Accommodation Providers

Student Accommodation Providers

Our Student Living: collaborating to support mental health in university accommodation report recognised that accommodation providers have a key role to play in creating a higher education community that promotes positive wellbeing. It can often be accommodation staff: a cleaner, the night porter or security staff that pick up on students in distress or experiencing mental health difficulties. The report also involved developing a training scheme for front-line staff, informed by a focused research project.

The “Introduction to Student Mental Health in Accommodation Settings” is a training programme designed for those accommodation staff who work with students. For more information on this, please see below.

Working with us

Taking part in Student Minds’ accommodation provider training is just one way in which you can better support your students’ mental health and wellbeing.

Is your organisation interested in establishing a bespoke corporate partnership with us? Are you looking to run a wellbeing week - why not include fundraising for Student Minds as an activity? Do you want to empower your students to become mental health peer support facilitators?

Contact: corporate@studentminds.org.uk to find out more.

Introduction to "Student Mental Health in Accommodation Settings" Training Programme

What does the training programme cover?
Our one-day interactive training includes:

An overview of student mental health and the challenges that students face
Understanding when someone may be struggling
Communication skills and how to start conversations
Reporting and confidentiality
Boundaries for staff and managing conversations with students
Self-care and looking after yourself

Our training empowers staff to recognise problems and signpost a student to relevant support. The training day does not equip staff to diagnose specific mental health difficulties, but rather to notice signs and symptoms and provide knowledge to know how to engage in a conversation about mental health difficulties , in order to signpost students to further support.

Cost
We are able to come to your accommodation or offices to deliver the training programme, the cost for this is as follows:

£350 per person
Travel and accommodation expenses for our training team
Catering costs

Our one-day training programme can be delivered to groups of 8-16 people, if there are more than 16 members of staff to train please let us know and we can organise several training sessions with you to facilitate this.

How to book
If you would like to book our training or discuss the programme please email training@studentminds.org.uk for more details.

“A really informative and well presented day. Really enjoyed the case studies and the practical engagement with other learners.”

FAQs

Who can attend?

The training is open to all accommodation staff who interact with students. This can include:
- Hall Wardens/ Residential Assistants
- Customer Service Assistants
- Security staff
- Managers
- Cleaners
- Receptionists

Unfortunately we are unable to train students who are currently studying, and this includes students with part-time welfare related roles.

How do I pay?

The training costs £350 per person, please contact training@studentminds.org.uk to arrange the training.

How long is the training?

The training runs from 09:30 - 17.00.