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title: "Mental Health"
url: "https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding/mental-health"
school: "The Forum Centre"
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# Mental Health

## Mental Health

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We are committed to improving the well-being of children and staff.  Staff at The Forum Centre have all completed some form of mental health training in order to meet the support needs of our children.  The training provided includes Education Psychologist supervision, STEPS therapeutic thinking, Trauma informed schools practitioner on site (Jo Herald).

The staff wellbeing group takes place every three weeks to make sure the school is in the best position to support our staff.

**Well-being governor**: Thyrza Pickering

**Well-being SLT member**: Kim Rickford

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Visit [Dorset Youth](https://dorsetyouth.com/) for more information on how you can help provide young people with mental health support.

 Coping with Self-harm Brochure  547 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/the-forum-centre/files/documents/Coping_with_Self_Harm_Brochure_FINAL_copyright.pdf)

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### World Mental Health Day is on the 10th October 2025

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### Wellbeing

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### Safeguarding

- [Anti-bullying](https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding/anti-bullying)
- [Mental Health](https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding/mental-health)
- [Online Safety](https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding/online-safety)
- [PREVENT](https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding/prevent)
- [Private Fostering](https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding/private-fostering)
- [Safeguarding](https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding)
- [Wellbeing](https://theforumcentre.com/safeguarding/wellbeing)

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 **The Forum Centre**
Park Road
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 7BX
Tel: 01258 455202

Headteacher: Kim Rickford

Opening times: 8:30am - 4:30pm (Mon-Fri)
Official start of the compulsory day: 9:15am
Total pupil hours in one typical week = 40 hours

Our Chair of Governors is Thyrza Pickering. They can be contacted via the Clerk to the Governors.

SENCO: Joe Callender

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