Meet the GLC Wellbeing Team
The GLC Wellbeing Team is a dedicated group who are committed to promoting the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of staff at the Gateway Learning Community. As a valued member of staff, we understand the importance of nurturing a positive and supportive environment that fosters overall wellbeing.
Staff Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Leads
Responsibilities:
- Be a member of the academy leadership team;
- Ensure that staff wellbeing is a standing item on GLC Local Governing Body meetings and GLC Board meetings;
- Provide whole academy leadership in mental health and wellbeing, for both staff and students ensuring there is a robust strategy for development and implementation in each academy;
- Ensure there is the best possible support available for staff with identified mental health needs;
- Support the wellbeing champions to fulfil their role as part of the whole school mental health and wellbeing strategy.
Gateway Academy
Trudi Bryant
Herringham Primary Academy
Nicola Simao
Tilbury Pioneer Academy
Catherine Bignell
Gateway Primary Free School
Natalie Carroll
Lansdowne Primary Academy
Anna Sparrow
Trained Mental Health First Aiders
Responsibilities:
- Provide first line support for someone experiencing poor mental health or wellbeing;
- Signpost external sources of support;
- Work to promote positive mental health in the workplace reducing stigma around mental health and wellbeing;
- Ensure their training is up to date and refreshed every 3 years;
- Make sure they are aware of what mental illness is and how to ensure the correct advice is provided in the workplace;
- Make sure their work is promoted across the organisation.
Gateway Academy
Dionne Locke
Sam Vickers
Trudi Bryant
Tilbury Pioneer Academy
Jo Allison
Gateway Primary Free School
Katie Creighton
Herringham Primary Academy
Donna Dennett
Christine Egan
Lansdowne Primary Academy
Kathryn Luckin
Anna Sparrow
Staff Wellbeing Champions
Responsibilities:
- Plan and lead on staff awareness and national events in their academy [Appendix 3];
- Organise “acts of kindness” termly events for staff;
- Signpost and promote services such as mental health first aiders and organisational links [Appendix 4];
- Encourage colleagues to participate in the GLC’s wellbeing initiatives / challenges;
- Champion and promote relevant health messages and events working collaboratively with other GLC wellbeing champions to promote a healthy culture in the workplace;
- Keep up to date with new legislation, initiatives and programmes that will support the academy to move forward in the areas of mental health, safeguarding, extremism and emotional wellbeing.
Gateway Academy
Ashleigh Tobin
Clare Gibson
Herringham Primary Academy
Nicola Simao
Tilbury Pioneer Academy
Donna Sherman
Gateway Primary Free School
Amy Storr
Lansdowne Primary Academy
Alaina Bettridge
Wellbeing Governors
Responsibilities:
- Make sure the school is fulfilling its duty of care as an employer, such as by giving staff a reasonable workload and creating a supportive work environment;
- Monitor and support the wellbeing of all staff;
- Analyse data related to wellbeing; support and challenge;
- Ensure that resources and support services are in place to promote staff wellbeing;
- Make decisions and review policies with staff wellbeing in mind, particularly in regards to workload;
- Be reasonable about the format and quantity of information asked for from staff as part of monitoring work;
- Ensure that staff are clear about the purpose of any monitoring visits and what information will be required from them.
Tilbury Pioneer Academy and Lansdowne Primary Academy
Jamie Jardine
Robin Atkins
Gateway Primary Free School and Herringham Primary Academy
Anne Fraser
Jasima Begum