My Young Mind Enfield (MYME)

What is it?

Local Services

Service Info

MHST in schools run by Enfield CAMHS.
MYME provides early intervention & prevention.
Team composed of professionals working in schools.

Here's more detail

Published: 12/12/23

Mental health support teams in schools (MHSTs) are a national initiative, following the government’s green paper and NHS long-term plan to transform child and adolescent mental health. They seek to increase access to mental health provision by offering early intervention and prevention, and working closely with schools.

Enfield CAMHS Mental Health Support Team in Schools started in Oct 2019 as a pilot, and is an NHS funded project, and a partnership between Enfield CAMHS, Enfield Educational Psychology Service, and North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group.

We were renamed locally as ‘My Young Mind Enfield’ (MYME) after children, young people and parents in Enfield told us that it was important to have a name that was friendly, approachable, and suitable for children of all ages, and their parents. The name and logo was chosen collaboratively with children in schools.

Who works in the team?
MYME has a multi-professional team composed of:
Clinical Psychologists
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
CAMHS Nurse Specialists
Educational Psychologists
Education Mental Health Practitioners
Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners
Assistant Psychologists
Team Administrators
Students and Trainees
Peer Workers
What does this involve?
My Young Mind Enfield is a multi-professional team and primarily:
Provides universal and whole school approaches and psycho-education to promote prevention of significant mental health difficulties.
Promote increased awareness of mental health and aim to reduce stigma, for example through psycho-education groups and workshops.
Offer early intervention support drawing on evidence-based approaches and guided self help.
Work collaboratively with schools through consultation to better tailor offers of support to school community needs.
Work in collaboration with NHS, local authority, education, voluntary sector around wider mental health strategies and transformation projects.
Works collaboratively with children, young people, parents and schools, community engagement.
Contribute to the transformation of children and adolescent mental health services locally – through work in schools and in partnership with CAMHS and other agencies.