Unlocking potential, inspiring success...
People are the greatest asset of any organisation. Promoting a culture that values and promotes wellbeing is key for pupils, educators, and the wider community to flourish. Where there are healthy, happy, committed individuals, engagement, positivity and attainment are bound to follow.
Believing firmly in collaborative working relationships, I welcome the opportunity to explore how my offering, developed through many years of working with pupils, parents, educators and senior leaders, may complement your wellbeing provision and your vision for the future.
I have a wealth of experience working in educational settings, the valuable personal and professional awareness and understanding that fuels my passion to champion wellbeing brings to life the services I offer.
This page gives an insight into my services - I welcome the opportunity of discussing them with you in greater depth...
Pupil development, attainment and wellbeing
The correlation between wellbeing and attainment are well documented - the promotion of pupil wellbeing is essential for children and young people to achieve their educational, health and wellbeing potential.
Providing children with a cohesive, responsive and compassionate system of support that aims to prevent their wellbeing from declining pays dividends. Through education and modelling, young people can feel both free and able talk about their thoughts and feelings, helping them to actively contribute to wellbeing outcomes.
Education that builds emotional intelligence and executive function is beneficial at any age, setting young people in good stead during their developing years, and for life. Children who have the opportunity to learn about themselves, about others and acquire life skills that help them positively engage with the world around them benefit from healthy levels of self-esteem, empathy and wellbeing.
Enhancing wellbeing provisions
Prioritising wellbeing through the provision of education and resources that are effective in promoting, preserving and preventing a decline in wellbeing provides children and young people with access to support and expertise. Delivered with commitment, care and compassion, the interventions below are examples that generate positive outcomes:
- Coaching
- Discussion groups
- Life skill development
- Mental health support and education
- Supporting young people with special educational needs
- Wellbeing guidance and support
- Wellbeing programme
"Building a child's emotional intelligence is a straightforward way to enhance physical and mental health, memory, decision-making, creativity, relationships, grades and job performance."
Neurochild
Parental engagement and support
Parental engagement with schools has positive effect on children’s personal development and learning. Providing opportunities for parents to be supported during their parenting journey helps to establish strong home-school relationships.
Schools and parents or carers are the two main educators in children's' lives. Both have crucial roles to play in a child's engagement and achievement in school, as the impact is greater when they work in partnership promoting active home school relationships pays dividends.
Parenting can be challenging at times, a role taken on without training or a guide book to refer to, which makes access to support and guidance invaluable at times. Working with parents, empowering them through access to education, tips and techniques that can support them as their children move through the various stages of growth and development tends to benefit all.
Ways in which home school engagement can be fostered include:
- Coaching - topic focussed parent coaching sessions
- Educational talks
- Interactive workshops - topic focused forums
- Learning lunch webinars - on-line education / discussion forum
- Parenting skills
- Wellbeing focused events
Some of the many topics parents have benefitted from exploring can be found at the foot of the page.
"At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to child's success is the positive involvement of parents." - Jane D. Hull
Staff training and support
In addition to having a positive impact on personal and pupil wellbeing, staff training and support can reduce absence, improve performance and job satisfaction.
A caring ethos and environment will have a major impact on the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside the development and implementation of policy, the provision of training and personal development opportunities demonstrate commitment to staff wellbeing. Staff are any school's greatest asset, the investment made in them personally and professionally not only benefits them, but the organisation as a whole.
The role of educators increasingly involves pastoral and wellbeing support. Upskilling and equipping staff with modular training and access to help and guidance that can provide the confidence and ability to approach, assess and respond to mental health and wellbeing concerns is becoming a priority for many schools. Popular areas of focus can be found at the foot of the page.
Provisions for staff: upskill, training and support
- Coaching
- Discussion groups
- Educational programmes
- INSET
- Workshops
- Wellbeing
- Youth mental health education
- Youth mental health first aid training
"We have to nourish in order to flourish" - Inspired by Julie Stuckey
Consulting with Senior Leaders
Working with senior leaders to develop long-term sustainable solutions as well as helping with short-term, one-off projects or objectives that develop people, policy and provision.
Links between wellbeing and performance, individually and collectively, are clearly identifiable . A vital component in creating and maintaining happy, well performing schools is the provision of education, training and support that encompasses cognitive and emotional health.
A whole school approach that prioritises good mental health and wellbeing requires investment in people, policy and provision. Investment that enables the community as a whole to understand the importance of, and learn how they can actively take responsibility for their own wellbeing and that of others pays dividends.
Consulting with schools to:
- Support schools to implement a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing
- Increase awareness of the importance of promoting children and young people’s emotional wellbeing and how this connects to learning
- Inspire education settings to incorporate measures that will improve children and young people’s wellbeing
- Equip teachers, staff and young people with the skills and knowledge to prioritise and address wellbeing and mental health
Key areas of focus:
- Promoting a culture of wellbeing for pupils, parents and educators
- Collaboration with pastoral leaders
- Consulting with SENCOs: strategies, support and guidance for pupils, parents and teachers
- Collaboration with leaders to provide wellbeing education and resources for staff
- INSET provision
- Parent support and education
- Mental Health First Aid Training
"Invest in our teachers and our children will succeed" - Barack Obama
Areas of expertise
Coaching
- Anxiety
- CBT based coaching
- Confidence building
- Communication
- Executive function
- Goal setting
- Growth mindset
- Life skills
- Motivation
- Parenting
- Personal power
- Problem solving and decision making
- Resilience
- Relationship building
- Self-esteem building
- Self-talk
- Special Educational Needs
- Transition
- Wellbeing
Training & Workshops
- Anxiety unravelled
- Boosting resilience
- Boundaries and family rules
- Coaching conversations
- Dealing with disappointment
- Developing the inner coach
- Effective communication
- Effective praise
- Emotional intelligence
- Emotional regulation
- Exploring behaviour: what lies beneath?
- Failosophy, making mistakes, moving on
- Habits for positive parenting
- Mental Health
- Nurturing good listeners
- Positive praise
- Problem solving and negotiation
- Sibling rivalry
- Think good, feel good and flourish
- Turning worry into wonder
- Stress, fatigue and burnout
Youth Mental Health
Youth Mental Health First Aid - 2 day online
- 3 year youth mental health first aid certification from Mental Health First Aid England
- In-depth understanding of young people's mental health and factors that affect wellbeing
- Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
- Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress
- Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support
- Tools to look after your own mental wellbeing
Youth Mental Health Aware - Half day
A certificated, course providing an insight into some of the common mental health issues affection young people, providing skills to work with and support young people with a mental health issue.
Testimonials
"Sally worked with passion, integrity, knowledge and expertise to build a wellbeing culture in school that successfully saw pupils, parents and staff working harmony." Head, Pre-prep
"The school's recent ISI inspection report which highlights that pupils "show a very high level of self-understanding" is testimony to Sally's work both directly with pupils in class building emotional literacy and through effective staff INSET." Head, Junior Dept
"Sally played an extremely important role in the life of the school, she was at the forefront of care for pupils and staff alike, providing a safe space for pupils to come together, reflect on events and to support each other." Senior Leader
WORKSHOPS
"Lots of practical ways to manage stress and recognise it!"
"Some really useful tools have been introduced that can be applied in day to day situations."
"I have been fortunate to observe directly and indirectly, not only the important contribution that she has made in a number of areas of school life, but I have witnessed, in particular, the wonderful impact that she has had on the lives of so many of our children. Mrs Sharp is a passionate and sincerely committed mental health therapist and performance coach. As someone who has an innate ability to reach into the hearts of prep school children, she has demonstrated a unique ability to hear their young voices, listen to and interpret their cries for help and to connect at emotional levels in ways that encourage feelings of safety, relatedness and trust". Head teacher , Prep-school
"Sally introduced the school to a Young Persons’ Mental Health First Aid course, which she developed and delivered to many members of staff. I found the course extremely useful in building both my pastoral skills and communicating in a better way with those who were in emotional distress."
"It normalised that many of us feel the same way but assume it is only us! Good techniques taught, very good session, thank you"
"The work Sally has done to emotionally support pupils and staff has been utterly monumentous." - Teacher
"Sally has empowered me in helping with pastoral needs, always offering professionally sound advice, grounded in science and psychology." - Upper school form tutor
"Sally has coached me during my time as a Year 8 form tutor, helping me to better deal with neurodiversity and the emotional rollercoaster that is adolescence."
"I have known Sally for 11 years in her capacity as a wellbeing coach for pupils as well as a member of the learning support team. She has always been very pupil-focused and has made sure that pupils in her care have a voice and that their needs and concerns are listened to and addressed." - Senior Leader
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