Mental Health and Wellbeing a) The Company and Employees recognise that mental health issues have a significant impact on health and safety. Suicide rates in the construction industry are higher than average and it is best practice for companies and employees to work to tackle the issue of mental health at the workplace.
Mental Health and Wellbeing. As a federation, wellbeing continues to be a priority. Resources and support are signposted on both websites, and staff will make this a key feature of teaching in school as pupils continue to return to school. If you have any questions please contact the executive head teacher or relevant deputy head: West Xxxx Federation – xxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx Caistor CE and Methodist Primary School – xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
Mental Health and Wellbeing. (a) The governance of mental health and wellbeing services is not within the scope of the IGC.
Mental Health and Wellbeing. The College is currently developing a Mental Health Strategy to strengthen its commitment to improving the support for and retention of students who experience mental ill health. This is being led by a steering group consisting of support, teaching and student body representatives who will also develop and drive forward a range of College-wide initiatives to embed the new Strategy following it’s publication before the end of AY2018-19. The College is working with the Students’ Association and NUS Scotland representatives on the creation of a Student Mental Health Agreement. The College is working closely with the Students’ Association and Human Resources/ Occupational Health to plan a range of events and activities to raise awareness of, and tackle stigma about, mental health issues and promote health and wellbeing of both the student and staff population. Enhanced Mental Health First Aid guidelines and safeguarding procedures are firmly embedded in the new curriculum and student support structures which were introduced for the beginning of AY2018-19. The newly created Academic Tutoring role and the Student Advice & Support Team play a crucial role in helping to deliver a positive student experience which allows for improvement in the support and retention of students who experience mental ill health, and ensures that all students are enabled to achieve their full potential as successful learners, ready to transition to future learning, life and work. The College does not have a counselling service in place, however the Academic Tutor role (over 300 in place) provides the opportunity for effective relationships and trust to be built between staff and students, and signposting to online resources available through the College’s Student Portal and where required to relevant external support agencies. Additionally, the steering group is currently exploring possible enhanced partnership working with a number of Third Sector organisations. The College continues to exchange and evaluate good practice in collaboration with other colleges, local schools and universities to ensure smooth transition and positive destinations for students, including those experiencing mental ill health issues. A comparison of key performance indicator data for students who have declared mental health issues in the current and previous academic year will form part of the review of the implementation of the new support and curriculum structure and the impact of the College’s Mental Hea...
Mental Health and Wellbeing. The second largest cohort of students with a disability are those who have declared mental health conditions (17.64%) and their attainment rate is 12.44 percentage points lower than student who have not declared a disability. The implementation of the College’s mental health strategy which aims to develop an interconnected approach to promoting mental health and ensuring that students receive effective, targeted support should assist us in addressing this gap. The College employs three Counsellors who work across the campuses. Demand for their services has increased and the College has committed to supporting the introduction of a digital tool to provide additional first line advice and support for all students. The College has created a new post of Student Wellbeing Advisor who is working in collaboration with the Student Association to proactively address the mental health agenda. This includes ‘Gie Us a Break’ cafes for drop in for support and sharing of anxieties and sport initiatives to promote good mental health through exercise. Staff are increasingly sharing their training in aspects such as mindfulness with students and focusing on good mental health within student learning. Additionally, the College’s team of Mental Health First Aiders complements our team of physical First Aiders, reflecting the increasing levels of mental health disclosures and incidents being reported. We will also procure training from external specialists to ensure staff are equipped to support students with mental health issues. The Student Association have been active in their ‘Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’ campaign. This includes implementing the ‘No Smoking Campus’, promotion of local fitness facilities, Bike Club promotion, Pass the Badge event, Time to Talk Day and Time to Walk Day and participation in the Good Food Nation Consultation. A specific event was held with ESOL students around how to live healthily through diet and exercise. The Student Association and College commitment to health and diet will be further developed over 2019-20. Gender Ambition: West College Scotland will be a national leader in addressing gender imbalances in key sectors West College Scotland will continue to be at the forefront of designing and delivering approaches to encourage students into non-traditional sectors. Our marketing, recruitment and admissions teams implement a “non-bias” admissions approach. As a STEM Assured Centre, the College is well placed to encourage female learners to ...
Mental Health and Wellbeing. The College published its Mental Health Policy in 2018, with a guidance for staff. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that there is a coherent approach across the College for students and prospective students who disclose or experience mental ill health and to promote mental wellbeing for all Edinburgh College students. It makes clear the support that is offered by the college and also highlights other agencies that the college partners with to offer further support, and how to refer appropriately. The College has acted on evidence gathered around the increase in students declaring mental health support needs; the Student Wellbeing team has been set up to further support students. This has included a pilot of cross-campus Counselling Services. The College also works with NHS Lothian, local universities and mental health agencies such as CAMHS and SAMH, in a bid to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of our students and subsequently have a positive impact on the retention and attainment of those accessing these services. In addition, ECSA holds a 2 star award from “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” and is working towards a 3 star award in 2019 – The Healthy Body Healthy Mind Awards are a partnership initiative between NUS Scotland and Scottish Student Sport, funded by the Scottish Government, which focus on the link between sports, physical activity, smoking prevention and mental health. ECSA has also worked with the College to develop a Student Mental Health Agreement in 2018. ECSA is now working closely with colleagues across the institution to develop a more detailed action-plan of implementation. This work is supported by NUS Scotland through the “think positive” project, funded by the Scottish Government, and providing a framework for institutions to build strong support for students and staff around mental health. All full-time staff and officers in ECSA are trained in Mental Health First Aid, with new officers and staff trained before the academic year begins.
Mental Health and Wellbeing. (a) TAFE Queensland promotes and supports positive mental health and wellbeing to underpin the success of our students, employees and business objectives.
Mental Health and Wellbeing. (including suicide prevention) BHCC will • Develop, maintain and deliver strategies for mental health promotion, in liaison with the voluntary and statutory sector to ensure that a shared strategic approach is taken across the city; • Develop, maintain and deliver a multi-agency strategy for suicide prevention within the city; • Commission a range of services to support emotional wellbeing and mental health promotion; BHCCG will • Support strategy development to ensure a joined up approach to mental health promotion and treatment for adults and children; • Support the development and monitoring of services designed to promote mental health and reduce mental ill-health; • Encourage the full engagement of primary care and Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust in screening, referral, training and other appropriate activity to support emotional wellbeing and the prevention of mental ill-health.
Mental Health and Wellbeing. We have a strategic framework for a University-wide approach to student and staff wellbeing, encompassing four key themes – Health Study: embedding mental health and wellbeing in the curriculum and throughout the student experience; Healthy Work: Leadership, governance, and roles and responsibilities; Wellbeing Support: Mapping, monitoring and evaluation and the wider determinants of wellbeing; Community Wellbeing: Building a collaborative culture around health and wellbeing. The framework and related action plans are informed by sector guidance for higher education, including the Universities UK Mentally Healthy Universities, Think Positive Student Mental Health Agreement and Student Minds University Mental Health Charter. At the onset of the pandemic, student services transitioned to online delivery. We continue to offer a blended student services model to ensure students benefit from the choice to engage with online and face to face support. We launched two online support platforms: TogetherAll, a 24/7/365 confidential online service to support staff and students; and Report and Support, a tool for the university community and members of the public to submit named or anonymous reports about misconduct they experience on campus and learn about contextualised available support. Our approach to empowering wellbeing within our communities is informed by a holistic whole University ethos in which we aim to support the diversity of student and staff wellbeing experiences. For example, we undertake a range of cross-university and sector projects through our Student Mental Health Project Officer, provide contextualised support for numerous intersectional experiences and offer events and workshops on mental health and wellbeing, including support to students providing peer support networks. The Advice Centre within the Students' Association works to complement our Wellbeing Services and specialises in providing independent advice and support for students with representation through academic processes. The Advice Centre organised mental health and wellbeing workshops during 2021-22, including the delivery of emotional resilience and suicide prevention workshops using funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. The Students' Association secured funding from the Glasgow Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund to launch a Give it Go Programme to encourage students to participate in sports clubs, societies, networks and groups and other local community activ...
Mental Health and Wellbeing. The Company acknowledges that our Employees are our most important asset. The Company recognises that mental health is central to the health, safety, and wellbeing of our people.
