SUPPORT FOR Schools

We offer support to schools as well as children, young people and families. If you work for a school who you feel may need some support then take a look below to see all of the different sessions we can provide.

We offer a flexible model tailored to the needs of individual schools.

If you're interested in any of the support we offer to schools, please get in touch to discuss your needs.

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Working with parents and carers

Visyon offer

Youth Connect Five

Parent Empower Hour

Community Ambassador Programme

Advocacy Support

Family Work

Shine Magazine

type

Intervention

Training

Intervention

Resources

target

Parents of teenagers and pre-adolescents

Parents

description

5 x 2 hour sessions builds parent own wellbeing and focuses on building their relationship with their child.

8 week programme of support that builds on existing skills, knowledge and expertise as a parent. Its objective is for parents to feel confident in their approach to managing and supporting their family’s wellbeing.

An opportunity for people to become community mental health champion. Promoting the wellbeing of children and young people and helping to make a difference.

Information and guidance that empowers young people and parents to share their voice, understand their options and make decisions about accessing pathways to support.

Guidance and support for parents to enable them to recognise their strengths and feel confident in supporting and addressing their families wellbeing needs.

N/A

an ethos and environment that promotes respect and values diversity

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Whole School Resilience

Tailored Issue Based Training

LGBT Awareness

type

Training

target

SLT / All Staff

Teachers

description

This training aims to give schools knowledge and tools to incorporate resilience skills and mind-set into the whole school community. Evidence Based research will be shared and how this can be applied to the classroom and schools at large.

N/A

identifying need and monitoring impact of interventions

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Mental Wellbeing Audit

Measuring Wellbeing

type

Consultancy

Training

target

SLT

Mental Wellbeing Leads

description

Using the Whole School Approach Public Health England model to identify need and action plan for mental wellbeing.

Developing skills in using measurement tools to assess need and evaluate the impact of interventions.

curriculum, teaching and learning to promote resilience and support social and emotional learning

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Practical Strategies

Student Wellbeing

Kiva (Bullying Prevention Programme)

Whole School Approach to Tackling Bullying

type

Training

target

Teachers

Teachers (KS4 & 5)

Teachers (KS2)

Teachers

description

The key to this training is that young people can name and express emotions in order to manage them. Preventative strategies are explored for helping children to manage anger, anxiety and sadness as well as giving staff tools to de-escalate situations and manage them confidently. We introduce Emotion Coaching skills and how to incorporate Emotional Mental Health into the curriculum.

This session trains staff to deliver the Self-Care, (5 ways to wellbeing) offer without a TFS facilitator. It is intended for staff who have already got knowledge and understanding of mental, health and wellbeing.

Using an evidence-based programme originally developed and tested in Finland, this training will enable schools to implement highly effective curriculum and interventions to both prevent bullying and tackle identified incidents of bullying. The underpinning principle behind this programme is to change the attitudes and behaviour of bystanders to bullying and support children in building pro-social skills. The programme includes an annual online pupil survey which allows schools to measure progress (using a validated measurement tool).
For more information on KiVa, see: http://www.kivaprogram.net/wales

This is an overview to tackling bullying in school. The session covers understanding and clearly defining what bullying is (and isn’t); myth busting – the facts not the fiction; the links between bullying and mental health and; an introduction to some practical strategies to tackle bullying.

enabling student voice to infleunce decisions

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Co-production

How it feels - handling disclosure from the child's perspective

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Intervention

Training

target

Students

Teachers

description

Working alongside students to understand their needs and priorities when developing a mentally well school.

N/A

targeted support and appropriate referral

Visyon offer

Resilient Classroom

Cool Connections

Information Sheets

Referral Pathway

Open Access

Mentoring

Group Support

type

Intervention

Resources

Training

Intervention

target

Teachers

Mental Wellbeing Leads

Students

description

This training enables staff to deliver a targeted, 40 minute session over 6 weeks. Pupils create their individual resilience buckets and fill these with tools including naming and expressing emotions, controlling impulses, positive self-talk, building belonging, empathy and building on success. This training works best when delivered in small groups of up to six.

This training enables staff to deliver a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach to help children make connections between thoughts, feelings, body signals and behaviour and to manage emotions and thoughts in a positive way. The course is delivered to students in 10 x 45 minute sessions over one term.

N/A

This work is currently in the testing phase. We have developed a wellbeing pathway for supporting students who are experiencing mental wellbeing difficulties which helps to support the professional judgements of Wellbeing Leads in schools.

A space to talk to Visyon staff offering students the opportunity to talk about their wellbeing, feel heard and explore appropriate next steps.

1:2:1 support, guidance and information to enable students to work towards solutions and achieving their goals.

Creative sessions that incorporate therapeutic tools to enhance and improve wellbeing through promoting strengths and developing new skills and strategies. Group design is based on an identified common purpose that builds confidence and self esteem through participation and success within the group tasks.

staff development to support their own wellbeing and that of students

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Staff Wellbeing

type

Training

target

All Staff

description

Supports staff who want to consider work-life balance. Signs of stress and the need to self-care are highlighted, followed by practical ways to reduce the impact of stress. Tools include the NHS resource, 5 Ways to Wellbeing. There is also a ‘staff voice’ component and we recommend that SLT’s use this as a starting point for a wider staff wellbeing strategy.

leadership and management that supports and champions efforts to promote emotional health and wellbeing

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Whole Schools Approach

Mental Wellbeing Policy Development

type

Training

Consultancy

target

SLT / All Staff

Mental Wellbeing Leads

description

This training is based on a paper produced by Public Health England on A Whole School and College Approach to Wellbeing. There are eight areas that a school can focus on to incorporate emotional wellbeing into all areas of school life.

Using the Whole School Approach Public Health England model to inform practice to promote mental wellbeing.