He has a room right next to the Medical Room. 

Where a number of services are already involved in a young person’s plan, pastoral staff at NBHS may use the CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) consultation line.  

3rd Sector Supports

We are very fortunate to have some fantastic 3rd sector supports here in East Lothian. North Berwick High School can provide further information about these local and national services and already refer young people in to the appropriate service, in consultation with the young people themselves and their parents/carers: 

And specifically for Parents and Carers: