Promoting social and emotional wellbeing in secondary education

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Social and emotional wellbeing in secondary
education
Implementing NICE guidance
2009
NICE public health guidance 20
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What this presentation covers

• How can NICE help?
• Background
• Scope
• Recommendations
• Costs and savings
• Discussion
• Find out more

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How can NICE help?

• NICE is an independent organisation responsible
  for setting standards to promote good health and
  prevent ill health, based on best value for money
• NICE recommendations can help schools and their
  partners implement national initiatives to
  promote social and emotional wellbeing

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Background

• Social, emotional and psychological health can
• help protect young people against emotional and
  behavioural problems, violence and crime, teenage
  pregnancy and the misuse of drugs and alcohol
• improve their ability to learn and achieve
  academically, thus affecting their long-term
  social and economic wellbeing

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Scope

• Young people aged 1119 years in full-time
  secondary education, including those with
  disabilities and special education needs

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Recommendations

• The six recommendations cover the following
  areas
• Strategic framework
• Key principles and conditions
• Curriculum approaches
• Working with parents and families
• Working in partnership with young people
• Training and continuing professional development

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Strategic framework

• All secondary education establishments should
  have
• an organisation-wide approach to promoting social
  and emotional wellbeing
• the necessary organisational capacity
• access to specialist skills, advice and support
• the ability to share practical advice
• their progress assessed by the appropriate local
  scrutiny committee

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Key principles and conditions

• Ensure social and emotional wellbeing features in
  improvement plans, policies, systems and
  activities
• Promote an ethos of mutual respect and learning
• Provide a safe, nurturing environment
• Provide pastoral care and specialist services
• Measure and assess social and emotional wellbeing

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Curriculum approaches

• Provide a curriculum that promotes positive
  behaviours and successful relationships
• Tailor social and emotional skills education to
  the developmental needs of young people
• Integrate relevant activities into all other
  aspects of secondary education

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Working with parents carers

• Work in partnership with parents, carers and
  other family members to promote young peoples
  social and emotional wellbeing
• Help parents, carers and other family members to
  develop their parenting skills
• Offer those living in disadvantaged circumstances
  practical help so that they can be fully involved

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Working in partnership with young people

• Introduce mechanisms to ensure young people can
  contribute to decisions that may impact on their
  social and emotional wellbeing
• Provide them with opportunities to build
  relationships, particularly those who may find it
  difficult to seek support when they need it
• Provide information on the opportunities for
  discussing personal and emotional issues and
  their rights on confidentiality

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Training and continuing professional development

• Integrate social and emotional wellbeing within
  the training and continuing professional
  development of practitioners and governors
• Ensure practitioners have the knowledge,
  understanding and skills they need to develop
  young peoples social and emotional wellbeing

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Costs and savings

• The guidance on social and emotional wellbeing in
  secondary education is unlikely to result in a
  significant change in resource use
• Some organisations may incur additional costs
• It could result in a significant reduction in
  public service costs

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Discussion

• How can we provide a safe environment where the
  threat of bullying and violence is minimal?
• How can we help parents, carers and other family
  members to participate fully in activities to
  promote young peoples social and emotional
  wellbeing?
• What partnerships do we need to effectively
  implement the guidance?

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Find out more

• Visit www.nice.org.uk/PH20 for the
• guidance
• quick reference guide
• costing statement
• slide set
• audit support