Wellbeing for Education Return training is aimed at those education settings for children and young people aged 5-19, including academies, special schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision
The training is free of charge and includes:
- a new, nationally developed training package developed for education staff
- funding for Local Authorities to appoint local experts to deliver the training into schools and Further Education (FE) providers during the 2020 autumn term, tailor it to the local context, and to provide ongoing advice and support until March 2021.
Our aim is to help as many schools and FE providers as possible to provide wellbeing support for children and young people, preventing as many as possible from developing mental health difficulties and ensuring those with pre-existing or emerging difficulties
access the right support.
It is funded by the Department for Education and Department for Health and Social Care and developed and delivered in close collaboration with Health Education England, Public Health England, and NHS England and Improvement.
The Wellbeing for Education Return training has been developed by the e-learning platform MindEd, working closely with the Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families (AFC), who will deliver the training for local experts. Wellbeing for Education Return
has been developed with input from and expert advisory group and wider network of mental health and education experts, advisers and providers such as headteachers, teachers, educational and clinical developmental psychologists and the voluntary sector.
Full details can be found
here
NEXT STEPS
- The training will be rolled out in Bradford via the Mental Health Champions Network, starting w/c12 October 2020.
- School based MH Champions will be expected to cascade the training to their settings over the Autumn Term.
If your school school is not yet registered with the Mental Health Champions project, please
email to request to be put on the membership list. Participating schools are expected to put in place a nominated 'Mental Health Champion' and agree to release them once per half term to attend training and support events.