Working on Worries (WoW): Fully Funded Training for Primary School Support Staff to Deliver Parent-led CBT for Child Anxiety Problems

Following three successful rounds of training, we have trained 107 pastoral workers and support staff to deliver Parent-Led CBT for Child Anxiety Problems within their schools for primary aged children. We are running a fourth wave of training in Parent-Led CBT, taking place in February. This will consist of two consecutive days of in-person training, supplemented by a day of online training that enables schools to offer the intervention in an online format. As this is a fully funded programme, there is no cost to schools who wish to participate with the exception of releasing staff to be trained and the cost of additional intervention books if schools decide to provide copies for families to keep.

Please use the following link to see our Information Leaflet and find out more about Working on Worries. If you are interested in taking part, please complete our Expression of Interest Form to sign up to an orientation session, in which the project and your potential involvement will be discussed in more detail.

It has been wonderful to see the passion of school staff who are engaging with the programme to develop new skills with which to support their students' mental health. We have continued to receive positive feedback from school staff about the training. Looking at the feedback we received, it is clear that our newly trained pastoral workers and support staff saw the value of the programme.