To give you some context and in case you missed it, I have a new job this year. My official title is Assistant Head: Student and Staff Wellbeing (Designated Safeguarding Lead). This means that I’ll be working on some projects to proactively improve the wellbeing provision on offer at St Columba’s. From what I have learned so far, we already have so much support available, but perhaps not everyone knows about it.
I’ll be writing on here regularly to try and create a bank of resources that can be accessed anytime by parents and students alike. Sometimes it’ll be promoting things we have done others, like today, will be talking about a service we have organised that we’ll be trialling this year.
I am delighted to announce our new partnership with an initiative that will further strengthen our commitment to student mental health and wellbeing This is Teen Tips’ Wellbeing Hub. Designed and run by psychologists in conjunction with education professionals it is THE go to website for parents, students and staff for matters of mental health and wellbeing. It is backed by Cambridge University alongside many others. Anyway, I’m not the salesman as we’ve already bought into it (see this video for the marketing). I’m here to try and persuade you to use it. It’s important to note that this platform is distinct from our in-school Wellbeing Hub, led by Mrs. Dubberley, which has a more learning support leaning.
