Staff health
The emotional and social needs of staff are an important part of whole school approaches to improving emotional well-being. There is good evidence that school staff cannot communicate and develop emotional well-being effectively if their own needs for emotional well-being are not being met.
It is important, therefore, that schools include a focus on school staff emotional and social needs of their staff as part of the overall well-being programme.
Continuing professional development
In addition, the knowledge, understanding and skills that will support school staff in the development and maintenance of emotional well-being in schools need to be developed through training and continuing professional development.
Schools may find that accessing, extending and developing collaborative and multi-agency approaches to training and development is beneficial.
Useful links
Staff health and well-being page
Full of ideas on how to promote good staff health and well-being; contact details for sources of support can also be found on this page.
Scotland's Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid was developed in Australia and is based on the concept of general first aid training. Following a successful pilot it is being rolled out as Scotland's Mental Health First Aid by NHS Health Scotland
