StaffWise: Staff Wellbeing in Scottish Education

Staffwise is a brand new web resource for schools and centres created to support the development of organisational wellbeing. This project has been funded by Scottish Government in collaboration with Fife and North Lanarkshire Councils. Additional support has been provided by HMIe, HSE, SHWLG and LTS.

In this session, we will demonstrate:-

• The relationship between organisational wellbeing and effectiveness

• The online audit tool freely available to all Scottish schools

• The range of strategies available on the website to assist school improvement in wellbeing

• The ways in which this online support tool can be used.

Catherine Campbell is the Welfare Office for North Lanarkshire Council Learning and Leisure Services. She provides colleagues with a dedicated and confidential support service and also works with groups to facilitate collegiate and collaborative practices in their workplaces.

She has a particular interest in the application of Positive Psychology in workplace settings, with an emphasis on the development of optimistic and resilient schools and early education centres.

Gordon Ratcliffe is the Development Officer - Staff Welfare for Fife Council Education Service. A significant element of his work over the last 3 years has been the coordination of a staff welfare project within 20 Fife schools and the development of systemic employee wellbeing processes across the whole of Fife Council.

Gordon's professional background is in Human Resources where he has worked extensively within Education and other employment sectors for a number of years.