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Our applied psychologists have experience of working with young people, their families and teaching staff within educational contexts, as well as mental health, social care and criminal justice settings.

Underpinned by robust psychological practice, we focus on optimising attainment and performance whilst promoting staff, pupil and team well-being. We aim to empower school leaders and staff to feel confident and competent in supporting the wellbeing of their pupils and workforce, and promote resilience across the wider school system.
We recognise that each educational setting is unique, so for a bespoke package of our psychological services tailored to meet your needs, please get in touch...

Leadership coaching & support
Mental health, wellbeing & social support
Specialist training & workshops
Bespoke away days
Building whole-school resilience
Staff support
Managing behaviour & supporting attainment

What We Offer

Leadership Coaching & Support

Mental Health, Wellbeing & Social Support

Specialist Training & Workshops

Away Days for Educational Staff

Building whole-school resilience

Staff Support

Leading with a 'Whole School Approach'-Addressing Behaviour, Attainment & Wellbeing

‘Performing Well’ in Education – Managing Behaviour, Promoting Attainment, Supporting Wellbeing
Leadership training, coaching and support
Personality profiling – within teams and systems (learning about your own preferences and potential blindspots, and the preferences of your group in order to work together the best that you can)
Culture development: Supporting organisational goals, visions and values
Supporting whole-school approaches & change management
Support with constructing school-wide protocols, including policies focussed on building emotional well-being and resilience, trauma-attachment informed approaches and risk management strategies (e.g. discipline, bullying, and exclusions)
Support with the development of attachment-aware and trauma-informed educational frameworks and policies

Mental Health, Wellbeing & Social Support

Psychological formulation and consultations with staff teams around young people with complex presentations – developing a shared understanding, to think through the most appropriate way forward
Comprehensive Clinical Psychology assessment (leading to a treatment plan and recommendations) where required
Mental health support and therapeutic intervention (our psychologists/therapists are trained in a range of therapeutic techniques) which can involve both individual and group work
A range of psychological interventions to gauge and track social and emotional well-being
Support in building positive relationships and effective communication between staff and young people
Workshops on positive mental health and wellbeing (pupils / staff / families)

Specialist Training & Workshops

Training for staff. E.g
- attachment/trauma-informed practice
- child development
- executive functioning
- mental health (e.g. self-harm, anxiety, low mood)
- autism
- improving motivation etc.
Bespoke training can be designed and facilitated
Workshops on increasing pupil motivation and performance (pupils / staff / families)
Workshops for pupils on mental health, social skills etc

Bespoke Away Days

Bespoke Away Days (full days or half days) e.g.
- Understanding personal and team dynamics
- Enhancing team relationships/cohesion
- Resilience development
- Strategy development
- Staff well-being

Resilience development

‘Performing Well’ in Education – Developing resilience with individuals, groups and systems
- Introduction to resilience
- Individual resilience guide and development of individual plans
- Team resilience development

Staff Support & Psychological consultation

- Staff support and reflective practice
- Clinical supervision and guidance for staff around specific cases, working with young people with complex needs, or working within educational settings
- Supporting the development of stability within staff teams (e.g. managing sickness, conflict resolutions)
- Self-care workshops for staff
- Access to psychological support/assessment/therapy for staff

Changing Minds have worked with the senior leadership team, both individually and collectively, to help us to become a more effective team and understand how our behaviours affect the overall climate of the school and ultimately our success. I have no doubt our work with Changing Minds is helping us to create a positive and encouraging atmosphere for pupils and staff.

(Executive headteacher, regional federation of EBSD schools)

Downloads

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Our Framework

Investing in People, Sustaining Performance

The Performing Well framework embraces the complexity of education, promoting resilience and supporting wellbeing to enhance attainment and potential.

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Trusted Statement

Our core clinical and high performance services are provided by highly qualified Practitioner Psychologists, educated to Master’s or Doctoral level, who are registered to practice through the Health and Care Professions Council, and chartered by the British Psychological Society.

We work closely with local authorities to promote the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times. All our staff are enhanced DBS cleared.

We draw on expertise from within the fields of Clinical, Counselling, Forensic, and Sport and Performance Psychology.