CLMH lessons learned-IAG, learning-support and teachers

1. Welcome How was your experience of the CLMH project?Thank you for being part of the DfE community learning mental health (CLMH) research project. This project has taken staff and learners on some exciting journeys. We know it's been tough at times, but we hope you enjoyed it. We could not have done it without you.

If you were involved in any of the following: Careers/information, advice and guidance

(IAG) Learning support Teaching

as paid and unpaid, qualified and unqualified staff we invite you to complete this anonymous survey. We will use it to make recommendations about future professional and volunteer training/continuous professional development (CPD) for community learning. 

It will take you about 15 minutes. We ask about your experiences of the project, about any training/ continuous professional development you had, the wellbeing in your organisation and your own wellbeing, but mostly we ask you what ideas you have for how to improve things.

The questions are in short pages so it's easier to complete on a mobile device. Most questions are multiple choice. Options are in chronological or A-Z order, to show we intend no hierarchy (i.e. the ones at the top are no more or less important than those in the middle or bottom of a list). 

Text box responses will take you a little longer, but they are probably the most important. This is because we ask you to tell us about your experience, what you think about something and what you recommend. Don't worry if there's not enough space in a box for everything you want to say or share with us. You can add extra comments and upload up to 5 files at the end of the survey.

We want to know what you really think, so we don't ask for your name or email address. We only ask for anonymised information.

Your responses are confidential. As soon as you click 'save and continue' or 'finish' they are encrypted and saved to the secure cloud, on servers in the UK. We ask you which project you were involved in but if you don't want to tell us, there's a 'prefer not to say' option. We will never report the findings in a way that identifies you.

This survey will close at midnight on Friday 8th September 2017, we look forward to learning from your response. 

With thanks in advanceCatina BarrettDepartment for Educationcatina.barrett@education.gov.uk | catina.barrett@icloud.com07920493620

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2. What are you most proud of? Thinking about your involvement in CLMH, what are you most proud of? *

 

3. Thinking about when and how you have been involved? When were you involved in the CLMH project? Choose all that apply. *

  Phase-1a (April 2015 - March 2016)

  Phase-1b (April 2016 - July 2016)

  Phase-2 (August 2016 - July 2017)

 

Did your role in the CLMH project include guidance (careers/IAG)? (Qualified or unqualified; paid or unpaid) *

  No

  Yes

4. Thinking about your careers/IAG qualification/s 

Do you have a careers/IAG qualification? *

  No

  Studying for my first careers/IAG qualification

  Yes

5. Which first careers/IAG qualification are you studying for?Which careers/IAG qualification are you studying for? *

  Non-accredited learning

  Entry level qualification

  Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Level 4/Foundation Degree

  Degree level

  Postgraduate level

6. Your highest careers/IAG qualificationWhich one of the following is your highest-level career/IAG qualification? *

  Non-accredited learning

  Qualification obtained outside the UK system/framework

  Entry level qualification

  Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Level 4/Foundation Degree

  Degree level

  Postgraduate level

  Other (please describe): 

7. Do you have a specialism, in your role/ qualification/s? 

Have you got a careers/IAG/guidance specialism? *

  No

  Yes

8. Your careers/IAG specialismWhat's your careers/IAG/guidance specialism? A-Z list. Choose all that apply. *

  Blind and partially sighted people

  Carers

  Deaf/deafened/hard of hearing people

  Employment support

  Link work

  Mid-life

  Neurodiversity

  Newcomers/migrants

  Older people

  People with mental health problems

  Physically disabled people

  Specific occupational sector/s

  Rehabilitation of offenders

  Speakers of other languages

  Other (please describe): 

9. Thinking about learning support 

Did your role in the CLMH project include providing learning support? (Qualified or unqualified; paid or unpaid) *

  No

  Yes

10. Do you have a learning support qualification? 

Do you have a learning support qualification? *

  No

  Studying for my first learning support qualification

  Yes

11. Which first learning support qualification are you studying for? 

Which learning support qualification are you studying for? *

  Non-accredited learning

  Entry level qualification

  Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Level 4/Foundation Degree

  Degree level

  Postgraduate level

12. Your highest learning support qualification 

Which one of the following is your highest-level learning support qualification? *

  Non-accredited learning

  Qualification obtained outside the UK system/framework

  Entry level qualification

  Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Level 4/Foundation Degree

  Degree level

  Postgraduate level

  Other (please describe): 

13. Thinking about teaching 

Did your role in the CLMH project include teaching? (Qualified or unqualified; paid or unpaid) *

  No

  Yes

14. Do you have a teaching qualification? 

Do you have a teaching qualification? *

  No

  Studying for my first teaching qualification

  Yes

15. Which teaching qualification are you studying for?Which teaching qualification are you studying for? *

  Non-accredited learning

  Entry level qualification

  Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Level 4/Foundation Degree

  Degree level

  Postgraduate level

16. Your highest teaching qualification 

Which one of the following is your highest-level teaching qualification? *

  Non-accredited learning

  Qualification obtained outside the UK system/framework

  Entry level qualification

  Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Level 4/Foundation Degree

  Degree level

  Postgraduate level

  Other (please describe): 

17. What is your subject specialism?

In which of the following subject/occupational areas: Did you teach as part of the CLMH project? Do you hold qualifications in at degree/equivalent level or above? Do you usually teach in your organisation? (Source: Ofqual - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/types-of-regulated-qualifications/qualification-descriptions#sector)

I taught on CLMH project

I am qualified to degree level or

aboveI usually teach this in

my organisation1. Health, Public Services and Care         2. Science and Mathematics         3. Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care         4. Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies         5. Construction, Planning and the Built Environment         6. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)         7. Retail and Commercial Enterprise         8. Leisure, Travel and Tourism         9. Arts, Media and Publishing         10. History, Philosophy and Theology         

11. Social Sciences         12. Languages, Literature and Culture         13. Education and Training         14. Preparation for Life and Work         15. Business, Administration, Finance and Law         

Comments:   

18. Thinking about your training as part of the CLMH project In phase-1, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) awarded providers up to 50% of their funding to train their staff to deliver the project. As part of the evaluation, organisations told us what training they provided to staff to skill them up for various roles in the project. Now we'd like to get your perspective on that training. 

Did you attend, or seek out for yourself, any training/CPD opportunities to support your role in the CLMH project? Note: These questions are about the training professional development that was organised for you locally. They are NOT about the training that was organised nationally for project leads and managers by the national team. *

  No

  Yes

19. Your training and co-production One of the ways we applied the disability rights equality principle of ‘nothing about us without us’ in the CLMH research project was by making sure all the training and support the national team gave project leads and managers was co-produced with people who have lived experience (either themselves or as carers/close family members or friends) of mild to moderate mental health problems. In their bids to be part of this work all projects were required to adopt this principle of co-production in all the training/professional development they offered their CLMH project team, not only training about mental health.

This is what we mean by co-production: "Co-production is not just a word, it is not just a concept, it is a meeting of minds coming together to find shared solutions. In practice, co-production in this research meant involving people with mild to moderate mental health problems who had also been involved in further education as colleagues or learners, or researchers, being consulted, included and working together from the start to the end of the project. Co-production in CLMH worked best when learners and colleagues with mild to moderate mental health problems developed ideas and ways of working in equal partnership, were valued by the organisation as equals, shared power and influenced decisions." Adapted from The TLAP National Co-Production Advisory Group: http://bit.ly/2ftpOpG

20. Tell us more about this training/CPD It might seem like we are asking a lot of you in these next few questions, and you'd be right. That's because it's not often we get a chance to learn from so many community learning educators - all working on the same thing at the same time for more than 2 years - where workforce development and wellbeing has played such a large and important part in the work. So, we want to learn from your experiences and thinking in order to find out what training/CPD staff need and how much of it to inform policy and commissioning.

CLMH mental health training/CPD: Which of the following did you attend? A-Z order. Choose all that apply. NOTE: We are not asking you here about Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, as there is a separate section.

  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy/IAPT services

  Mental health recovery

  Mental health service landscape - about local services

  Mental health services landscape - national

  Mindfulness (CBT)

  Mindfulness (not CBT based)

  None

  Rationale/business case/evidence for your local project

  Rationale/business case/evidence for the national project

  Suicide prevention

  Working with agencies/organisations from other sectors

Comments:   

21. Was your mental health training co-produced? 

CLMH mental health training/CPD: Was this co-produced by learners or colleagues with lived experience of mild to mental health problems, as described above? *

  Don't know

  Might have been but no one said

  No

  Yes

22. Who were the co-producers of your mental health training?And were the co-producers of your mental health training: Choose all that apply.

  Colleagues from another education provider

  Colleagues in your organisation, including volunteers

  Learners who have completed a CLMH course

  Learners with prior experience of non-CLMH community learning

  People from local NHS mental health services

  People from a local third sector mental health organisation

  You

  Other (please specify): 

Comments:   

23. Research related training/CPD 

CLMH research training/CPD: Which of the following did you attend? A-Z order. Choose all that apply.

  Data collection tools and methods (specific to this project)

  Data protection

  Discovering Potential - CLMH guidance approach and wheels

  Digital skills/resilience

  Ensuring people have equality of opportunity to participate in research

  Ethics and methods

  Guidance conversations using the CLMH survey for research volunteers

  How to ensure research is inclusive of people who are newcomers and/or speakers of other languages

  Informed consent and privacy notices

  None

  Understanding the data CLMH is collecting

  Using PHQ9, GAD7 and SWEMWBS tools

  Using translated and other accessible versions of PHQ9, GAD7 and SWEMWBS

Comments:   

24. Was your research training co-produced? 

CLMH research training/CPD: Was this co-produced by learners or colleagues with lived experience of mild to mental health problems, as described above? *

  Don't know

  Might have been but no one said

  No

  Yes

25. Who were the co-producers of your research training?And were the co-producers of your research training: Choose all that apply.

  Colleagues from another education provider

  Colleagues in your organisation, including volunteers

  Learners who have completed a CLMH course

  Learners with prior experience of non-CLMH community learning

  People from local NHS mental health services

  People from a local third sector mental health organisation

  You

  Other (please specify): 

Comments:   

26. Education related training/CPD

Training/CPD to improve your guidance/learning support/teaching practice: Which of the following did you attend? A-Z order. Choose all that apply.

  A new teaching subject (not mental health)

  Best practice (to date) in inclusive guidance, teaching, learning and assessment (TLA) for people with symptoms of mental health problems

  Co-production/learner involvement/learner voice

  Curriculum development

  Leadership

  Looking after your own mental health and the mental health of colleagues

  None

  Project management

  Related to education theory

  Safeguarding learners and staff with mental health problems

Comments:   

27. Was your training to improve your educational practice co-produced?Training/CPD to improve your guidance/learning support/teaching practice: Was this co-produced by learners or colleagues with lived experience of mild to mental health problems, as described above? *

  Don't know

  Might have been but no one said

  No

  Yes

28. Who were the co-producers of your educational practice training?

And were the co-producers of this training/CPD to improve your guidance/learning support/teaching practice: Choose all that apply.

  Colleagues from another education provider

  Colleagues in your organisation, including volunteers

  Learners who have completed a CLMH course

  Learners with prior experience of non-CLMH community learning

  People from local NHS mental health services

  People from a local third sector mental health organisation

  You

  Other (please specify): 

Comments:   

29. Training you wantedWas there any CLMH training/CPD you wanted to attend but couldn't? *

  No

  Yes

30. Making it possible for you to attendWhat would have made it possible for you to attend? *

 

31. Did you seek out training for yourself? 

Was there any additional/different training you sought out for yourself to support you to deliver the CLMH project? *

  No

  Yes

32. Training you sought out 

Please tell us about any training you sought out for yourself, e.g. What was the subject? Where did you get the training from? How did you access it? (e.g. who provided it and was it face to face or online or blended) How many hours? How much did it cost? *

 

33. What was the least useful training/CPD for you? 

What was the name or subject of the training you found least useful to your role in this project? *

 

 

Describe this least useful training, in 3 words (not trying to make a sentence of them) *

1.   *

2.   *

3.   *

34. What was the most useful training/CPD for you? 

What was the name or subject of the training you found most useful to your role in this project? *

  

If ET (The Extra-terrestrial) observed your guidance/learning support/teaching, what 3 pieces of evidence would they see of improvements in your practice as a result of this [question (5183888)] training? If you do not tell us anything here we will assume that your practice did not improve. *

Evidence 1  

 *

Evidence 2  

 *

Evidenc  

e 3   *

35. What was missing? 

Looking back over your experience of the CLMH project, what training/CPD subjects and/or opportunities were missing for you personally? *

 

36. Personal experience 

Do you, or someone you care about, have lived experience of mental health problems? *

  No

  Yes

37. Sharing your lived experienceDid you share your lived experience with others during your involvement in the project? *

  No, I am very private about myself

  No, I am too worried people might judge or see me differently

  No, I've moved on from that time

  Yes, when appropriate - but only with colleagues, never with learners

  Yes, when appropriate - but only with research volunteers/learners, never with colleagues

  Yes, with colleagues, research volunteers/learners and others, when appropriate

Comments:   

38. About mental health first aid (MHFA) and safeguardingIn this section, we are interested in:

What training and support you need to respond to people with mild to moderate

mental health problems who are in emotional distress

What training and support you need to maintain your skills, confidence and motivation to safeguard the right of adults with mental health problems to autonomy, and respect to make their own choices and decisions

Have you completed mental health first aid (MHFA) training, as part of this project or in another context? *

  I don't know what MHFA training is

  No

  Yes

39. MHFA 

Which mental health first aid (MHFA) training did you have? A-Z order. Choose all that apply. *

  Armed forces mental health first aiders (2-days)

  Higher education mental health champions (1-day)

  I don't know which one it was?

  Mental health aware (half-day)

  Mental health champion (1-day)

  Mental health first aider (2-days)

  Mental health first aid instructors (7-days)

  Youth MHFA aware (schools programme) (half-day)

  Youth MHFA champion (1-day)

  Youth mental health first aider (2-days) 

Did the mental health first aid (MHFA) training you had prepare you for dealing effectively with acute emotional/mental distress in your job? A-Z order. *

  I don’t know

  I don’t understand this question

  No, it didn't, but my personal experience/s did

  Yes, it gave me confidence

  Yes, it gave me practical skills

  It improved my own mental wellbeing

  No 

Looking back over your experience of the CLMH project, did you need anything more to: respond to people with mild to moderate mental health problems who were in emotional distress? to safeguard the right of adults with mental health problems to autonomy, and respect to make their own choices and decisions? *

  No

  Yes

Comments:   

40. What's really needed?Please tell us what training/CPD you think practitioners really need, to be able to bring together what they know about mental health with what they know about education, in order to facilitate learning that enables adults with mental health problems to fulfil their potential through learning. *

 

41. Risk-positive safeguardingLooking back over your experience of the CLMH project, did the safeguarding training you had prior to the project sufficiently prepare you for safeguarding around mental health? A-Z order *

  I don’t know

  I don’t understand this question

  It gave me something to build on

  It didn't, but my personal experience did

  No

  Yes

Comments:   42. Local CLMH-specific safeguarding training/CPD 

Did anything about the safeguarding training/CPD you accessed as part of the CLMH project, enable you to take a more risk-positive approach? A-Z order. *

  I didn't have any safeguarding training as part of the CLMH project

  No

  Yes

Comments:   

43. What training/CPD would support risk-positive safeguarding?Please tell us what you think would give adult educators the skills, confidence and support to be risk-positive around adult mental health to safeguard the right of adults with mental health problems to autonomy, and respect to make their own choices and decisions. *

 

44. We can't do this work unless we look after ourselves 

Funded by Public Health England, the Workplace Wellbeing Charter National Award for England is designed so that organisations can show their commitment to the health of the people who work for them.

The following questions about the wellbeing of your organisation are adapted from the Charter standards: http://www.wellbeingcharter.org.uk/What-is-the-Charter.php

Does your organisation have a mental well-being/stress prevention strategy in place? *

  Don't know

  Don't understand this question

  No

  Yes

45. Does your organisation follow this strategy? 

And is this strategy followed? *

  No

  Yes

 

On a scale of 0 (not at all) to 5 (fully), how conducive is your workplace environment to health and employee welfare, e.g. drinking water, washing facilities, clean toilets, eating facilities etc.? *

0 1 2 3 4 5

                  

On a scale of 0 (not at all) to 5 (fully), how far are employees aware that mental health and wellbeing issues are valid? *

0 1 2 3 4 5

                  

And, on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 5 (fully), to what degree are the people who seek to address these issues fully supported by the organisation? *

0 1 2 3 4 5

                  

On a scale of 0 (not at all) to 5 (fully), to what extent do all staff feel included and involved in the promotion of workplace mental wellbeing? *

0 1 2 3 4 5

                  

On a scale of 0 (not at all) to 5 (fully), to what extent do your senior managers encourage a consistent and positive approach to employee wellbeing throughout the organisation? *

0 1 2 3 4 5

                  

Overall, what difference did being part of the CLMH project make on mental wellbeing in your organisation? Choose one and please add any comments to explain your choice. *

  It got worse

  It stayed the same

  It got better

Comments:   

47. How's your mental wellbeing? 

What's your own wellbeing like? (You will recognise this Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) from the CLMH learner survey.) Below are some statements about feelings and thoughts. Please choose the ones that best describe your experience of each over the last 2 weeks. *

None of the time Rarely Some of the

time Often All of the time

1. I’ve been feeling optimistic about the future               2. I’ve been feeling useful               3. I’ve been feeling relaxed               

None of the time Rarely Some of the

time Often All of the time

4. I’ve been dealing with problems well               5. I’ve been thinking clearly               6. I’ve been feeling close to other people               7. I’ve been able to make up my own mind about things               

48. Did your wellbeing change?Overall, what difference did being part of the CLMH project make on your mental wellbeing? Choose one and please add any comments to explain your choice. *

  It got worse

  It stayed the same

  It got better

Comments:  

49. About your project 

Which CLMH project/s were you part of? *

Comments:   

50. Two final questionsHow likely is it that you would recommend getting involved in a research project like the community learning mental health project to a friend or colleague? *

  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Not at all likely                                 

Extremely likely

Comments:   

 

Ask anyone in community learning what's the best thing about the job, and they’ll tell you it’s the changes we see in learners. What positive memories will you take away from this project? *

 

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52. What next?Next steps after July 2017

July-September 2017: DfE will collect additional information, via interviews and surveys like this, from staff who have been involved in the project. This is to ensure we gather as much learning as possible from all the time and effort people have given this project and for the investment of public funding to make sure that any changes that result are improvements

August - November 2017: Ipsos MORI (the external evaluator) will analyse the data and produce a draft report. We will hold a meeting with project leads during November to discuss the findings

December 2017: Ipsos MORI will send the draft report for academic peer review

January 2018: we will know what the findings are from the research and DfE will publish them 

February - March 2018: Dissemination of the findings and outputs and resources from the project.

We will keep your organisation informed, send the findings to it, and invite it to be part of national dissemination activities. 

After you click 'finish' for this survey you'll be taken a completely separate CLMH dissemination mailing survey. If you'd like us to keep you informed directly too, by telling you about the findings, final report, dissemination activities and any resources, please register your contact details. If you are not interested, simply close your browser tab/window.