School Workplace Mental-Health First-Aid Support Options Review

This review is optional. It supports the school’s consideration of additional workplace mental-health support following its employer first-aid needs assessment. It does not mean that a mental-health first-aid programme is required.

School context

School: [school name]. Review date: [review date]. Review lead: [review lead]. The review relates to [school context].

When to use this review

Following the employer first-aid needs assessment, the school may consider whether personnel trained to identify and understand symptoms could support someone who might be experiencing a mental-health issue.

The school should use this review to consider which, if any, of the following options would benefit the school: mental-health information, training for managers or employees, occupational-health support, mental-health-trained first-aiders, or employee support programmes.

Options considered

Mental-health information

The school should consider whether providing mental-health information would benefit its workplace and, if so, describe the proposed approach: [mental health information option].

Training for managers or employees

The school should consider whether training for managers or employees would benefit its workplace and, if so, describe the proposed approach: [mental health training option].

Occupational-health support

The school should consider whether employing or engaging occupational-health professionals would benefit its workplace and, if so, describe the proposed approach: [occupational health option].

Mental-health-trained first-aiders

The school should consider whether appointing mental-health-trained first-aiders would benefit its workplace and, if so, describe the proposed approach: [mental health first aider option].

Employee support programmes

The school should consider whether implementing an employee support programme would benefit its workplace and, if so, describe the proposed approach: [employee support programme option].

Decision

Having considered the options above in light of the employer first-aid needs assessment, the school’s decision is: [mental health support decision].

Where an option is selected, the school should record the scope, responsible person and intended implementation approach: [selected support arrangements].

Where no additional option is selected, the school should record the reason for that decision: [reason no additional support selected].

Review of the decision

The school should review this decision when its circumstances or first-aid needs assessment indicate that reconsideration is appropriate. The next review point is [next review point].