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Wellbeing for Education Return

The Department for Education has worked with the Department of Health and Social Care, Health Education England, Public Health England and NHS England and Improvement and an expert advisory group to develop Wellbeing for Education Return.
The Education People has delivered funded training for schools and colleges and is working with other KCC partners to ensure a consistent approach to ensure effective wellbeing support for young people returning to school.

See below for a range of webinars to assist you in finding out more.

This introductory 30 minute webinar is for any Kent school or college who would like to know more about accessing the DfE funded training for the Wellbeing for Education Return programme.  The scheme has been launched to improve mental health and wellbeing support across the country and better respond to the emotional impact of the coronavirus pandemic on our students and staff.

The webinar will outline the content of the training for schools and colleges starting in November 2020 while also sign posting local provision.

This is now available as a FREE recorded webinar.

Please click this link to access this webinar: Introductory Webinar

If you are a Kent primary school this Introductory Webinar has already been uploaded to your account area, under 'My Online Courses'.

If you are new to our webinars, here are some useful FAQs to get you started.

This interactive session is part one of the delivery for the funded Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care project 'Wellbeing for Education Return' created for all schools and colleges across Kent. Adults, children and young people alike may have suffered with their mental health and wellbeing during this pandemic. This training will support staff working in schools and colleges to respond to the additional pressures some children, young people and staff may be feeling as a direct result of the pandemic. It will focus on developing whole school wellbeing approaches, the tools to build resilience and understanding the vital components of staff wellbeing at this time.
This train the trainer model of learning will provide delegates with the framework and models to be cascaded throughout schools and colleges.

This session is suitable for anyone working in the area of supporting mental health and wellbeing within an educational setting.

Objectives:

  • Help staff support wellbeing and resilience through easily understood psychological education. This can be explained to each other, children, young people, parents, and carers
  • To help your School/College use this psychological education to better manage the impacts of Covid-19
  • To prioritise supportive robust and resilient relationships within the School/College community, enhancing wellbeing for all
  • To help children and young people’s minds stay open for learning and growth, and support education staff and families in the process
  • Schools and colleges may need to offer support both directly and remotely (e.g. in the event of a further lockdown) all the principles in these sessions apply in both contexts.

This is now available as a FREE recorded webinar.

Please click this link to access this webinar: 

If you are a Kent primary school this Session 1 Webinar has already been uploaded to your account area, under 'My Online Courses'.

If you are new to our webinars, here are some useful FAQs to get you started.

This interactive session is part two of the delivery for the funded Department for Education and the Department of Social Care project 'Wellbeing for Education Return'. This session will focus on the unique experiences of adults, children and young people throughout the pandemic which may have left many with a plethora of thoughts and feelings that may inhibit their learning experience. The training will cover the emotional responses of children, teachers or parents from bereavement, stress, trauma or anxiety. There will also be an opportunity to explore future wellbeing needs for schools, colleges and their communities to shape subsequent training and intervention.

This training is suitable for anyone working in the area of supporting mental health and wellbeing within a school or college and ideally would be the same professionals who have attended part one.

Objectives:

  • Bereavement, Other Losses, Anxieties, Low Mood, Stress-Trauma
  • Help staff to support children and young people who have experienced stressful events or find returning to school or college stressful
  • To do so through easily understood psychological education
  • To use this psychological education to support the Whole School/College community, highlighting the central role of ‘social scaffolding’
  • To know when and how to signpost or refer those who may need more specialised support
  • Schools and colleges may need to offer support both directly and remotely (e.g. in the event of a further lockdown) all the principles in these sessions apply in both contexts.

This is now available as a FREE recorded webinar.

Please click this link to access this webinar. 

If you are new to our webinars, here are some useful FAQs to get you started.

School Governors play a vital role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of school communities. This webinar will offer a space to explore the Department for Education's funded Wellbeing for Education Return programme and how best to support school leaders within this process.

Within this webinar you will gain a deeper understanding of the framework and topics covered within the training for schools, enabling School Governors to monitor and measure wellbeing support within schools

This is now available as a FREE recorded webinar.

Please click this link to access this webinar. 

If you are new to our webinars, here are some useful FAQs to get you started.

As part of the Wellbeing for Education Return programme, this free webinar will offer parents and carers a space to gain knowledge rich approaches and key skills to help you recognise and respond to your child's emotional health needs both within and beyond the pandemic. 

Please click: Helping Parents and Carers to Support Children's Emotional Wellbeing in Times of Uncertainty to view this webinar.

If you are new to our webinars, here are some useful FAQs to get you started.

Wellbeing for Education Return Directory

Every Interaction Matters - Webinar

As part of the 'Wellbeing for Education Return' offer, The Anna Freud Centre and MindEd have created an additional short webinar 'Every Interaction Matters' to help Schools and Colleges cascade the training throughout your settings. This webinar will complement the training that you have received within the Wellbeing for Education Program.

Click to access the recorded webinar - ‘Every interaction matters’

For supporting information sheet and FAQs - use this link and click on ‘Brief content’ . Education leaders can use the webinar and resources with all staff in staff or INSET sessions. Education staff can also work through this individually at their own pace.

Psychological First Aid for Children and Young People E-learning

Please find a link and supporting information for Public Health England’s new Psychological First Aid for children and young people E-learning.

This free, short online course is aimed at frontline or essential workers and volunteers who come into contact with children and young people aged 0-25 during emergency and crisis situations. This course and our Wellbeing for Education Return materials - including our ‘Every interaction matters’ webinar for education staff - are designed to complement one another, with both covering the ‘look, listen, link’ framework.

Those who may benefit from this course include parents and carers, front line workers or volunteers - including teachers and education staff - and young adults who wish to support their peers or families. Previous experience or qualifications is not a prerequisite for delivering Psychological First Aid.