Wellbeing measurement for early years settings
Supporting young children and their families is a tough job. It can be immensely rewarding but also physically and emotionally draining. If we want our early years staff to do what is asked of them, then we need to make sure that their mental health and wellbeing is effectively supported.
The simplest way to understand what early years staff need to support their mental health is to ask them. However, many early years settings do not regularly survey staff to establish their levels of wellbeing.
Please hear from Dr Abi Miranda and she discusses wellbeing in some more detail with a focus on:
wellbeing and intersectionality
some of the latest work by CORC, the Child Outcomes Research Consortium, which is the UK’s leading membership project that collects and uses evidence to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and one of leading projects
tips for practitioner and managers
Wellbeing measurement in early years settings
Dr Abi Miranda, Head of Early Years and Prevention at the Anna Freud Centre, discusses wellbeing in early years settings,
Our Wellbeing measurement for early years settings resource provides sets of questions to help early years settings better understand their staff and provide them with the support they need. It includes tools that can be used to measure wellbeing robustly and consistently.
Use these sets of questions to find out:
How early years staff are feeling
What is driving good and poor mental health (including asking staff how they feel about work practices, culture, engagement and management)
How supported staff feel
Whether staff feel equipped to support children with their mental health
Any additional support they need for their mental health and wellbeing.
Early years settings may want to use the whole survey or may want to select sections from it, depending on priorities and needs.
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Wellbeing measurement for early years settings
DownloadThis survey was developed by the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) and the Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), both based at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.
About this survey
This survey was developed by the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) and the Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), both based at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.
CORC and EBPU have significant experience of surveying young people and staff in a range of contexts. If you’d like to know more about what we do, then visit our website.
If you are considering using this survey as part of a larger piece of work, then we’d be interested to hear from you. Email us at: measuringwellbeing@annafreud.org