Mental Health Assessment & Management Skills: Tried-and-tested approaches for supporting your students (and yourself!)

Course Aim

School Nurses and Pastoral Staff are often faced with students suffering with their mental health.  It is a heavy requirement for Pastoral Staff and this course is especially designed to be supportive as well as informative.

The training will advance upon colleagues’ existing knowledge, enabling them to make sound mental health assessments within their means and support students effectively.  A large part of the course will be interactive and allow participants to develop their listening skills, to ensure supportive and empowering pastoral interactions with students.  Not forgetting staff themselves, content will also include managing boundaries, role expectations and exercising self-care.  This course is specifically aimed at those who work with students in Year 7 through to Year 13.

Key learning objectives:

• Understanding and assessing common mental health conditions
• Recognising warning signs – how to tell the difference
• Using empowering questions to help students create their own solutions
• Developing listening and responding skills for emotionally challenging pastoral conversations
• Having supportive conversations with students experiencing common mental health issues
• Reviewing your support networks and personal coping strategies
• Where is the limit… looking after YOU!

Course fees are £279 + VAT.  Discounts apply for 2+ colleagues from the same establishement.