Wellbeing Leads and Hubs

mdeducational foundation Wellbeing Leads and Hubs create safe spaces for post-16 students within schools and educational settings

mdeducational foundation provides salary funding for schools and educational settings to hire qualified wellbeing professionals to support the wellbeing of students within post-16 settings in the UK and Ireland. This works as the establishment’s kick-starter to a long-term wellbeing strategy.

The role of our Wellbeing Leads is to promote positive wellbeing through the delivery of a wellbeing curriculum by normalising student psychological fitness and resilience.

Our Wellbeing Leads

• Are experienced in working with young people
• Are great at building rapport with young people
• Have great listening and organisational skills
• Know all about the safeguarding and confidentiality requirements within educational settings
• Use data to learn, inform and improve how they work

We offer our Wellbeing Leads

• The benefit of an ever-growing Wellbeing Lead network, where professionals can share their ideas, thoughts and tips with each other
• Clinical Wellbeing Lead Supervisor in hand to provided support learning and reinforcement
• A chance to make a real difference by supporting and pioneering a better future for our young people – through education and beyond

The hubs are safe spaces exclusively set up to support post-16 students within places of education.

• Whether in a converted classroom, office or outbuilding, it provides a comfortable, supportive place for the Wellbeing Lead to prioritise wellbeing support for post-16 students.
• The Wellbeing Hubs are conducive to wellbeing in a safe, holistic and welcoming environment.

We know from our student feedback that having a dedicated and comfortable space within the place of education can be of huge benefit for them.

Informed by the requirements of the students and collaboration with the school and educational setting, the Wellbeing Lead will develop an agile timetable of different events and activities to enrich wellbeing.

Some examples of successful activities have included:

• Guest speakers
• Coaching/counselling
• Group activities
• Enrichment activities such as:
  • Pebble painting/colour therapy
  • Meditation & mindfulness practices
  • Music therapy
  • Sports events
  • Movie sessions