Are you a mental health lead who wants the skills, confidence and support you need to lead a whole school approach and make a real difference to the wellbeing of staff and pupils?

The Connect Senior Lead Training

DfE Approved

1. An introductory webinar - meet us and connect with your support network in a live online session.
2. 10 x 30 minute training videos - all on our easy to access online platform, so that you can work through the units at your convenience and embed new knowledge into the day to day practice in your school.
3. 2 x 30 minute 1:1 strategy coaching sessions - the programme includes up to two coaching calls to help you implement your learning and lead long term, strategic change to improve the mental health provision in your school.
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   We also include a complimentary membership for the term that your training takes place in, which allows up to 10 members of staff from your school to access half termly training and networking sessions and receive a resource pack to support mental health and wellbeing.

Audit Your Provision

Know where you're starting from to track where you're going.

In order to assess your starting point or evaluate your impact, you can choose to have an audit either at the beginning of the course, or at the end.

Our Four Wing Audit will  evaluate your current mental health provision in each of the 8 key principles outlined by the DfE for promoting the mental health of children and young people and provide you with a comprehensive report.

If you opt to have an audit we will also include a bonus to help you bring the whole community with you as you develop your whole school approach: a suite of ten minute training videos for both staff and parents, allowing you to disseminate the key information from the training in a bitesize format, either in staff training sessions, parent information sessions, or as a resource for your website.

Our programme equips leaders with what they need to embed mental health policy and practice in a way that is impactful and sustainable.

Our 35+ years of experience has enabled us to design a programme that offers mental health leads a blueprint for the effective creation of a progressive mental health culture.

The online units can be rewatched as many times as you need, meaning that learning can be embedded and applied. Leads are supported in designing solutions for persistent challenges around mental health, to identify and address gaps in provision, and to create a positive culture.

Do you recognise yourself in any of these scenarios?

• You're a newly appointed Senior Mental Health Lead who knows that wellbeing and learning go hand-in-hand, but working out how to piece them together seems overwhelming. You'd love some real life examples and practical advice.
• As a Mental Health Lead, you have a team around you who want more help with supporting mental health and wellbeing . You'd love some regular professional advice for them all without it costing an arm and a leg.
• You have lots of experience with young people, but in a responsible role as Mental Health Lead and with changing times you want to discuss ideas in a safe space. 
• You know that you can never know everything, but you love learning and welcome any chance to increase your knowledge and insight so you can make strategic changes with confidence in your context. 
• You're passionate about wellbeing for all and have a lot to offer other colleagues and settings. You'd love to be part of a nationwide network of likeminded people to share ideas.

You (and the young people in your life) would benefit from having Claire and Rachael in your corner. 

If any of the above rings true, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see that all of these amazing benefits are jam-packed into our training programme for Senior Mental Health Leads and the accompanying membership for the whole mental health team.   

Meet Rachael & Claire

We're the founders of Dragonfly: Impact Education.

Our mission: To give leaders the expertise to build schools where good mental health is the foundation for all success. 

For us, ensuring a positive mental health culture in schools is a Four Wing thing.

Just as a dragonfly needs four wings to have the manoeuvrability to adapt and respond to its environment, school cultures need four elements in place to ensure all members of the community can benefit from good mental health, resilience and the capacity to respond to the challenges we all face.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴: for pupils to be well, the adults around them need to be well!

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 & 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: having clear values, prioritising mental health and wellbeing and creating psychological safety establishes a culture where good mental health can flourish.

𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: we all need to feel safe – physically, emotionally and psychologically – and we all need to have our needs met. These are the foundations for mental health.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀: school staff need to know how to support the good mental health of all their pupils, spot the signs of mental ill-health and have a clear system to follow when they have a concern.

That’s why our Four Wing thing underpins all of our training. Because above all, minds matter.