Teachers Toolkit
We know that school staff can build extremely powerful relationships with their students
Once trust is established, a young carer may very well confide in you, and they might be feeling some strong emotions in response to their caring responsibilities.
TEACHERS TOOLKIT
We have collated some useful links and sources of support that you can draw upon to ensure that young carers get the advice and help they need. We also have a young carers toolkit, which features a comprehensive list of resources that you can share with young carers.
BEAT Youthline
Offering support to children and young people with an eating disorder:
Website and online chat: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/training-events/find-training/school-staff/
ChildLine
The UK’s free, confidential helpline for children and young people, offering advice and support, by phone and online, 24 hours a day. Whenever and wherever you need them, they’ll be there.
Website and online chat: https://www.childline.org.uk/
Phone: 0800 1111
MindEd
A free educational resource from Health Education England on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. Now includes a Coronavirus Staff Resilience Hub with materials on peer support, stress, fear, trauma and bereavement.
Website: https://mindedhub.org.uk/
Papyrus (Prevention of Young Suicide)
Provides confidential advice and support for young people who feel like they want to take their own life.
Website: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/training-resources/
Phone: 0800 068 41 41
Text: 07786 209 687
Samaritans
Giving young people someone to talk to. You can ring at any time of the day or night. They’ll help you and listen to how you’re feeling.
Phone: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
A confidential helpline for young carers in the UK, aged 13 to 18 - and up to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Opening hours (mainly in school time but some evenings too): Monday - 9.30 am to 7.30 pm, Tuesday - 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, Wednesday - 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, Thursday - 12.30 pm to 7.30 pm, Friday - 9.30 am to 4 pm.
Text 07888 868 059, Email:
Essential resources and information about addiction and mental health, to assist those affected by substance misuse, either directly or through loved ones. They offer a range of services and share information on the most effective treatments, including a helpline that offers immediate assistance to those struggling with addiction.
Website: https://www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/
Helpline: 0800 140 4690
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Provides support to schools, colleges and education professionals through online advice, guidance and resources. Schools in Mind is a free network for education professionals which shares practical, academic and clinical expertise about mental health and wellbeing in schools and FE colleges.
Website: https://www.annafreud.org/schools-and-colleges/
Resources: https://charliewaller.org/resources
Charlie Waller Trust
Offering advice, guidance and resources for schools and education professionals to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Website: https://charliewaller.org/what-we-do/for-educators
Every Mind Matters
Useful guidance for teachers on delivering learning in a safe environment, including protecting vulnerable students and providing effective responses to sensitive questions.
PHE School Zone
Mental wellbeing top tips. Provides advice for teachers on supporting parents and carers with the mental wellbeing of their children, including the importance of routine and normalising discussions around mental wellbeing.
Website: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/top-tips
Now and Beyond
The UK's first multidisciplinary directory for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing providers. Includes information about locally available services.
Website: https://nowandbeyond.org.uk/help-and-support
PHE Every Mind Matters
Provides resources to support teaching of PSHE, RHE and RSHE to upper KS2, KS3 and KS4 students, with flexible, ready-to-use content co-created by teachers and young people.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/mental-wellbeing/overview
PHE Exam Stress Lesson Plan Pack
Helps students identify the signs and symptoms of exam stress and develop stress management strategies.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/exam-stress-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Physical and Mental Wellbeing Year 6 Lesson Plan
Explores the connection between physical and mental wellbeing and asks students to think about how eating well, moving more and sleep can affect mental wellbeing.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/physical-mental-wellbeing-year6-lesson-plan
PHE School Zone Physical and Mental Wellbeing KS3 and KS4 Lesson Plan
Explores the connection between physical and mental wellbeing. Slide 10 asks students to create a diagram showing factors that could promote good physical and mental wellbeing, including sleep.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/physical-mental-wellbeing-ks3-ks4-lesson-plan
PHE School Zone What to Do About Worry Year 6 Lesson Plan Pack
Includes the worry tree, a tool to support young people to combat worries. Students can learn about the worry tree as a tool to combat worry.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/what-to-do-about-worry-year6-lesson-plan-pack
Worry Tree: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/the-worry-tree-ks3-ks4-activities
PHE School Zone Puberty Lesson Plan Pack
Explores physical changes that occur during puberty and the effect these can have on an individual's emotions, identity and sexuality.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/puberty-lesson-plan-pack
Young Minds
Offers resources and materials for teachers and school staff to build their skills and make mental health and wellbeing a core, rewarding part of their job.
Website: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/professional/resources
24/7 text service: Text YM to 85258
Young Minds Professionals
A toolbox for leaders and front-line workers across the children’s mental health system.
Childhood Bereavement Network
Includes support, advice and resources on supporting a bereaved child or young person, including content specific to COVID-19 with a hub for professionals supporting bereaved children.
Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH)
Offering advice and support online and through their freephone Helpline for children experiencing homophobic, biphobic or transphobic bullying or harassment.
Website: https://each.education/education-schools-training
Phone: 0808 1000 143 open Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm
The Proud Trust
Delivers training opportunities for teachers and other youth professionals and creates LGBT+ resources for schools, colleges and other youth settings.
Website: https://www.theproudtrust.org/
Anti-Bullying Alliance
A unique coalition of organisations and individuals, working together to achieve a shared vision to stop bullying and create safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn. They provide expertise in relation to all forms of bullying between children and young people.
Website: https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information
PHE School Zone Bullying and Cyberbullying Lesson Plan Pack
Examines the meaning and impact of bullying. Discover ways of responding to this type of behaviour.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/bullying-and-cyberbullying-KS34-lesson-plan
PHE School Zone Forming Positive Relationships Lesson Plan Pack
Explores the qualities that make for good friendships.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/relationships-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone online stress and FOMO lesson plan pack
Includes a link to the Young Voices Online Bullying video on YouTube.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/online-stress-fomo-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Alcohol Lesson Plan Pack
Page 1 of the lesson plan PDF includes a link to the Rise Above film, which includes advice on pressure and role models on YouTube.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/alcohol-lesson-plan-pack
Preventing and Tackling Bullying
Advice for headteachers, staff and governing bodies.
Kidscape
Offers advice and practical tips to support adults working with children to deal with bullying and cyberbullying.
Website: https://www.kidscape.org.uk/advice/advice-for-adults-working-with-children/
Kidscape – advice for adults working with children
All age ranges
PHE School Zone Building Connections Year 6 Lesson Plan Pack
Teachers can support pupils to explore the meaning of loneliness and connection.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/building-connections-year6-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Forming Positive Relationships Lesson Plan Pack
Allows teachers to examine with their students the nature of friendships, to identify some of the challenges that can arise and to think about how to provide effective peer support.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/relationships-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone online stress and FOMO lesson plan pack
Supports lessons around the core themes of health and wellbeing and relationships.
Slide 5 links to a film which explores the way social media can create ‘FOMO’ - a fear of missing out. Slides 7 and 8 invite students to think about the characteristics of real life friends, contrasted with online friends.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/online-stress-fomo-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Social Media Year 6 Lesson Plan Pack
Slide 10 links to a film exploring the benefits and challenges of connecting on social media.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/social-media-year6-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Social Media KS3 and KS4 Lesson Plan Pack
Explores the topic of social media, and the actions a person can take to look after their wellbeing online and offline.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/social-media-KS3-KS4-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Physical and Mental Wellbeing KS3 and KS4 Lesson Plan
Slide 5 features the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ including the first way: connect with people.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/physical-mental-wellbeing-ks3-ks4-lesson-plan
PHE School Zone Bullying and Cyberbullying Lesson Plan Pack
Examines the meaning and impact of bullying and cyberbullying.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/bullying-and-cyberbullying-KS34-lesson-plan
PHE School Zone online stress and FOMO lesson plan pack
Suitable for key stage 3 and 4.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/online-stress-fomo-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Social Media KS3 and KS4 Lesson Plan Pack
Slide 11 asks students to think about some of the potential benefits and challenges of using social media.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/social-media-KS3-KS4-lesson-plan-pack
Teen Sleep Hub
Offers advice, support and tips on achieving a good night’s sleep. Also offers resources appropriate for secondary schools.
Website: https://teensleephub.org.uk/schools/
PHE Every Mind Matters
Lesson plan on mental wellbeing, which includes different elements of physical wellbeing, including getting active, eating well and getting good quality sleep.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/physical-mental-wellbeing-year6-lesson-plan
PHE School Zone sleep – KS3 and KS4 Lesson Plan Pack
Explores the benefits of good quality sleep for KS3 and KS4.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/sleep-KS3-KS4-lesson-plan-pack
Anna Freud
Producing evidence-based guidance for parents and carers, written with input from clinicians at the centre and teachers. Includes tips about the support that parents and guardians can offer to children preparing for, or going through, the transition to secondary school.
Charlie Waller Trust
Offers advice, guidance and resources for schools and education professionals to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Website: https://charliewaller.org/resources
Every Mind Matters
Provides advice on how to manage the transition back to being in school, college or other formal education, as well as information about further help and support.
Website: https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/coronavirus/going-back-to-school-or-college/
PHE Transition to Secondary School
Explores the transition to secondary school and identifies strategies to deal with change.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/transition-to-secondary-school-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone Dealing with Change Lesson Plan Pack
Explores expected and unexpected changes students might come across (for, example exams, friendships, puberty) and the different ways of managing change.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/dealing-with-change-lesson-plan-pack
PHE School Zone What to Do About Worry Year 6 Lesson Plan Pack
Includes the worry tree, a tool to support young people to combat worries.
Resources: https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/resources/what-to-do-about-worry-year6-lesson-plan-pack
Barnardo’s Education Community
An online resource to help support teachers, lecturers and staff working in the education sector. A ‘one stop shop’ where educators can go for trauma-informed resources, support and advice about how to help children and young people cope with any issues they are experiencing.
Website: https://www.educators-barnardos.org.uk/
The SEND Gateway
A good source of information for professionals, containing resources on responding appropriately to children and young people with SEND with emotional wellbeing needs.
Website: https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/
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