Guest speaker: A Whole School Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing
At a glance
Guest speaker
Amy Sayer
Webinar duration
2 hours
Suitable for
Thrive Licensed Practitioners
CPD
Worth 5 CPD points
Price per place
£75 excl. VAT
Course Outcomes
‘A Whole School Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing’ is worth 5 CPD points to Thrive Licensed Practitioners.
By the end of the session, you'll have:
- Clarity on why implementing a whole school approach to mental health is important in the current educational context
- Guidance on implementing a whole school approach using the 8 guiding principles set out by the Department for Education
- The knowledge to implement effective staff wellbeing policies as part of a whole school approach
Who is it for?
Thrive Licensed Practitioners from primary and secondary settings.
Introducing guest speaker: Amy Sayer
Having previously worked as a senior leader and mental health lead in a secondary school in West Sussex for many years, she is now a freelance mental health trainer.
She has previously been a SMHL coach and content writer for a Department for Education-approved course and has worked with over 200 SMHLs across the country from a range of settings from Early Years up to Further Education colleges. She has helped these settings to audit their mental health provision and supported them to create and implement a strategic plan based on the specific needs of their setting.
Amy is the author of ‘Supporting staff mental health in your school’ which she wrote to help schools understand how to develop meaningful support structures for colleagues to support positive mental health and wellbeing.
She is a fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and worked with them as a Leading Diversity advisor for mental health.
Amy has had articles published in Teach Secondary, SecEd and TES. She lives in Shoreham-by-Sea and loves yoga, sea-swimming and walking her wonderful whippet by the beach.
What you'll learn
Drawing on case studies from her years of experience supporting staff mental health, Amy Sayer introduces inexpensive, practical and realistic strategies that school leaders can put into practice to improve mental health and wellbeing for the whole school community, ensuring that colleagues feel supported and heard in the face of increasing pressure and limited resources.
From burnout and boundaries to classrooms and culture, Amy’s keynote for Thrive will help you to foster an ethos of openness around mental health at school and give you practical ways to support your own wellbeing.
Course structure
2-hour webinar.