Incident Debriefing & Crisis Support

When a serious incident happens in school, it can feel overwhelming — emotionally, practically, and professionally. Whether you're navigating a safeguarding disclosure, a mental health crisis, or the aftermath of a serious online harm, you don’t have to manage it alone.
We offer calm, compassionate support from professionals who understand the pressure schools are under. With expertise in policing, clinical child psychology, and safeguarding, we help you respond with care, clarity, and confidence — when it matters most.

We also offer retainer packages for schools and trusts who want priority access to support when it's urgently needed. 

How We Work

Our consultancy support includes:

  • Rapid Response: Support available within 24–48 hours (subject to availability)
  • Calm Debriefing: Safe, confidential space for staff to process, reflect, and plan
  • Action-Focused: We help you make sense of what happened, meet statutory duties, and strengthen your systems and policies
  • Trauma-Informed: Our approach centres psychological safety for both students and staff

What we support with

Immediate Incident Response

  • On call consultancy (remote or in person to guide a first response)
  • Help assessing the severity and nature of incident 
  • Guidance on communication
  • Liaison Support with external bodies (police, social services, social media platform reporting)

Incident Debrief and Reflection

  • Facilitated debrief sessions for staff. What happened? What Worked? What Didn’t?
  • Student debriefing and Psychological Support
  • Psychological Support for impacted Staff and/or Students
  • Structured Documentation and report templates for internal use

Mental Health Triage and Support

  • Mental Health check ins
  • Sign posting and direct referrals to relevant services 
  • Staff and wellbeing sessions after high stress incidents
  • Parent guidance on how to support children post incident

Preventative Workshops

  • Targeted workshops around a specific theme (e.g sexting, online bullying, misinformation etc).  
  • Restorative Practices (repairing harm with peer groups)
  • School wide awareness campaigns 
  • Anonymous Q&A sessions for students 

When Schools Call Us 

Prices

Service Type

Fee

90-min remote incident debrief

£275

Half-day in-person debrief/support

£495

Full-day crisis response (on-site)

£795

Post-incident review & strategy session

From £650

Multi-incident and MAT-level packages available on request.
Evening and weekend rates may vary slightly based on urgency 

© Copyright 2025 Safe Minds Strong Schools Initiative - All Rights Reserved
Designed by Oxted Web Design www.oxtedwebdesign.co.uk