This document provides an overview of a course on personal and social wellbeing. It outlines the course details including the tutor's contact information, session dates and times, expectations for participation and absences. It also lists the session objectives which include an icebreaker activity, defining wellbeing, identifying areas of life it includes, who is responsible for it, the five ways to wellbeing, and how to take care of one's own wellbeing. The document discusses how work will be assessed and what support is available. It outlines the homework assignment to research the government's role in wellbeing.

1. Understanding Personal
& Social Wellbeing
Level 1 Award
with Michelle Walsh @ The Waterside Centre
01254 354413
mwalsh@accross.ac.uk

2. Housekeeping
 Fire evacuation
 Toilets
 Smoking – Away from the front door
 Phone calls / appointments – Outside of classroom
time
 Commitment – Always AIM for 100%
 Sessions - 24th of April – 12th of June
 Absences – to be reported to tutor
mwalsh@accross.ac.uk or Waterside (01254 354413)
You will be required to catch up in your own time to
ensure you achieve the qualification
 Brews – 25p per session – WASH OWN CUPS
 Questions?

3. 1. Take part in an icebreaker
2. Identify what is meant by the term well-being
3. Identify course content & requirements
4. Outline group rules
BREAK
5. State what well-being means to you
6. Identify the areas of life well-being includes
7. Identify who is responsible for your well-being
8. Identify the FIVE ways to well-being
9. State at least 3 ways that you are able to look after your own well-
being
10. Discuss homework task - State the role of the government in
regards to well-being
11. Complete enrolment and initial assessment
Session 1 Objectives

4.  Key terminology = Wellbeing! There is a terminology guide at the
back of your book – Use this for reference during the course. Add
your own as you go along
 English = Verbally communicating effectively with others, writing
in full sentences to show your understanding of the topic. Using
dictionaries or spell checking where needed
 British Values = Respect – Forming group rules to help form
mutual respect and a comfortable learning environment for
everyone.
What else can you expect in
this session..?

5.  Discuss in small groups what you think well-being
might be – Write key words on a sheet of paper
to identify what your group think Well-being is all
about
Everyone in the group is required to contribute to
the answers and the writing in some way
What do you think
Well-being is?

7.  Sarah Stewart-Brown, professor of public health at the University of
Warwick and a wellbeing expert, says: "Feeling happy is a part of mental
wellbeing. But it’s far from the whole.
 "Feelings of contentment, enjoyment, confidence and engagement with
the world are all a part of mental wellbeing. Self-esteem and self-
confidence are, too.
 "So is a feeling that you can do the things you want to do. And so are
good relationships, which bring joy to you and those around you.
 "Of course, good mental wellbeing does not mean that you never
experience feelings or situations that you find difficult,” says Professor
Stewart-Brown. "But it does mean that you feel you have the resilience to
cope when times are tougher than usual."
 "No-one can give wellbeing to you. It's you who has to take action," says
Professor Stewart-Brown.
Source: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/improve-
What is wellbeing?

8. “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
Your Wellbeing..?

9. One minute masterpiece
1. Get into pairs with someone you don’t know and arrange your
chairs to sit facing each other.
2. Each person needs a blank sheet of paper (A4), a marker pen and
a hard surface to draw on (table?)
3. Find out your partner’s name and write it on your sheet of paper
4. 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)
5. Once complete – you will sign your masterpiece and give it to
your partner! Something for the fridge! 
I will say “Go!” to start and “Stop!” to… stop
ICEBREAKER

10. It relates to the 5 steps 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 your masterpieces with your partners – and gave them
a gift. (Spirit - Give)
Why that icebreaker..?

11. 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 and the impact that some
of the key topics have on Wellbeing.
During this qualification you are able to decide if you would like to study/work
at a higher level in areas relevant to Wellbeing, such as Substance Misuse,
Mental Health, Mentoring, Adult Care, Health & Social Care or Childcare etc.
There are 3 different topics in this Award:
What is this course all about?
Title Credit Value
Understanding Substance misuse 2
Forming and breaking Habits 2
Personal Resilience 2
6 credits = Level 1 Award

12. Assessing your work
 Your portfolio will be assessed by the tutor
 Please use correct grammar (capital letters and punctuation) and be careful with your
spellings. If you are unsure, ask, use a dictionary or spell checker. Areas for improvement
will be highlighted to help you develop your literacy skills.
 Ensure you keep any additional evidence (hand-outs, activity sheets, homework tasks) 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 portfolio and ALL associated tasks (to meet criteria) will give you a Level 1
Award in Personal & Social Wellbeing

13.  Primarily me – Michelle
 Each other
 Support worker can be requested
 Dictionaries/Glossary of terms 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 are available
What support is available?

14. Any questions so far?

15. To ensure that we all have a happy and productive learning
experience, we need to establish some group rules.
 In groups of 3/4 write a list of 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 – sometimes we need to
negotiate and compromise
Tutor will type up the agreed list for next week
For example: “be punctual at the start of session and after breaks”
Setting group rules

16. 15 minutes = Plenty of time for
a brew, chat, drink of water,
toilet visit 
BREAK TIME

17. You may have considered;
 Mental Health
 Physical Health
 Social Attributes
What does well-being mean to you?

18. Work with a partner to create a list of areas which
might include Well-being.
Example;
Social life – friends, family, relationships etc.
Physical Health –
Mental Health -
What areas of life does well-being
include?

19. Now you have explored some ideas for being
able to define Well-being;
 Complete the first page of the workbook
 All answers you provide, need to be your
own thoughts and ideas
Workbook

20. The answer is… YOU, mainly!
The government also have SOME
responsibility which you will find out
about later
Who is responsible for your well-
being?

21. What are the FIVE ways to well-
being and what do they mean?

22. Discuss this in pairs and write some
ideas down about what YOU are able
to do to ensure YOU are looking after
your own well-being.
How can you look after your own
well-being?

23. Now you have explored some ideas about the
responsibility for Well-being;
 Complete the second page of the workbook
 All answers you provide, need to be your own
thoughts and ideas
Workbook

24. Research the role of the government in
regards to well-being
Take the small workbook home with you…
Write a few sentences about what the government are doing to
promote and support people with well-being
Stretch: Are there any other things the government plan to do in
the future?
Homework

25. 1. Take part in an icebreaker
2. Identify what is meant by the term well-being
3. Identify course content & requirements
4. Outline group rules
5. Complete enrolment and initial assessment
BREAK
6. State what well-being means to you
7. Identify the areas of life well-being includes
8. Identify who is responsible for your well-being
9. Identify the FIVE ways to well-being
10. State at least 3 ways that you are able to look after your own well-
being
11. Discuss homework task - State the role of the government in
regards to well-being
Session 1 Objectives
Did you..?

26. Use your guide to help you login – resources from
each session and more (relating to Wellbeing) will
be on here. These can be used to help you look
over what we covered in the session and to
further expand on different topics.
If you are not able to make it into a session then
you would need to use the information from
ItsLearning to catch up. This is your responsibility.
ItsLearning - Demonstration

27. You will be looking into;
Substance Misuse
 Substances that people misuse
 Effects of substance misuse on the individual
Next Session

28. Paperwork time
You must sign up to ACCROSS for our accreditation so that you gain a qualification
and certificate …
These ones need to be completed…
 Enrolment Form
 Learning Support Form
 Finance Form – To be completed by those NOT claiming UC,
JSA or ESA WRAG
 Personal Data/ICT Acceptable Use Form
 Literacy / Numeracy Assessment Booklet
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 such as JSA, ESA (WRAG), UC…”

29. Questions