Nurture & Wellbeing

Nurture and Wellbeing at Hawkhurst

At Hawkhurst CE Primary School we know that sometimes children and adults may need some some extra emotional support. We have set up our own Emotional Wellbeing Pathway and have a team of staff who are here and ready to offer that support. Staff who belong to this Team are:

Ms Jodi Hacker (Headteacher)

Mrs Nicola Poland (SENCo and Mental Health Lead)

Mrs Kate Paton (Family Liaison Officer)

The Team meet regularly to discuss any children we have concerns about and we welcome referrals from parents, staff and children themselves. We have a variety of interventions we can put in place to offer additional support. These include:

 

  • Counselling with Fegans

  • Time to Talk
  • Drawing and Talking Therapy

  • ELSA

  • Lego Therapy

  • Play Therapy

Hannah Carnell is an Educational Psychotherapist who works in school on a Monday. She works closely with our team and supports children in 1:1 sessions. We also have Lysette Lucas, a Fegans Counsellor,  who comes into school on Thursday afternoons. 

If you would like to talk to a member of the Wellbeing Team about your child or yourself, please contact a member of the Team:

headteacher@hawkhurst.kent.sch.uk

nicola.poland@hawkhurst.kent.sch.uk

kate.paton@hawkhurst.kent.sch.uk

 

Resources

Benefits and Financial Support - Kent County Council

Household Support Food Fund - Kent County Council

Cost of Living Support - Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Reducing Your Bill - tunbridgewells.gov.uk

Kent Resilience Hub

kooth - Your online mental wellbeing community

CHUMS - Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Service

Action for Children - Advice and activities to support children and parents with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Family Lives - Confidential Helpline

Young Minds - You are Not Alone

Place 2Be - Improving Children's Mental Health

Boingboing - Co-produced resilience research and practice - Boingboing

Raise Resilience - Course for parents in Kent - Bounce Forward