Wellbeing Lead
Our Sixth Form Mentor and Well-Being Lead is responsible for overseeing an impactful provision that aims to develop our students mind management skills through providing them with an effective toolkit of:
- Positive wellbeing practices.
- Knowledge of what ‘flourishing’ is and how to achieve it.
- An attitude of accountability and self-awareness.
- A programme of cultural capital that:
- Provides experiences that boost wellbeing.
- Develops a sense of self within the wider community.
- Provides opportunities that they would otherwise not access.
- Brings in experiences and expertise that broadens the ambitions of students beyond the walls of sixth form. We are currently working closely with ‘ChalleNGe’ – Nottingham’s Cultural Education Partnership https://challengenottingham.co.uk/cultural-rucksack – to deliver our own ‘Cultural Rucksack’ that provides our students with high quality opportunities, weaved into our overall offer.
We rely on communication from staff, students, and parents to have as complete an idea of student wellbeing as possible.
Graduated response to Wellbeing Support:
Under the graduated response all students receive a portion of the wellbeing provision. How much is flexible and varied based on student need. The provision is accumulative rather than transitional, meaning students gain further access depending on need:
High Need: These students are identified as requiring daily check-ins which can be anything from a “you okay?” to an hour-long conversation. Typical high need students are at significant risk of panic attacks, stress overwhelm, self-harm, eating disorders, and behavioural outbursts etc. These students are typically offered weekly therapy sessions as an effort to support and improve their wellbeing over time. Students are offered a support plan that promotes self-assessment and accountability for their wellbeing management. These students are met with the highest priority. This may include students with an Education Health & Care plan (EHCP). It is encouraged that students at this level are engaged with multiple agencies of support including home, health, and potentially social care depending on the context.
Active Engagement: These are students that can be identified with Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) as an additional need to be supported. Support is typically a meaningful conversation (length can vary from 10 minutes to an hour) once a fortnight. This varies based on the students wants and needs. Therapy can be offered to students at this level, should the student seek that level of support. Students have priority access along with High Need students to the Wellbeing Hub. These students are deemed a priority for receiving workshop-based interventions from external agencies regarding wellbeing.
Universal Offer: This is the level of wellbeing support that is offered to all students. It includes access to online resources on the Sixth Forms website covering a variety of common wellbeing issues and ways to improve your state of wellbeing. Wellbeing education offered through assemblies and forum programmes focusing on the definition and concept of wellbeing initially to ensure students have adequate language to convey teir needs. The Wellbeing Hub, Inspirational Speakers, Youth Action Leaders, Wellbeing Ambassadors and the Cultural Capital programme also target universally.