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Secondary School & Colleges Workshop and Groups

Secondary School & Colleges Workshop and Groups

 Your school can access 6 sessions from THEWS offer of face-to-face or group workshops throughout the school year. This can be made up of any of the  workshops for young people, staff or parents workshops listed below.

All workshops need to be requested at least 2 weeks ahead of the intended workshop date. Bespoke workshops can be requested but require at least one month notice. Referral forms are not required for workshops.

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For Example

A school may want to request one or two workshops for each school term:

  • Managing anxiety workshop for Year 7 in September (1 session).
  • The social media and wellbeing workshop for Year 9 and 10 in November (2 sessions).
  • The improving access to mental health support in diverse communities for parents, and staff in March (2 sessions).  
  • The exam stress workshop for Year 11 in May (1 session) =  6 sessions throughout the year.
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A workshop is a 1 hour group discussion where we talk about a specific topic and  encourage children to learn skills. See below the workshops that schools can request for their pupils and year groups:

  • Anxiety
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Exam Stress
  • Mental Health Awareness in Diverse Communities
  • Low Mood
  • Self-esteem and self-compassion
  • Sleep
  • Friendship difficulties
  • Social Media 

THEWS Groups consist of 6-12 young people, ideally from the same year group (or at least the same key stage) 

We offer group work for: 

  • Anxiety (Year 7+)
  • Low Mood (Year 9+)

These groups count as 1 out of 4 of the school's 1:1 intervention slots (not the 6 workshop sessions)

The THEWS referral form must be completed for each young person referred to the group- please tick the group format option on the referral form. 

  •  Groups should consist of 6-12 young people, ideally from the same year group (or at least the same key stage).

For more information, visit: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/thews/referrals

We offer single sessions for parents of young people in secondary school and colleges. 

  • Supporting your child’s mental health, wellbeing and sleep
  • Parent wellbeing
  • Supporting young people who self-harm
  • Improving access to support in diverse communities

We offer single sessions for secondary school staff. 

  • Identifying and supporting mental health needs and opening up conversations
  • An introduction to understanding and supporting young people with neuro-developmental conditions and learning difficulties
  • An introduction to supporting young people who self-harm
  • An introduction to trauma informed practice
  • An introduction to supporting young people with emotion regulation
  • Improving access to support in diverse communities

This is an additional offer from the THEWS partner service, Step Forward. This is not included in the workshop/group quota of 12 face to face sessions. Open to all staff. Sessions are confidential and can be used to explore anything negatively impacting on wellbeing (does not need to be work-related). Sessions are offered remotely (via Zoom) on weekdays both during and after the school day. 

Bookings are made on a first requested / first filled basis and availability is updating all the time. Staff can self-refer by contacting Andrew@step-forward.org