Resources
The Menu
- Schools Mental Health Menu(opens in a new window)
- Schools Mental Health Menu summary (DOCX)(opens in a new window)
- Schools Mental Health Skills Checklist (DOCX) (staff login required)(opens in a new window) – outlines the professional roles, key activities and minimum expected qualifications of staff available for schools to purchase through the Menu
Planning tools
- Schools mental health planning tool (PDF) (staff login required)(opens in a new window) – this resource is a fillable PDF form that school staff will need to save to their computer before completing. It is designed to help schools better understand the mental health and wellbeing needs of their students and to simplify their decision-making process for selecting items from the Menu
- Mental health and wellbeing toolkit(opens in a new window) – provides expert guidance and resources on mental health and wellbeing promotion and support aimed at schools, their communities, health and wellbeing workforces and mental health practitioners
- Inclusive student voice toolkit (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – provides resources to support the voice, agency and leadership of students with disability
Procurement resources
- Schools Mental Health Fund: instructions for reporting expenditure (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – provides guidance to schools on reporting both cash and credit expenditure transactions for the Fund
- Procurement rules of use (DOCX) (staff login required)(opens in a new window) – provides guidance to schools to ensure compliance with departmental procurement policy and procedures when purchasing items from the Menu
- Purchasing a Wellbeing Dog – template agreements to be used for the purchase of a dog to support implementation of a Menu program
Factsheets and guidance
- Schools Mental Health Fund and Menu factsheet (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – provides an overview of the design, roll out and implementation of the Fund and Menu
- Using the Schools Mental Health Fund and Menu following a natural disaster or critical incident factsheet (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – outlines how the Fund and Menu can be used to support the recovery, mental health and wellbeing of students
- Whole school approaches factsheet (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – summarises whole school approaches that are available on the Schools Mental Health Menu
- Koorie Education Workforce and schools factsheet (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – provides information for the Koorie Education Workforce (KEW) and schools on how the Schools Mental Health Fund and Menu can support the wellbeing and mental health needs of Koorie students
- Peer support factsheet for schools (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – provides an overview of peer support and information about how schools can implement peer support programs or purchase related services, programs or professionals from the Menu
Other resources
- Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System final report(opens in a new window) – provides 65 recommendations that set out the reforms needed to transform Victoria’s mental health system, including one directly related to education (Recommendation 17)
- Framework for Improving Student Outcomes (FISO 2.0) policy – provides tools and resources to assist schools to implement the FISO 2.0
- Student Mental Health Branch Arc page(opens in a new window) – a suite of professional learning sessions and recordings to assist school staff in familiarising themselves with the Fund and Menu
Resources to support the Schools Mental Health Fund and Menu Policy
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