How to support secondary school teachers against a backdrop of skyrocketing mental health problems

Often the first to spot mental health problems, secondary school teachers need more support

Teachers are voting with their feet as the recruitment and retention crisis gains momentum with potentially disastrous consequences for secondary schools. They are increasingly called upon to act as untrained psychotherapists and mental health workers - as well as inspirational educators. All this against the backdrop of skyrocketing mental health problems amongst young people – and staff. Many are at breaking point. Teachers need more support.

This sums up the sentiment of The Times Education Commission in ‘Bringing Out the Best: How to Transform Education and Unleash the Potential of Every Child.’ With over 600 witnesses contributing, the report calls for “annual mental health training for all teachers” who are “often the first to see an emerging mental health problem” in young people.  

Thrive Licensed Practitioner training

Thankfully for Vicki Williams and Samantha Strange from Birmingham's Fortis Academy and Stockton on Tees' Northfields School and Sports College respectively, they caught on early to a secret formula: Thrive Licensed Practitioner training.  

This revolutionary training gives you the insight needed to spot and respond to pupils’ mental health needs with confidence - and in the most appropriate way. It’s one of the many reasons Thrive is the wellbeing provider of choice for over 75,000 senior leaders and classroom staff in the UK.  

Now Vicki and Samantha have:

 Here's what they both said:

"I would advise anyone thinking about starting Thrive training to go for it - for your own mental health and for professional satisfaction. Learning about the Thrive Approach has been revolutionary. The support I got from my Thrive trainer and from other delegates on the Adolescence Licensed Practitioner Training made such a difference. It’s changed my professional practice and my personal life for the better."

Samantha Strange. Personalised Learning Centre Manager, Northfields School and Sports College

"Thrive has been life-changing for me on a personal and a professional level. Because of the increased demands of the pandemic on time and mental health, staff have been given the opportunity to receive CPD, with 45 staff already signed up."

Vicki Williams. Teacher, Fortis Academy.

Over to you

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