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MindEd is a free educational resource on children,
young people, adults and older people's mental health

For Professionals and Volunteers

This is for you if you work, volunteer or are studying to work with infants, children, teenagers or adults. MindEd has elearning applicable across the health, social care, education, criminal justice and community settings. It is aimed at anyone from beginner through to specialist. View our Session Brochure to see our full catalogue of elearning sessions.

The MindEd Tips and Resources Hub offers quick access learning for professionals working across health and education settings. The Tips and Resources Hub features accessible tips and resources for professionals on feeding problems and eating disorders, top tips for education staff, and wellbeing tips for blue light service staff . The hub also provides coronavirus staff resilience tips, created to support frontline staff working through the Covid-19 pandemic.

For Education and Healthcare staff working in Education Settings

See our learning programme on “Every Interaction matters” and “Wellbeing for Education Return” for easy to use slide sets, webinar recordings and tools.

See also our tips for education staff to look after themselves and colleagues and browse our wider resources which will be of relevance. See our Education learning paths section for an idea of what other services have selected.

It is not compulsory, but the best way to use MindEd is by creating a learning account. If you are already a registered MindEd user, or you want to sign up for a free account you can do so here.

Volunteers

For Parents and Carers

Are you a parent or carer who is concerned about the mental health of your child or teenager? Do you just want some hints and tips on parenting? MindEd for Families has advice and information from trusted experts and will help you to understand what problems occur, what you can do to best support your family, and how to take care of yourself. MindEd for Families is written by a team of specialists and parents, working together.

You do not need to register to use these resources.

Parents and Carers
Older Person

For Older People

Are you concerned about the mental health of an older family member, parent or grandparent? Or are you concerned about your own mental health as you get older? MindEd for Families has advice and information from trusted experts and will help you to understand what problems occur, what you can do to take care of yourself, and your family. MindEd for Families is written by a team of specialists and older people, working together.

You do not need to register to use these resources.

MindEd is suitable for all adults working with, or caring for, infants, children or teenagers, adults and older people, including people with a learning disability and autistic people; all the information provided is quality assured by experts, useful, and easy to understand. We aim to give adults who care for, or work with people:

  • the knowledge to support their wellbeing
  • the understanding to identify a child, young person or adult at risk of a mental health condition
  • the confidence to act on their concern and, if needed, signpost to services that can help

MindEd is multi-professional, and can be used by teachers, health and mental health professionals, police and judiciary staff, social workers, youth service volunteers, school counsellors among others to support their professional development.

All registered learners can access a learning path tailored to their needs.

Throughout the MindEd site we make use of images and videos. In all cases, except where specifically noted, these images and videos use actors and are not intended to represent any specific person.

Disclaimer

Please note that the advice provided on MindEd is written and quality assured by experts in mental health and is accurate and comprehensive as possible. It is however only general advice and should not be used as a substitute for any individual advice you might receive from consulting your own doctor/mental health professional. Please use your own judgement when deciding how best to apply our information to any specific situation or proposed treatment. This applies to any clinical professionals, who should use their own clinical judgement when interpreting the information on MindEd and deciding how to best apply it in the treatment of patients.

MindEd is created by the following organisations: