Developing Peer Support in Schools

Lancashire Emotional Health in Schools & Colleges

A workshop for Lancashire school staff who wish to develop a peer support scheme in their setting.

Online course <h3>Developing Peer Support in Schools</h3>(part of the Relationship, Connectedness and Belonging Pathway of Support)What is this training about?This training day will introduce ideas and models for developing peer support for emotional health and wellbeing in your school. We will talk about ways in which schools can embed peer support principles and systems to help them be resilience-promoting environments, in order to support students' wellbeing. It may be especially relevant for mental health leads, SENCOs, pastoral leads, mentors, or any other staff with specific responsibility for pupils’ emotional health. We will talk about ways in which schools can embed peer support principles and systems to help them be resilience-promoting environments, in order to support students' wellbeing.What will you learn and gain from this training:· Information and discussion time around the importance and effectiveness of peer support for emotional health and resilience.· Effective evidence-based strategies and practical resources you can use.· Dedicated workshop time to consider how to implement peer support ideas at your school or college.You will be given practical strategies and resources to use with pupils that have been shown to be effective, including training exercises which can be used with peer supporters. The training is fully funded by LCC for anyone working in primary and secondary schools in Lancashire, and is fully funded by Lancashire County Council.PLEASE NOTE: this training session is only available to staff employed by schools and colleges within the Lancashire County Council area. Places will not be allocated to people employed by other services or who work in schools outside this area.Please use your school or college email on registration to demonstrate your eligibility. The Relationship, Connectedness and Belonging Pathway of SupportThis pathway is aimed at providing staff with skills to develop compassionate relationships as well as cultivate an ethos and environment of connectedness and belonging. The pathway is a comprehensive offer to educational settings. The pathway consists of evidence-based training sessions delivered face-to-face or on Microsoft Teams, peer support network meetings and one-to-one specialist consultations.Mapping onto the Ofsted Inspection Framework and Relevant GuidanceThe Relationship, Connectedness and Belonging Pathway of Support maps onto key elements of the following guidance:Ofsted Inspection Framework: One of the four key Ofsted judgements is promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. When judging behaviour and safety Ofsted looks for evidence of a positive ethos that fosters improvements in the school as well as the promotion of safe practices and a culture of safety.Department for Education (2021) Promoting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing guidance: The physical, social and emotional environment in which staff and students spend a high proportion of every weekday has been shown to affect their physical, emotional health and mental wellbeing, as well as impact on student attainment. Relationships between staff and students, and between students, are critical in promoting student wellbeing and in helping to engender a sense of belonging to and liking of school or college.NICE (2022) Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education guidance: The guidance recommends that settings have a culture, ethos and practice that strengthens relational approaches and inclusion, that recognises the importance of psychological safety and that promotes targeted support that includes peer-to-peer support. (1.1.2; 1.1.17, 1.4.6).Department for Education and Department for Health (2015) SEND Code of Practice: All professionals working with families should look to enable children and young people to make choices for themselves from an early age, and support them in making friends, staying safe and being healthy (1.40).

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