Mental health and wellbeing lead skills audit

By 2025, the government aims for every school to have a designated mental health or wellbeing lead. The wellbeing lead is responsible for:

• overseeing the whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing
• equipping staff with the knowledge to understand and recognise the signs of poor mental health and know what to do should they have a concern
• establishing links with external services, referring pupils if needed
• managing how staff are supported with their own mental health.

This audit will help newly appointed and more experienced wellbeing leads assess their confidence against a range of skills and effective behaviours.

There is also space to provide an example of when you have demonstrated each skill as part of your role. 

The wellbeing lead skills audit was created by Charlie Roden and reviewed and updated by Kelly Hannaghan and Liz Worthen.