About Us

We are the Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland Mental Health Support Team, which is a new joint resource approach between The Department for Education, Department of Health and funded and accountable through NHS England. 


The InsideOut team will work with, and in, schools, delivering the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing and will support children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues.


Voluntary and community sector providers have formed a partnership to create the InsideOut Mental Health Support Team. The partnership members include.


  • The Link
  • Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind
  • The Junction Foundation
  • A Time 4 you
  • ABC Counselling
  • Changing Futures North East


The partnership is fully supported and working in collaboration with NHS TEWV and will work directly into schools alongside existing provision, to support with mild to moderate mental health and wellbeing needs. This partnership approach will help embed a culture of openness around mental health, forge stronger links between education settings and the wider Mental Health offer in South Tees and ensure children and young people can access appropriate support and stay in education.

MHST Three Core Functions 

  • Delivering evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues
  • Support mental health leads to develop and embed a whole school or college approach
  • Give timely advice to staff, and liaise with external specialist services, to help children and young people get the right support and stay in education