Our Rationale

In order to close the poverty-related attainment gap and raise attainment across our establishments, we must ensure that the health and wellbeing of all our children and young people remains a key priority within Renfrewshire Council.

We are committed to ensuring that our workforce are equipped with the skills and knowledge to deliver a high quality provision which supports the needs of our school community through high quality professional learning.

Our Outcomes

• Through the implementation of Renfrewshire Council’s Children’s Services Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy for Education Establishments, staff will engage with a range of baseline and informed training as appropriate to their role which will support the needs of our children and young people.
• Staff supporting children and young people will display improved knowledge and confidence in different aspects of health and wellbeing such as issues relating to mental health (including self-harm, suicide) and relationships, sexual health and parenthood (including gender-based violence).
• Establishments will engage with training around internet safety in order to provide a robust framework of support and consistent messaging around internet safety education for children and young people and their parents/carers.
• Children and young people will access appropriate support when needed.  This will also include appropriate signposting and referral to other supports within Renfrewshire Council and beyond.

Our offer

• Using Renfrewshire’s Children’s Services Mental Health and Wellbeing Policy
• CEOP Delgate Training
• Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP)
• Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP)
• LGBT Charter Award
• Substance Misuse
• Scottish Mental Health First Aid
• What’s the Harm – self-harm awareness & skills
• suicideTALK
• safeTALK
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills – ASIST

Information regard training will be shared via the monthly HWB newsletter.  Click here to view the newsletters saved on the HWB blog.