{"id":28,"date":"2020-05-21T13:52:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguseducationalpsychology\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:48:52","slug":"staff-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguseducationalpsychology\/staff-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Staff Wellbeing Module<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This module was developed by EPS and based on the \u201cCompassionate and Connected Community\u201d materials produced by Education Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content of the module:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding staff wellbeing and why it matters<\/li>\n<li>Work-related stress and how to manage it<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the impact on staff, of supporting children and young people who have faced adversity or trauma<\/li>\n<li>Knowing your signature strengths and how you can use these<\/li>\n<li>Frameworks to support your own wellbeing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Module outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the end of the module staff should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have increased understanding of the importance of staff wellbeing and its links to pupil wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of Angus Council\u2019s school staff wellbeing needs analysis (Spring 2020) results.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to recognise the signs of burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma, and understand their own self-care.<\/li>\n<li>Recognise their strengths and consider new ways to utilise them.<\/li>\n<li>Be familiar with a framework for their own wellbeing and consider how to target strategies to improve personal wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li>Know where to seek further wellbeing support, if required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Staff Commitments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The module comprises a mixture of theory and information, practical and reflective exercises, strategies, video clips and links to relevant websites.<\/p>\n<p>It will take approximately three hours to complete online by staff individually but can be completed section by section in times which are suitable and available.<\/p>\n<p>A supplementary feedback form is also available, if required, to provide more in-depth detail for schools to support their staff\u2019s wellbeing needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angus Educational Psychology Service (EPS) support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School educational psychologists (EPs) will introduce the course through discussion with school senior management.<\/li>\n<li>EPs will assist school senior management in the analysis of the main themes arising from the module reflections in order to identify next steps at a school level.<\/li>\n<li>EPS will evaluate the outcomes of the module for schools at Local Authority level and report on staff wellbeing needs in Angus schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please contact your EP for further information about the Staff Wellbeing Module.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, alongside EP colleagues in Renfrewshire and North Aryshire, we presented at the &#8216;From Poverty to Flourishing&#8217; Education Scotland conference.\u00a0 Our <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/media\/lrwfgbkr\/nih328-angus-renfrew-n-ayrshire.pdf\">presentation<\/a> was based on our joint learning around staff wellbeing, having each undertaken Action Enquiries in this field.\u00a0 You can read our Phase One Research Report about Staff Wellbeing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/auth.education.gov.scot\/media\/onkbzlev\/nih294-angus-wellbeing-report.pdf\">Education Scotland website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-229 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/anguseducationalpsychology\/uploads\/sites\/2385\/2022\/05\/25104617\/poverty-to-flourishing-300x246.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/anguseducationalpsychology\/uploads\/sites\/2385\/2022\/05\/25104617\/poverty-to-flourishing-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/anguseducationalpsychology\/uploads\/sites\/2385\/2022\/05\/25104617\/poverty-to-flourishing.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Wellbeing Module This module was developed by EPS and based on the \u201cCompassionate and Connected Community\u201d materials produced by Education Scotland. 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