Building blocks of good mental wellbeing

This short guide outlines the benefits of creating healthy habits and a lifestyle that supports staff mental wellbeing. It is split into three main categories: exercise, eating well and good quality sleep.

It breaks down each of these areas and explains how they can be used to help prevent and ease symptoms of poor mental health. The guide also looks at potential barriers to each of these areas and offers advice on how staff can overcome these.

Mental health leads could share this simple and informative resource with other staff in their settings. It could be used to promote awareness of self-care and a positive approach to wellbeing.

Using this resource

This resource is designed for:

• use by mental health leads working with students aged 5 to 19+.

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes:

• Access and utilise tools, strategies and resources to support their own mental health so that they can look after themselves.
• Identify and utilise tools, strategies and resources to confidently engage staff to help promote and support their mental health and wellbeing.
• Share simple evidence-based strategies and exercises with staff and pupils/students to help them manage their mental health and develop their own coping strategies.