Resilience and Mental Health Workshops for Staff

We deliver a range of trainings for school staff members offering strategies and tools to support their personal well-being and that of their students.

Mental Health Matters: It starts with you

To be equipped to support the mental health of their students, it is important for teachers and other support staff to consider their own well-being and self-care. During this 3-hour workshop, we think about how to build sustainable habits to boost personal resilience. We look how to recognise the signs of mental distress, and how to approach a mental health conversation with a colleague you are worried about.

Young Minds Matter

This 60-minute awareness-raising seminar is aimed at teachers and other school staff members and can also be opened to parents. We look the scale of mental ill health in young people, discuss some important developmental changes during adolescence, think about how to spot the signs when a young person may be struggling with their mental health, and consider how to offer them support. We also look at prevention and how as adults, we are important role models for our young people.

Supporting Young Minds

This 3-hour workshop is aimed at teachers and other support staff working with young people and is popular during staff training days. We provide an overview of common mental illnesses and some important mental health emergencies, think about how to recognise when a young person may be struggling, and consider how and when to offer support using our framework to approach a mental health conversation.

ensa Mental Health First Aid Focus Youth

Aimed at members of staff working with adolescents from 12 years old, this gold-standard mental health training is internationally recognised. It equips participants with the skills to recognise signs of mental distress in young people, as well as how to deliver first aid in both crisis and non-crisis situations.

ensa Mental Health First Aid Focus Youth - Refresher

A Refresher course for existing ensa first aiders focus youth, to extend ensa First Aider certification for another three years. This course aims to refresh knowledge, practice first aid in complex situations and exchange experiences with other first aiders.