As a partnership we recognise that placing importance on staff wellbeing and good mental health is vital to maintaining happy, healthy schools where staff and children thrive.  This page has resources for staff to use to support their own mental health and wellbeing. 

Education Support is a UK based charity dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and education in schools. There is a confidential helpline available for staff needing advice or support with access to a qualified counsellor for immediate support.  tel : 08000 562 561

Please follow the link above to access a range of resources and support for a range of needs including: 

• wellbeing 
• anxiety 
• stress 
• depression
• burnout 
• finances 
• grief or bereavement 
• personal life 
• self care 

Welbee is an online platform provides schools, colleges and MATs with a systemised process that identifies key areas of focus and recommends actions that improve staff wellbeing. These actions are tailored based on measurement against the six areas proven to have the greatest impact on staff wellbeing.

Sherwood Area Partnership staff wellbeing 2022

One of the key actions in our Development Plan this year is to find creative ways of encouraging staff in our schools to join together and strengthen the feeling of 'supportive caring teams'. 

We are doing this in a variety of ways: 

• 5 minute ice breaker activities to start staff meetings 
• a Big SAP event each term. In the autumn term we produced a Big SAP Christmas video, for the Spring schools have been invited to host a Big SAP Tea Party for one of their staff meetings and in the summer we will be organising a Big SAP Picnic.
• Family Support Worker network events  
• coffee afternoons for SENCOs 
• coffee afternoons for Head Teachers 
• You're a Star nominations for our newsletters where staff can nominate each other for a mention 
• SAP Random Acts of Kindness - a bar of chocolate and a thank you delivered by the SAP to staff in schools 

Staff wellbeing resources