{"id":674,"date":"2020-08-04T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/epspractitioners\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:29:09","slug":"how-good-is-your-mental-health-and-wellbeing-provision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/epspractitioners\/introduction\/anxiety-toolkit\/how-good-is-your-mental-health-and-wellbeing-provision\/","title":{"rendered":"How Good Is Your Mental Health and Wellbeing provision?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Good Is Your Mental Health and Wellbeing provision?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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This section will assist you to consider your whole school approaches and universal provision for promoting all learners’ mental health and wellbeing. Effective, evidence informed culture and curricular approaches for mental health and wellbeing approaches are critical in both addressing and preventing most anxiety concerns for children and young people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Introductory resource<\/h3>\n

Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Professional Learning Resource for all School Staff<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0The resource takes a\u00a0whole\u00a0school approach\u00a0centred around\u00a0prevention and early intervention<\/strong> to\u00a0promote positive mental health and wellbeing\u00a0for everyone in the school community.\u00a0It aims to\u00a0provide school staff with knowledge and understanding of mental health\u00a0and wellbeing\u00a0in schools\u00a0and\u00a0a range of opportunities to learn about experiences and advice from\u00a0practitioners\u00a0and young people. There are four main sections split into bitesize topics. The core content should take around 6-7 hours to complete and there are suggestions for further learning. Learners can move through topics at their own time and pace in any order. Includes An Overview of Mental Health and Wellbeing; Factors Influencing Mental Health and Wellbeing; Applying Prevention Based Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools; School Staff Wellbeing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Undertaking a mental health and wellbeing self-evaluation audit for your establishment<\/h3>\n

Every education establishment is unique. The needs of the whole school community and individuals within it need to be considered based on the current strengths and needs that exist.\u00a0 A personalised plan can then be developed to enhance elements of mental health and wellbeing provision within your own establishment as your commitment to improvement.<\/p>\n

Thinking about each of the elements of mental health and wellbeing provision within your own establishment in a methodical way, is needed to undertake an audit well.<\/p>\n

The information and resources below will support this task. Your link educational psychologist can also assist you.<\/p>\n

As well as the guidance below, A Whole School Approach Framework for Schools to Support Children and Young People\u2019s Mental Health and Wellbeing<\/a> (published by Scottish Government August 2021).<\/p>\n

What makes this successful?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevant quality indicators have been extracted from How Good Is Our School (4th edition)<\/a> (Education Scotland) and How Good Is Our Early Learning and Childcare (2016)<\/a> (Education Scotland). These are available below.<\/p>\n

Elements of mental health and wellbeing provision in education establishments<\/h4>\n

There are some reflective questions and information about each of the elements below to assist you in getting started….<\/p>\n