The Wellbeing Hub

"Pupil well-being and safety is of paramount importance at HSLC and we have dedicated non-teaching Pastoral and Student Support staff members in place to achieve this objective.   Our continued aim is to protect and promote the welfare, safety and healthy development of all pupils by fostering an honest, open, caring and supportive community.

HSLC recognise the importance for all members of our school community to feel valued, welcomed, and have the support to ensure positive emotional wellbeing.  At the heart of everything we do, we will continue to strive to be useful and kind, whilst encouraging creativity, resilience and aspiration, ensuring we can all be the very best that we can be"
BIG RED BUTTON
Support For Young People
Support For Adults
Early Help
Domestic Abuse
Five pillars and mission statement
MEET THE TEAM
Emotional Health and Wellbeing Policy

Support For Young People

Mental Health

MIND Support Line
Support for mental health.

CAMHS Contact Point 
Single point of access for emotional and mental health referrals. The team will help to find the right service for a young person and family to ensure that they get the right support, at the right time and in the right place.

Chat Health
Confidential help and advice with a qualified health professional.

Young Minds
Whether you want to understand how you’re feeling, find ways to feel better, or support someone
who's struggling.

Samaritans 
Samaritans is a unique charity dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide.

Papyrus
Confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person.

Advice & Guidance

Domestic Violence and Abuse Partnership (DVAP)
The Domestic Violence and Abuse Partnership is a confidential service supporting victims of domestic
abuse and providing services dedicated to preventing domestic abuse.

Not in our Community
Support to help people protect themselves and their friends from grooming and child exploitation

Young Carers
If you are aged 17 or under and regularly help someone close to you who has a care need, support to help you manage your caring responsibilities, and also support you with your own needs as a young person.

Cruse Bereavement Care
Support for all types of bereavement.

Barnardos
Support for LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and those questioning their sexual or gender identity) children, young people and their families in the UK.

NSPCC Childline
Childline gives children and young people a voice when no one else is listening. Whatever problems or dangers they face, we give them
somewhere to turn to for support when they need it.

CEOP Child Exploitation and Online Protection
Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online?

FRANK
Find out everything you need to know about drugs, their effects and the law. Talk to Frank for facts, support and advice on drugs and alcohol today.

School Based Support

Early Help
HSLC have our own Early Help Practitioner, Amy Stansfield. Amy is available to support your worries, concerns or requests for advice and guidance in the Student Support building every Thursday afternoon from 2pm onwards. 

Inclusion support at HSLC
HSLC have an established ‘non-teaching’ Inclusion
Team, including specialist targeted practitioners and mentors to support and work alongside young people as they navigate a range of challenges and complex difficulties. As well as school based support, The Student Support Team are able to signpost to a host of partner agencies and services who can enhance the offer from HSLC. Wherever possible, we strive to make our support accessible, ensuring staff are available to support your calls and visits
both before, and after the end of the school day.

School Nurse
HSLC have weekly support through our School Nurse, Emma Brewster. Emma is often to speak with parents/carers who are feeling worried about their child, or wish to discuss an area of their child’s emotional or physical health. Emma is based at HSLC every Tuesday.

Big Red Button
The Big Red Button is available through Edulink, enabling you to share your worries or concerns anytime, any day. All concerns will be received by the Student Support Team who will ensure a quick response to your concerns.

Social Prescribing
HSLC are able to support referrals to the NHS Social
Prescribing Team. an approach that connects people to activities, groups, and services in their community to meet the practical, social and emotional needs
that affect their health and wellbeing.

ELSA support
HSLC are proud to have a team of ELSAs (Emotional Support Literary Assistants). Their role is to support the emotional wellbeing of pupils. They are trained by a team of educational psychologists and receive ongoing group supervision.

Emotional Wellbeing Drop in
HSLC now have in place same day support for pupils experiencing emotional wellbeing difficulties. These sessions take place at 3pm Monday to Thursday, enabling pupils to access same day support without this having an impact on their learning.

Support For Adults

Mental Health

MIND Support Line
Support for mental health.

Mental Health Services 
Find out how to access NHS mental health services and where to get urgent help.

Young Minds (Support for parents of children with mental health)
Support for parents who are worried about your child or young person’s mental health or wellbeing.

Samaritans
Samaritans is a unique charity dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide.

Papyrus
Confidential support and advice to young
people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person.

The Emotional Wellbeing Service
The service offers a number of different therapies to help support you with your emotional wellbeing.

Advice & Guidance

Domestic Violence and Abuse Partnership (DVAP)
The Domestic Violence and Abuse Partnership is a confidential service supporting victims of domestic abuse and providing services dedicated to preventing domestic abuse.

Carers UK
Support for unpaid carers with expert information, advice and support, and also campaign to make life better for carers.

Cruse Bereavement Care
Support for all types of bereavement.

Gamble Aware
Support if you're worried about how gambling makes you or someone else feel.

NSPCC
Support for mental health whilst parenting.

Kids
Workshops for Parent Carers of young people aged 11-18 years old who are exhibiting self-harming behaviour.

Relationships Matter
Helping families and couples (whether together or separated) understand and build healthy relationships.

FRANK
Find out everything you need to know about drugs, their effects and the law. Talk to Frank for facts, support and advice on drugs and alcohol today.

Fitmums Forest Project
The Forest Project helps children and young people cope with bereavement. We use forest activities, literature and bereavement support to create a safe space in which participants can explore and express their grief.

School Based Support

Early Help
HSLC have our own Early Help Practitioner, Amy Stansfield. Amy is available to support your worries, concerns or requests for advice and guidance in the Student Support building every Thursday afternoon from 2pm onwards. 

Inclusion support at HSLC
HSLC have an established ‘non-teaching’ Inclusion Team, including specialist targeted practitioners to support and work alongside families as they navigate a range of challenges and complex difficulties. As well as school based support, The Student Support Team are able to signpost to a host of partner agencies and services who can enhance the offer from HSLC. Wherever possible, we strive to make our support accessible, ensuring staff are available to support your calls and visits both before, and after the end of the school day.

School Nurse
HSLC have weekly support through our School Nurse, Emma Brewster. Emma is often to speak with parents/carers who are feeling worried about their child, or wish to discuss an area of their child’s emotional or physical health. Emma is based at HSLC every Tuesday.

Early Help

Amy Stansfield is the HSLC Early Help practitioner. Amy and the Early Help Team offer a range of activities and services for children, young people and their families offering the right help at the right time so that families are resilient, feel confident, safe, healthy and happy. This includes:
  • Information and advice
  • Additional family support and services and activity sessions that are free and for all children and families
  • Intensive family support for families who may need additional support to get through a difficult time

More information can be found at Early help and prevention (eastriding.gov.uk)

Domestic Abuse

Would you know what to do if someone in your family or community needed help?
Visit Domestic abuse (eastriding.gov.uk) for more information or talk to any member of the pastoral team in school who will help you to gain the advice and support needed.

DVAP (Domestic Violence & Abuse Partnership) is there to give advice and provide support to anyone directly impacted by domestic abuse in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

There are three parts to the service,
Adult Service for anyone aged 16 or over, regardless of gender or sexuality, living with or fleeing domestic abuse
Children’s Service Children aged 6 -16 impacted by domestic abuse in the home or in their own teen relationship
PODAS (Prevention of Domestic Abuse Service) - for those whose behaviours are abusive and want to change
For confidential help and support ring 01482 396368

Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership, enabling schools to offer immediate support to children experiencing domestic abuse

If Police attend a domestic abuse call, and children are present, Operation Encompass allows the officers to pass on relevant information to the safeguarding team at the child's school before 9am the following morning, so the right support can be put in place.

For more information click here

Five Pillars And Mission Statement

HSLC recognise the importance for all members of our school community to feel valued, welcomed, and have the support to ensure positive emotional wellbeing. At the heart of everything we do, we will continue to strive to be useful and kind, whilst encouraging creativity, resilience and aspiration, ensuring we can all be the very best that we can be.

1 CONNECTING WITH OTHERS

Pupils

At it’s very heart, HSLC is a community school.  Our school ethos is underpinned by celebrating and rewarding success, ensuring all pupils recognise that being useful, kind, and the very best they can be, creates a climate where all members of the community feel valued and supported.

Staff/Governors/Volunteers

At HSLC, we recognise that team work is essential to our success! We strive to ensure everyone who makes a contribution to the school feels valued and supported, through a full and thorough understanding of adult’s respective roles, and the challenges and rewards each role can bring.  HSLC has in place regular opportunities to share the success of individuals, as well as the school as a whole. 

Parents/Carers

Parents and carers are pivotal to our school community, and we rely heavily on their contribution to school life.  HSLC ensure staff are as accessible as possible, enabling all parents to share their views, concerns and feedback through varied forms of communication, including ‘out of hours’ and virtual meetings.  HSLC ensure mechanisms are in place to make parents and carers aware of the achievements of their child and the school as a whole, and the unique role they have to make our school special.

2 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Pupils

At HSLC, we pride ourselves on having a wide and varied extra-curricular offer, including a host of physical activities for all abilities.  Our Twilight bus service enables all pupils to access this offer, ensuring clubs are as accessible as possible to all

Staff/Governors/Volunteers

Staff, volunteers and governors are encouraged to participate in a programme of activities including after school football and running clubs. Staff embarking on new challenges are encouraged and supported by the school community and achievements celebrated.

Parents/Carers

HSLC host a programme of popular community events at the school, including sporting events, clubs and activities.  We are proud of our facilities and strive to ensure that they are accessible to the whole community whenever possible. 

3 TAKE NOTICE

Pupils

HSLC are strongly committed to ensuring our pupils are able to share concerns and requests for support quickly and effectively.  The ‘Big Red Button’ is well publicised throughout the school, with pupils being supported by an extensive Inclusion Team, including non-teaching colleagues, ensuring support is available at all times.  Pupils aware of pathways to emotional support through a team of practitioners, including the School Nurse, and  the ‘Wellbeing Hub’ on the HSLC website ensures effective signposting to support.

Staff/Governors/Volunteers

Positive emotional wellbeing for all staff/volunteers and governors is a priority for HSLC, and as well as in house support through established peer support, HR and a dedicated Staff Governor, HSLC access support through specialist emotional wellbeing practitioners, striving towards ensuring the team at HSLC feel understood, supported and valued.  HSLC have a Menopause Champion who holds ‘open to all’ support sessions and regular staff wellbeing surveys are completed to ensure the leadership team at HSLC are doing everything they can to make sure HSLC is a positive work environment for all. Staff celebrate success and recognise their strengths and contribution to school life

Parents/Carers

Parents and carers are encouraged to share any worries or concerns they may have with the team at HSLC, ensuring the school is accessible and parents feel encouraged and supported at all times.  HSLC have a number of targeted Inclusion Practitioners who aim to understand families journeys and work in a non-judgemental/solution focussed way.  Our aim is to continually reassure parent/carers of our continued commitment to put the emotional wellbeing of pupils and their families are the forefront of our work.   This commitment will be supported by the development of working group of staff/parents to ensure parental voice is implicit in development of school process/policy, as well as the new Wellbeing Hub on the school website, with quick and up to date signposting to support for wellbeing

4 LEARN NEW THINGS

Pupils

HSLC strive to ensure the curriculum is broad, balanced and enriching, holding the strong believe that it is crucial that option choices are completely personalised to pupil’s strengths and passions whenever possible.   Careers advice is accessible for all pupils from Year 7 onwards, aiming to aspire through pathways and learning opportunities.  In addition to academic learning, there is also a focus on social, emotional learning through the Life Studies Curriculum, ensuring our learners are fully equipped for challenges and opportunities they will navigate post HSLC  

Staff/Governors/Volunteers

An enriching and engaging programme of continued professional development is crucial in ensuring the team at HSLC feel positive and confident in their respective roles, with a leadership team that encourages all adults to be the very best they can be.  The school nurtures a climate where we share skills, and creative thinking is strongly encouraged.  The team feel confident to take risks, and work in a progressive way, keeping the positive outcomes of our learners at the forefront of everything we do. 

Parents/Carers

Families are welcomed to join family learning events throughout their child’s school life, including Family Learning Days in Year 6 as part of our transition offer through to family coaching sessions for successful revision techniques in Year 11.  As a school, we seek feedback from families to ensure we have a strong understanding of needs, and target our support accordingly, an example being a series of ESafety briefings for parents/carers.  Families maintain a crucial role in supporting the learning for their child, and HSLC welcome partnership working with families, knowing that this is most likely to lead to the best outcomes for all learners.

5 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY LIFE

Pupils

HSLC takes pride in being at the heart of the Hornsea community, and welcomes opportunities to showcase the strengths of our pupils at all times.  Pupils are encouraged to consider ways that they can make a positive contribution to the community, and this is reinforced through whole school activities to support the town and the wider community. 

Staff/Governors/Volunteers

The team at HSLC are committed to working with the community as a whole, and take pride in the role HSLC have in our town.  As well as representing the school in community groups, the team welcome opportunities to show compassion and care for members of our community through a series of charitable events which prove a staple in the school calendar.  We encourage community members to come into the school to share skills and experiences, ensuring pupils and staff at the school have a strong, holistic understanding of the strengths that lie within Hornsea and the surrounding areas.

Parents/Carers

Members of the community are encouraged to play a role in school life, whether attending one of our annual drama productions or attending one of our many sporting fixtures.  Our Aspirational Dinners provide an opportunity for key business partners to celebrate the success of our pupils and our community is crucial in providing work experience opportunities for our Year 10 pupils, giving them their first experience of working within our community. 

Meet The Team

Mrs Sullivan

Senior Mental Health Lead

Mrs Webster

LGBTQ Champion

Mrs Whitaker

Governor for Inclusion

Miss James

6th Form Emotional Wellbeing Lead

Mrs Thompson

Menopause Champion
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