Staff mental health and wellbeing plan

A template to help senior leaders draft a staff mental health and wellbeing plan.

  • Author

    Education Support

  • Whole-school or college approach principles Key
    5 Staff development, health and wellbeing
    Supporting
    • 1 Leadership and management

This template contains helpful points to consider when developing a staff wellbeing plan.

It advises carrying out a mental health and wellbeing audit to understand your setting’s current provision and links to a useful tool to help facilitate this.

Additionally, it recommends using measurement tools to better understand any mental health needs and speak to staff from a range of different backgrounds to identify any additional barriers to accessing support.

The plan emphasises that every school is different, but a plan should have clear themes, actions, measures of success and accountability.

The guide lists a number of themes that staff can consider when developing an action plan. Some of the themes include:

  • how to create a structured approach to prioritising staff wellbeing
  • how to promote an open culture around mental health
  • what tools and support to provide to all staff.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

  • use by mental health leads working with students aged 5 to 19+.

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes:

  • Identify and utilise tools, strategies and resources to confidently engage staff to help promote and support their mental health and wellbeing.
  • Signpost and increase and promote awareness of resources to support staff.
  • Author

    Education Support

  • Whole-school or college approach principles Key
    5 Staff development, health and wellbeing
    Supporting
    • 1 Leadership and management

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