Becci Owen
Assistant National Mental Health Lead, Oasis Community Learning
Becci is the Assistant National Mental Health Lead for a large school trust that works across many parts of England. The trailblazing work undertaken within Oasis Education sets the tone and paves the way for what the trust believes should be a blueprint for all education providers. Supporting the whole community: students, staff and our families’ mental health and emotional wellbeing is key to making a significant difference to people’s lives.
Becci originally trained as a teacher and worked in secondary schools for 15 years, including within safeguarding and mental health. She now helps to lead a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals supporting pupils and their families to achieve and grow.
1 Workshop series one
Protecting your safeguarding staff: A trust-led approach to maintaining health, safety and well-being
Safeguarding can be a hugely rewarding area of practice. Protecting children and young people in risky and complex situations can also be tough, especially when things go wrong. This workshop will explore the trust's duty of care to protect its safeguarding workforce physically, emotionally, mentally and professionally. Raminder and Becci will share her extensive experience of creating protective structures for the safeguarding professionals in their trusts, and strategies to identify and respond to staff in crisis.