Westmorland and Furness ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistants) Impact Survey 2025 (for ELSAs) - Page 1 of 3 - Westmorland and Furness Council

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1. Please indicate if you are an infant, junior, primary, secondary or special setting.

(Required) Infant Junior Primary Secondary Special

2. How long have you been an ELSA?

(Required) Less than 6 months 6 months to less than 12 months 1 year to less than 2 years 2 years to less than 3 years 3 years or more

3. How many other ELSAs are there currently in your school?

(Required) 0 1 2 3 4 or more

4. How much time in your working week is protected to undertake ELSA work?

(Required) 0 hours More than 0 hours, less than 3 hours More than 3 hours, less than 5 hours More than 5 hours, less than 8 hours More than 8 hours

Do you have any comments on the amount of protected ELSA time you have?

5. Do you have a dedicated “ELSA” space to undertake your ELSA work?

(Required) Yes Yes – but space is multi-purpose so shared No – and there is no plan to provide one Not yet but we intend to provide one in the future

6. Do you have access to resources to support your ELSA work?

(Required) Yes No

If you answered “Yes” to the above, can you outline what resources they are? If you answered “No”, can you outline which resources you are lacking, and would find useful? (Required)

7. Do you, or did you, attend the EP/BEWO Team ELSA supervision sessions during your first two years after completing the ELSA training?

(Required) Yes No

If no, what were the barriers to attending?

8. How helpful do you feel the EP/BEWO Team ELSA supervision is?

(Required) 1 (Not helpful) 2 3 4 5 (Extremely helpful)

9. Do you receive any other form of supervision in your school, other than the EP/BEWO Team supervision?

(Required) Yes No

If you answered “Yes” above, please outline what form this takes. If you answered “No” above, please outline whether you would like more supervision and what form that could take. (Required)

10. To what extent do you feel that the Senior Leaders in your school prioritise...

(Required)

Please explain the answer you gave above about the extent you feel senior leaders prioritise the ELSA work in school. Can you describe how they demonstrate this? What do they do to show their support? (Required)

11. How many children/young people have accessed the ELSA intervention in your school in the past 12 months?

(Required) 0-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51 or more

12. When working with the children and young people which of the following are you supporting them with?

(Required) Confidence and Self Esteem Separation and attachment Emotional regulation Social/Friendship skills Lesson engagement Loss and Bereavement Other

If other, please explain

13. Considering the pupils you have supported this year, to what extent do you feel the ELSA work is impacting on the needs identified in the previous question?

(Required)

Please provide examples of evidence to support your rankings (Required)

14. To what extent do you agree that being an ELSA within your school has had a positive impact on the school's internal capacity to support vulnerable learners and their emotional wellbeing?

(Required) Strongly Agree Agree Don't know Disagree Strongly Disagree

15. What other initiatives/roles/programmes are in place in your school to support pupil wellbeing?

(Required) Mental Health lead/champion Mental Health Support Team (MHST) School Counsellor Decider Skills Lego Therapy Youth Mental Health First Aiders Trauma Informed Approaches THRIVE approaches Other No other initiatives/roles/programmes are in place

16. Is there any additional training we could provide to support you in your role as an ELSA? Consider if there are any issues that you regularly support that were not covered by the initial training?

17. Are there any other comments you wish to make?