The emotional health of a school goes beyond just the well-being of individuals. It can be seen as a cycle where stress coming into the system from outside affects the whole school, the team as a whole, individuals and then the pupils.
The good news is that we can make changes at all parts of this cycle to improve the wellbeing of staff and pupils:
- Organisational health: how the school leadership team supports the rest of the team via policies around well-being, workload, and work-life balance.
- Staff team: identifying shared values, and developing a wellbeing culture of mutual support.
- Individual: how individuals recognise stress triggers and use effective coping strategies.
- Pupil wellbeing: understanding pupil mental health and being emotionally available for support.
We provide
We have a comprehensive programme of training to support your personal wellbeing, and the wellbeing of your team and setting through our Skills for the Mind pathway of support. Please have a look at the Skills for the Mind pathway page in our training section for more details. Training is offered both face-to-face and online.
Our face-to-face and online training will provide information to help you support and maintain your personal wellbeing, as well as understand and implement a compassion-focused approach to wellbeing in your setting, and promote this way of thinking in your leadership and staff teams.
Within our training sessions, we offer a range of practical activities that you can try individually or discuss together in your teams. Many of these can be ‘train the trainer’ activities that you can then use back in your settings to stimulate helpful discussions with your teams.
Through the school year, we will offer opportunities for virtual meet-ups with other school staff who have attended our well-being training. The aim of these sessions is to allow the sharing of advice, support and good practice, learning from each other about effective changes that people have implemented that have made a difference.
Useful Links
Guidance on carrying out a stress risk assessment in school:
Download the Department for Education staff wellbeing charter:
Recommendations from the OFSTED research into teacher wellbeing:
Workplace stress indicator tools from the Health and Safety Executive:
https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/downloads.htm
A screening tool for individual general well-being:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/platform/wemwbs
Following attendance at this session, we also offer the opportunity to come to regular peer support sessions with people from other schools who have completed the training. The aims of these sessions are to provide space to come together to discuss good practice, successes and challenges in implementing your ideas for supporting wellbeing in your setting.
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The Lancashire Emotional Health in Schools and Colleges service is dedicated to promoting mental and emotional well-being among students and staff in educational institutions across Lancashire. Our team of experienced professionals, work collaboratively to provide comprehensive support.
By partnering with schools and colleges, we seek to create a positive ripple effect that not only benefits individuals but also contributes to a healthier, more vibrant Lancashire community.