Enhanced Critical & Serious Incident Support / Rapid Assessment of Self-harm Risk
Personalised support plans following serious events in school and a rapid focused assessment for children at risk of self-harm.
We offer highly responsive and personalised support following serious and traumatic events in schools and surrounding communities (for example, deaths impacting on the whole school community or as the result of crime).
Our team of psychologists, counsellors and therapists work in collaboration with you to provide a bespoke plan, individualised to your school system and responsive to the needs of your community, frequently involving your link EP, who will already know your staff and be familiar with your local culture and demographic.
We have experienced a significant growth in demand from schools for support for pupils and staff where more localised, but nonetheless traumatic, incidents have occurred in school (for example, assaults on staff by pupils or parents).
Additionally, there has been an increase in demand for support surrounding self-harm prevention and suicide risk for young people. MAST will continue to provide a rapid (on-the-day, wherever possible) focused assessment for such situations for all subscribing partner schools.
Your questions around our services
How do I access your support?
You will need to talk with your child's school to consider if a MAST request would be possible and helpful.
What might involvement with a member of your multi-agency support team, MAST, look like?
Your first meeting with a professional from MAST might be to discuss your concerns, possibly with school staff present. You might also meet a MAST professional in a meeting with others involved, where your child's needs are being discussed and a plan of support is being put together.
How quickly would a member of MAST become involved with a child?
Following a request for MAST to be involved (made by the school SENCo in collaboration with parents/carers), a quick response to school within a week will be sent and soon after this a key worker from MAST will be allocated and make contact with you and school to assess needs and plan an appropriate multi-agency response as required.
What PLP's values mean for schools
Our MAST team are always ready to answer the call and step up when schools and their pupils need us.
Providing appropriate, non-judgemental support for pupils, families and school staff is at the heart of what we do.
We always reflect on our performance and are prepared to explore new ideas and approaches to help people.
Our success lies in the positive collaborations we nurture between diverse specialists and school professionals.
We'd love to support you
Please reach out to our friendly team at our office using the details below.