Anna Freud Centre – Supporting Staff Wellbeing

As part of the Schools in Mind website, the Anna Freud Centre have developed a leaflet regarding looking after the wellbeing of school staff.

The leaflet can be downloaded and printed from their website. It gives a range of advice and guidance for school leaders.

Education Support Partnership

The Education Support Partnership is a charity that provides mental health support to all education professionals. There is a free helpline for staff to call on 08000 562561, which is available 24 hours per day all year round. They also provide a range of materials for staff to download. In addition, there are materials for school leadership teams on supporting staff.

They publish an annual Wellbeing Report based on the feedback from staff. The 2018 report is published: https://www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk/blogs/our-teacher-wellbeing-index-highlights-stress-epidemic

Improve teacher wellbeing and happiness (IRIS)

IRIS Connect provide a range of training and CPD materials available through subscription.

They produce a specific booklet on promoting the welfare of teachers.

Mental Health at Work

The Mental Health at Work Gateway is supported by MIND and also by Heads Together. It gives a range of advice to employers and to employees on how best to ensure that staff are supported and how to create a mentally healthy workplace.

Young Minds – Support for staff

Young minds offer a range of guidance on how best to support staff wellbeing as an important part of developing a whole school approach.

They also offer a one day training course for schools. Details of this are available on their website.