Mental Health Training

01 Dec Mental Health Training

Last week was the completion of two rounds of training for staff and parents/carers in mental health, this was delivered by Ossigeno who are working with JRCS to develop our whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

First, we have now added ten newly qualified Mental Health First Aiders on our staff body and five trained Mental Health Champion parents/carers.

This was a wonderful opportunity to meet many parents/carers who are passionate about understanding the young minds in their homes and we had so many other parents/carers also keen to be involved. During the training they explored various mental health challenges including depression, self-harm, suicide, anxiety and importantly, how to support young people to develop resilience and healthy routines. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of those who attended.

Furthermore, this now means we have, in school, eleven mental health champions and fourteen mental health first aiders. Each member of staff with this qualification will be wearing a green attachment to their lanyard as pictured. We hope that this will help identify those who have this training and can provide specific support for anyone who is finding things challenging.

I feel proud that we have made such great progress in training so many people in the last few weeks and hope that we continue to drive high standards in wellbeing.

Ms Draisey

Senior Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead