Est. In 2023.
Est. In 2023.
Within the School of Civil Celebrancy, we are committed to promoting positive mental health and emotional well-being to all learners.
Our open culture allows learners voices to be heard, and through the use of effective policies and procedures, we ensure a safe and supportive environment for all.
The School of Civil Celebrancy is committed to reviewing and updating the policy to reflect local and national changes to guidance as well as advances in psychological understanding and best practices.
Scope
This policy is a guide for all to promote and support mental health and emotional well-being. It should be read in conjunction with other relevant school policies.
Policy Aims
To create an environment that promotes the mental well-being of all learners.
All learners of the School of Civil Celebrancy will understand the importance of mental health and emotional well-being, and how to support themselves. They will be able to manage their emotions, as well as being equipped with tools to help them to cope both now and in the future when within the learning environment.
The promotion and protection of a good mental well-being culture will be encouraged, recognising that it is important for individuals’ physical health, social well-being and productivity.
Appropriate and timely support is to be provided to learners with mental health issues.
Embed in the whole school is an approach to mental learners. This will be expressed through words but also shown through the conduct of staff.
The School of Civil Celebrancy develops a culture based on trust, support and mutual respect where learners will feel able to talk openly with trusted staff about their problems and report difficulties without feeling any stigma or fear of discrimination or reprisal.
If staff have a mental health concern about a learner that is also a safeguarding concern, immediate action should be taken and speaking to the designated safeguarding lead or a director.
If you are not able to contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead or Directors and the learner is at risk of immediate harm contact the police.
If the learner presents as a medical emergency then the school will contact the emergency services if necessary.
Universal approaches to promote mental health and well-being
Learners will have an understanding of the skills, knowledge and understanding of the need to keep themselves – and others – physically and mentally healthy and safe when in the learning environment.
Managing disclosures
A learner may choose to disclose concerns about themselves or a friend to any member of staff and all staff need to know how to respond appropriately to a disclosure. Staff must follow the guidance of their safeguarding lead.
If a learner chooses to disclose concerns about themselves or a friend, the member of staff’s response should always be calm, supportive and non-judgemental. Staff should listen rather than advise.
All disclosures must be recorded in accordance with the school’s Safeguarding Protocol:
The record should include:
All staff are aware that they have a professional responsibility to share information with other agencies in order to safeguard and that the Data Protection Act 1998 and General Data Protection Regulations are not a barrier to sharing information where a failure to do so would place an adult at risk of harm. There is a lawful basis for protection concerns to be shared with agencies that have a statutory duty for protection.
All staff are aware that they cannot promise an individual to keep secrets which might compromise the individuals safety or well-being. However, staff are aware that matters relating to safeguarding are personal to the learner, in this respect they are confidential and the Directors will only disclose information about a learner to other members of staff on a need-to-know basis.
Ideally, consent should be gained from the learner, however, there may be instances when information must be shared with another member of staff if the learner is in danger of harm.
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Dealing with disclosures
A member of staff who is approached by a learner should listen positively and try to reassure them. They cannot promise complete confidentiality and should explain that they may need to pass information to other professionals to help keep them safe. The degree of confidentiality should always be governed by the need to protect the individual.
Additional consideration needs to be given to learners with communication difficulties and to those whose preferred language is not English.
All staff have the right to make a referral to the Police directly and should do this if, for whatever reason, there are difficulties following the agreed protocol, for example, they are the only adult on the premises at the time and have concerns about sending an individual away.
What happens next?
It is important that concerns are followed up and it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that they are. The member of staff should be informed by the Safeguarding Lead or Directors what has happened following a report being made. If they do not receive this information they should seek it out.
Receiving a disclosure can be upsetting for the member of staff and the School of Civil Celebrancy support their staff after a disclosure. This might include reassurance that they have followed the procedure correctly and that their swift actions will enable the allegations to be handled appropriately.
This policy will be reviewed every 12 months by the School of Civil Celebrancy Team.
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