Mental Health & Wellbeing - FACT Offer
“ Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community.”
World Health Organisation - 2022
Within our Academy Trust, we aim to promote good mental health and well being for our whole community: children, staff & families.
We aim to develop protective factors by being a community in which all:
- are respected
- have a sense of belonging and feel safe
- are able to talk openly with trusted adults
- see good mental health as something to be valued and nurtured
We want all members of our community to:
- feel confident in themselves
- be able to express a range of emotions appropriately
- be able to make and maintain positive relationships with others
- cope with the challenges of everyday life
- manage times of stress and deal with change
- thrive and achieve
We aim to achieve this through:
- PHSE curriculum, including the Dot Com programme
- raising awareness (wellbeing assemblies, events)
- listening to our students
- providing support through our mentoring team
- providing support through SPIL, our school based counselling service
- working in partnership with parents/carers & families where there are concerns about mental health
- signposting sources of external help and advice
- making referrals and working with external agencies to provide additional support to those who need it
- recognising the importance of staff mental health and wellbeing.
- encouraging & modelling healthy attitudes and habits such as healthy diets and exercise
- having strong links with the local community
Information to support children's mental health & Wellbeing
Information to Support Parent/Carer & Family Mental Health & Wellbeing
There is a wealth of support available for families in croydon. Please follow this link for further details.
Information to support Staff Mental Health & Wellbeing