Understanding WellbeingLevel 1 Certificate

with Michelle Walsh @ The Waterside Centre

01254 354413

mwalsh@accross.ac.uk

1. Discuss course content

2. Discuss housekeeping

3. Set group rules

4. Complete enrolment and initial assessment

Workbook

5. Outline what is meant by stress (1.1)

6. Outline the purpose of stress on the body (1.2)

7. Discuss homework task (1.3)

Session 1 Objectives

Housekeeping

Fire evacuation – Meeting point is skate park

Toilets

Smoking – Away from the front door

Phone calls / appointments – Outside of classroom time

Commitment

Absences - Reported to tutor mwalsh@accross.ac.uk or Waterside (01254 354210)

Brews – 25p per session

Questions?

Learner information

Code of Conduct – Please make yourself familiar with this as the code of conduct details what is expected of our learners and what you can also expect from us

Appeals and grievance procedure – Speak to tutor, Info + at Main College or visit www.accross.ac.uk – Getting it right form is available in the reception area

Confidentiality – What we do with your information

Safeguarding – Building, lone working

Equality & Diversity – As a College, we ensure all learners receive fair and equal treatment on their journey. If you feel this isn’t the case then please speak to someone about it.

Ask if you are unsure

This qualification is designed to develop your understanding of a range of wellbeing topics. Each topic provides you with the opportunity to better understand your own wellbeing and that of others. There are 5 different topics:

What’s this course all about?

Unit Title Credit Value

01 Introduction to stress & stress management 3

04 Develop an awareness of substance misuse 2

05 Personal safety awareness 2

07 Introduction to alcohol awareness for the individual 3

11 Weight management & body image 3

13 credits = Level 1 Certificate

Primarily me – Tutor

Each other

Other staff at Waterside – Pink lanyards

Support worker – Julie Barnes

Dictionaries are available

ACCROSS guidance team – Main College

Varied assessment activities (to support all learning styles)

Hand-outs can be on coloured paper if easier to read

Lancashire Care: Minds Matter (NHS)If you feel that you would benefit from more personalised support in relation to your wellbeing, you may benefit from contacting the above service.Referral details available

What support is available?

Assessing your work

Your workbook will be marked by myself

Please use correct grammar (capital letters and punctuation) and be careful with your spellings. If you are unsure, ask.

Ensure you keep any additional evidence in the back of your file – This will be tracked and part of your portfolio when you hand it in

Keep your workbook tidy

Any corrections will be given back to you and marked again once completed

Completing the workbook and ALL associated tasks (to meet criteria) will give you a Level 1 Certificate in Wellbeing

Any questions so far?

To ensure that we all have a happy and productive learning experience, we need to establish some group rules.

In groups of 3 write a list of ground rules that you would like everyone (including yourself) to adhere to for the rest of the course

Each team will have the opportunity to share their ideas and then negotiate with other teams if they would like to keep/get rid of their proposed rules

If you do want to get rid of a rule then you MUST explain why

Tutor will type up the agreed list for you to sign next week

For example: “be punctual at the start of session and after breaks”

Setting group rules

Paperwork time

We must sign up to ACCROSS for our accreditation…Initial Assessment Includes...

Enrolment Form

Finance Form

Travel Expenses (2 miles +) – This is a contribution towards your travel, usually paid at the end of the course

Literacy / Numeracy Assessment

Community Learner Survey (given to you at the end of the course)

You will need to show evidence of benefit entitlement. Please remember…

“This course is (ONLY) free to people who are unemployed, actively seeking work and claiming an active benefit (JSA, ESA (WRAG), UC…”

20 minutes

BREAK TIME

One minute masterpiece

1. Get into pairs with someone you don’t know and arrange your chairs to sit facing each other.

2. Each partner needs a blank sheet of paper (A4), a marker pen and a hard surface to draw on (table?)

3. You will have 1 minute to draw a picture of each other –nobody is allowed to look at the paper as they draw their partner (not even the person drawing)

I will say “Go!” to start and “Stop!” to… stop

ICEBREAKER

It relates to the Wheel of Well-being and the 5 ways to well-being: You listened to instructions.

Your brain made sense of the language (understood that it was English, not Chinese, for example!) and what you had to do (the instructions). (Mind - Keep Learning)

Your brain told your eyes to ‘see’ the person you had to draw and to really look at the person. (Place - Take Notice)

Your brain told your hand how to hold and move the pen and what to do to draw the picture. (Body - Be Active)

Possibly - your minds were telling them something funny was going on with your partner and the others in the group – and it made some people laugh. (People - Connect)

You shared their masterpieces with your partners – and gave them a gift. (Spirit - Give)

Why that activity..?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wkp_AfluP4

What is Wellbeing?

According to the ONS, Wellbeing is measurable…“In October 2014 we released the first ever combined 3 year Personal Well-being Annual Population Dataset”

This survey asked 4 key questions… “How satisfied are you with your life nowadays?” “To what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile?” “How happy did you feel yesterday?” “How anxious did you feel yesterday?”

1. Out of 10 what do you think the UK population results are for the questions above?2. Based on the words used in the questions, what do you think personalwellbeing is about?

“Evidence suggests there are five steps we can all take to improve our mental wellbeing. Try approaching them with an open mind and judge the results for yourself.”

http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/five-steps-to-mental-wellbeing.aspx

Watch the following video produced by the NHS, and then read and complete the hand out provided by your tutor

Your Wellbeing..?

Wellbeing theory has many beneficial practical aspects to it, but it is still a theory. It is therefore important that we question or ‘critique’ the information we receive, rather than simply accepting it as fact.

Individually read the New Scientist article provided by your tutor.

There is space on side 2 for you to record any thoughts. Once you have read the article we will discuss it as a group…

A word of caution…

STRESS & STRESS MANAGEMENT

Use the hand out ‘Your Stress’ to informally reflect on and assess your own experience(s) of stress. Complete this task individually.

You will use information recorded to answer 3.1 (p4) & 3.3 (p5) later. Make sure you read and answer the questions fully.

Ask for ‘Stress and your brain’ hand-out and read the information provided. Use a highlighter to help you focus on information relating to the following questions:

1.1 (p2) What is meant by ‘stress’

1.2 (p2) Outline the purpose of stress on the body

We will discuss suggested answers before you complete written responses

What is it & why is it?

Complete 1.3 in your workbook

You can use the internet to help you

Define the following different types of stress

Homework

Type Definition

Positive stress

Negative stress

Time stress

Anticipatory stress

Situational stress

Encounter stress

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1. Discuss course content

2. Discuss housekeeping

3. Set group rules

4. Complete enrolment and initial assessment

Workbook

5. Outline what is meant by stress (1.1)

6. Outline the purpose of stress on the body (1.2)

7. Discuss homework task (1.3)

Have you completed Session 1 Objectives?

You will be looking into;

The effects of stress

Possible causes of stress & how to recognise stress

You are able to do research around these at home or in the library, if you wish to. Please do not complete them in your workbook.

Next Session

Questions