Leading to a Level 4 Certificate in Mental Health Aware Leadership (Educational Mental Health Lead) in addition to accreditation as a Designated Mental Health Lead.
Schools and colleges can apply for DfE funding to cover the £800 cost of this course. Additional places can also be purchased.
Who is this course for?
Those appointed to be the mental health lead for a school or college. The senior mental health lead is established in their role and/or has completed comprehensive senior mental health leadership training prior to coming on this course.
About the course contents
The course itself starts with a module discussing the essence of the full role (as determined by the Department for Education), before moving onto a module on ethos and culture for staff and pupils. The following modules focuses on leadership and management of the topic, pupil voice, engagement with parents, carers, the community and the staff body, staff wellbeing and mental health, including overcoming difficulties in working with others. The final part focuses on reflecting on available local mental health services for pupils, in addition to a module on understanding the mental health and wellbeing requirements in the curriculum.
Online learners self-study 10-15 minute videos to work through the contents. They are set reflective and self-study activities by the tutor to facilitate the learning and are expected to work through these as they complete the modules.
Modules:
- Understanding the Role
- Ethos and Culture
- Leadership and Management
- Pupil Voice
- Parents, Carers and Community
- Staff Support and Development
- Mental Health Interventions
- Targeted Approach
- Curriculum, teaching and learning
We are delighted to work with some amazing local organisations to deliver this training in your area, scroll down to see organisations and training dates.
Portfolio
When participants complete the course they automatically receive a digital certificate of attendance. To become a qualified mental health lead there is a portfolio to complete.
As learners work through the course, at the end of each module they are encouraged to complete activities to support the embedding of the learning to their work. In addition, learners complete some self-study of a topic relevant to them or their setting.
This portfolio is based on the Department for Education outcomes for Designated Mental Health Lead training and the portfolio assesses the ability of the participant to be able to perform the competencies identified (or oversee them where that function is undertaken by others) to enable us to qualify them for the role. It can take 3-5 years to embed the learning from the course, so the portfolio allows participants to identify how they would do it, or how they liaise with others to monitor the implementation of the particular skill.
Learners reflect on activities in their portfolio, by responding to the questions in there. Guidance is available on the expectations on the response to each. These need to be returned within 7 months of the course start.
Course level
- Introduction
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Grant process
- Apply for your place on a course
- Apply for the grant
- We give you a code to claim your grant and invoice you
- You claim for the grant money
- You attend the training
For more details, please see https://mentalhealthlead.com/dfe-grant-process/
Online Self-study course
Live Online
Delivered by The Root Of It
24th February 2023, 28th April and 9th June
24th March 2023, 18th May & 6th July
19th April 2023, 17th May & 14th June
In-person Courses
Scroll down to view specialist courses and book onto a course
North West
Liverpool – School Improvement Liverpool
30th March 2023, 23rd May & 11th July
Manchester – One Education
TBC
North East
Newcastle – Newcastle Educational Psychology Service
6th June 2023, 5th July & 14th Sept
Northumberland – Northumberland Council
26th April, 28th June & 12th July
Yorkshire and Humber
Leeds – The Root Of It
6th Feb 2023, 6th March & 22nd May
West Midlands
Telford – Shropshire and Telford Education Partnership
10th February 2023, 6th March & 24th April
24th May 2023, 5th July & 20th September
East Midlands
Corby – Maplefields Training and Development
22nd Feb 2023, 22nd March & 26th April
Anglia
Norfolk – Norfolk Educational Psychology Service
7th Feb 2023, 7th March & 16th May
7th June, 20th September, 18th October
Chelmsford – Essex County Council
TBC
Basildon – Billericay Teaching Alliance
27th April 2023, 27th June & 26th Sept
Chafford Hundred – Chafford Hundred Teaching Hub
23nd Feb 2023, 4th May & 29th June
South West
Purbeck – Dorset Educational Psychology Service
TBC
South East
London (Southwark) – Goodlife Psychology + The Root Of It
TBC
Specialist Courses
We also offer regional specialist courses
SEMH Special Schools and Alternative Provisions
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