{"id":80,"date":"2021-04-28T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:31:58","slug":"supporting-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/parent-carers\/supporting-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"PageTitle\">Supporting Wellbeing<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clearblock\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"MainContent\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-area\">\n<h3>Our Minds Matter<\/h3>\n<p>The emotional wellbeing of our young people matters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s normal for young people to face emotional challenges growing up and their mental health is as important as their general physical health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>We recognise that everyone has a role to play in supporting young people to keep emotionally well and thinking about what might help when someone needs additional support with their mental health. We think it\u2019s important to think about what we do in a flexible way, with different layers of support and action from different people and services.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/health-and-social-care2\/help-for-young-people\/emotional-wellbeing\/adults-supporting-young-people\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are five key ways of keeping emotionally well.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/health-and-social-care2\/help-for-young-people\/emotional-wellbeing\/adults-supporting-young-people\/five-ways-to-look-after-your-wellbeing\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to find out more about some simple things we can all do to make a difference.<\/p>\n<h3>HandsOn<\/h3>\n<p>The HandsOn website (below) provides help and practical advice for supporting children and young people\u2019s mental health and emotional wellbeing. This website is for parents, carers and people who work with children and young people in Fife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.handsonscotland.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.handsonscotland.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Fife\u2019s Educational Psychology Service (EPS)<\/h3>\n<p>Fife\u2019s Educational Psychology Service (EPS) provide assessment, consultation and advice to schools and parents about children\u2019s wellbeing, learning and behaviour.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/education2\/supporting-children-in-school\/educational-psychology-service\/es-coronavirus-page-listings\/about-the-educational-psychology-service\/about-education-psychology-service-information-for-young-people\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<\/p>\n<h3>Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families<\/h3>\n<p>You may find these leaflets from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families useful when talking about mental health with your child.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annafreud.org\/media\/11396\/tmh-parent-leaflet-final-web-updated-by-ed-april-2020.pdf\">You\u2019re never too young to talk mental health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annafreud.org\/media\/11398\/secondary-parents-leaflet-final-proofed-april-2020.pdf\">Talking mental health with young people in secondary school<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Solihull Approach Parenting Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Solihull Approach Parenting Courses are for all to access online. The Solihull Approach aims to improve emotional health and wellbeing by supporting relationships and helping us to understand young people\u2019s behaviours in a non-judgemental way \u2013 developing the most appropriate responses.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the course at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inourplace.heiapply.com\/online-learning\/\">https:\/\/inourplace.heiapply.com\/online-learning\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Type in the code TARTAN.<\/p>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-617\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kingsroadprimary\/uploads\/sites\/12638\/2021\/04\/26150406\/CP-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Child Protection<\/h5>\n<p>All children and young people in Fife have a right to be cared for and protected. We all have a part to play to ensure that you are safe and your needs are met. Here in Fife, we believe that\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cchild protection is everyone\u2019s job and everyone\u2019s responsibility\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. Your welfare is very important to us all and we take that very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifechildprotection.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fife Child Protection<\/a>\u00a0web pages offer more detail on child safety issues than is covered here.<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph_VTVWUabLHPA\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"text_dSF8RcrITs4\" class=\"\">The protection of children within our nursery and local community is paramount and is the responsibility of us all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph_iMVWUaLLHPA\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"text_f6abVKOAznA\" class=\"\">The Child Protection Co-ordinators for our school\/nursery are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph_vFVWUa5LHPA\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"text_2mnLsALNq57\" class=\"\">Miss Tracy Malcolm, Headteacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"text_XXqgYfrrqU9\" class=\"\">Mrs Jennifer Peterson, Depute Headteacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Miss Ashley Grieve, Depute Headteacher<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph_IaVWUarLHPA\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"text_FMNlk1q7JQ5\" class=\"\">If you have any concerns about the safety of any child in the community you can also personally contact the Social Work Contact Centre on 03451 55 15 03 or\u00a0<\/span><a id=\"text_SFNlk1a7JQ5\" class=\"\" href=\"mailto:SW.ContactCtre@fife.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SW.ContactCtre@fife.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-619\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kingsroadprimary\/uploads\/sites\/12638\/2021\/04\/26150827\/wbeing-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Child\u2019s Wellbeing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parents and Carers wishing to find out more about their child\u2019s wellbeing can access information on alcohol, drugs and smoking on a number of information rich websites.<\/p>\n<p>In particular,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\">ParentZone\u00a0<\/a>has a Health and Wellbeing section covering Alcohol, Bullying, Drugs, Sexual Relationships, Smoking and other issues<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childline.org.uk\/\">Childline\u00a0<\/a>covers a wide range of advice for families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fife Educational Psychologists have created a helpful documents for parents\/carers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kingsroadprimary\/uploads\/sites\/12638\/2021\/04\/25001354\/Parents-and-Carers-Return-to-school.pdf\">Parents-and-Carers-Return-to-school<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting Wellbeing Our Minds Matter The emotional wellbeing of our young people matters. It\u2019s normal for young people to face emotional challenges growing up and their mental health is as important as their general physical health and wellbeing. We recognise that everyone has a role to play in supporting young people to keep emotionally well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/parent-carers\/supporting-wellbeing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Supporting Wellbeing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21444,"featured_media":0,"parent":61,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/884"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitcoudie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}