Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing in Secondary Schools

About this training

Strategies for Safety and Wellbeing (SSW) is a curriculum-based approach involving training teachers to deliver eight lessons on how to look after your mental health, knowing when help from others is needed and being aware of support networks.

This training was trialled as part of the Education for Wellbeing randomised control trials and was found to improve intended help-seeking for mental health difficulties in secondary schools when the full number of sessions were delivered. It also had a high probability of being cost effective in the longer term.

Aims of this training

• By the end of the training session, you will have:

• An understanding of the findings of the research trial and the impact on the pupils involved.

• Explored the impact of safety-based skills as a school-based intervention.

• An understanding of how to encourage pupils to increase their skills around safety, mental health and wellbeing and how to access appropriate sources of support.

Who is this training for?

• School and college leaders

• Senior/Designated mental health leads

• PSHE leads

• Teachers and staff in schools and colleges