HIEDA – Mindful Clicks – Navigating Mental Health and Online Safety

Venue: Zoom (online) – seminar

Audience: Practitioners working in Pastoral Care

Course outline

Guest Speaker Leanne Rowlands, Assistant Head Pastoral with over 20 years experience in independent schools, will deliver this seminar  along with her colleague M Jolly, a qualified therapist and clinical supervisor, Director of Wellbeing and Inclusion. This course will look at the current landscape of the digital world, its harms and impact on mental health of adolescents.

Training topics will include:

• Online Platforms
• Online Hazards, Risks and Harms
• Impact on Mental Health and Behaviour
• Responses to Harm, Protection and Safety Online (filtering and monitoring)
• Working in partnership and information sharing
• Pupil Voice

Learning outcomes:

• Consider definitions of online harms in a real world context
• Assess impacts of harms on behaviour and mental health of children and young people
• Develop responses to needs within a school context
• Working in partnership to manage harms.

Cost 

• HIEDA Member Rate: £135
• BSA Member Rate: £135
• Non-member Rate: £270*

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Speaker:

Leanne Rowlands, Assistant Head Pastoral, Charterhouse School

Leanne has over 20 years of boarding experience in Independent Schools, namely St Edwards’ Oxford, Marlborough College (UK and Malaysia), Tudor Hall, Bradfield College and currently at Charterhouse School where she is Assistant Head Pastoral and a trained DSL with responsibility for Online Safety.  For over 13 years, Leanne ran both horizontal and vertical boarding houses and then Moved to Malaysia in 2012 to set up girls boarding at Marlborough College.  She also has been a Head of Girls Sport and Head of Department (Academic Physical Education and Psychology). Alongside her role as AHP, Leanne is also responsible for overseeing the International Pupil’s Co-ordinator, Lead Nurse and Guardians at Charterhouse.  Leanne has been instrumental in establishing co-education at Charterhouse where she also oversees and audits the implementation of the NMS across the 15 boarding houses.

M Jolly, Director of Wellbeing and Inclusion, Senior Leader, Charter House School

M Jolly is the director of wellbeing and inclusion and senior leader at Charter House school. She is also a qualified therapist and clinical Supervisor. She has worked in schools with young people for over ten years and is creating real change within her school. M Jolly, harnesses student voice to bring awareness to the school community and beyond about important issues. The EDI vision between 2021-2023 has placed emphasis on allyship and anti-discrimination, culminating in pupil-led Charters for Anti-Racism, Anti-Sexism, LGBTQ+ and Anti-Bullying. Her school were recently awarded The Rainbow Flag Award, in recognition of their pro-active and whole School approach to the positive inclusion and visibility of LGBT+ people.