Every Wokingham adult matters
Every adult Wokingham matters! That’s the message from Wokingham Borough Council’s children’s services and Wellington College as the first state and independent sector learning partnership is launched today (Wednesday October 10).
In what is believed to be the first partnership of its kind in the country, Wokingham council will be working with Wellington College in Crowthorne to ensure that all children’s services staff are able to deal with issues that are common in the workplace such as stress, excessive workloads and change management. Over 70 members of staff from the council and Wellington College will attend the launch and will hear from keynote speaker Dr Alex Linley from the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology.
Over the past five years, the council has developed a number of initiatives, which promote Wokingham staff’s well-being in the borough’s schools. This has now been extended to all staff within children’s services.
Staff from Wokingham children’s services – including members of the schools’ workforce (teaching and support staff) – have attended a range of workshops over the past five years. The workshops are available in situ for schools and/or at centralised training venues, and address the needs of schools and departments such as time management and dealing with stress. Staff have also requested workshops on improving work-life balance and confidence building. There is also an ongoing series of workshops to encourage staff to positively engage with change. Basic counselling and listening skills are also offered to staff who want to further enhance their communication skills in relation to pupils and colleagues, reinforcing an emotionally healthy culture in schools and workplaces.
The Wokingham council was also the first local authority in the country – in partnership with Worklife Support - to provide a unique programme of well-being support for its headteachers. Other programmes of well being support are now being offered to headteachers. The council also continues to support headteachers and other school senior managers to their challenging roles.
In what is believed to be the first partnership of its kind in the country, Wokingham council will be working with Wellington College in Crowthorne to ensure that all children’s services staff are able to deal with issues that are common in the workplace such as stress, excessive workloads and change management. Over 70 members of staff from the council and Wellington College will attend the launch and will hear from keynote speaker Dr Alex Linley from the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology.
Over the past five years, the council has developed a number of initiatives, which promote Wokingham staff’s well-being in the borough’s schools. This has now been extended to all staff within children’s services.
Staff from Wokingham children’s services – including members of the schools’ workforce (teaching and support staff) – have attended a range of workshops over the past five years. The workshops are available in situ for schools and/or at centralised training venues, and address the needs of schools and departments such as time management and dealing with stress. Staff have also requested workshops on improving work-life balance and confidence building. There is also an ongoing series of workshops to encourage staff to positively engage with change. Basic counselling and listening skills are also offered to staff who want to further enhance their communication skills in relation to pupils and colleagues, reinforcing an emotionally healthy culture in schools and workplaces.
The Wokingham council was also the first local authority in the country – in partnership with Worklife Support - to provide a unique programme of well-being support for its headteachers. Other programmes of well being support are now being offered to headteachers. The council also continues to support headteachers and other school senior managers to their challenging roles.
Wokingham Borough Council
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