Workload pressure
Teachers and principals carry heavy workloads, and the secondary teachers’ collective agreement expects employers to keep workloads reasonable and safe.
Who we help / Schools
Look after the people who look after our children.
Text check-ins that reach teachers, staff and students, with help that follows through. No app, no login.
No app to download, no login to forget, no data to run out. Free for staff to reply.*
*Once connected to your communication provider.
NZ-based and NZ-owned. Local support, NZ helplines. hello@wellbeingsolutions.co · wellbeingsolutions.co.
What we hear
The pressures behind the role.
Hard to reach in time
Busy staff rarely ask for help, and access to outside services can be slow.
After hours and after events
Difficult events and exam pressure don’t keep school hours.
SMS check-in
Check in. Hear back. Get help to the right person.
- Checking people are safe, and connecting them to help: that’s the purpose. Every reply is acknowledged, so they know they’ve been heard.
- Ask for support, and a professional will be in touch: anyone who asks for support is connected to your school’s approved professional support.
- Your questions, your answers: Write your own questions and answers – Yes/No, multiple choice or anything you need. Each answer leads to the right next step.
- Support that remembers: the professional can see earlier conversations, not just the latest one, so nobody has to start their story again. Next steps and follow-ups are recorded, and every action is logged.
- Professional support can see past check-ins, so they can spot patterns and prioritise who needs help first.
- Ready for emergencies and business continuity: safety check-ins are written in advance. Reach out to your people quickly, check everyone is safe, and connect anyone who needs help.
- The right message to the right people: personalised by name, sent to everyone or to one staff team, year group or campus, now or scheduled. Staff pay nothing for the texts, and there’s no app or login.
- Leadership reporting, trends not names: leaders see anonymised trends, updated daily, to guide support and training. Only approved professional support sees personal details.
- Student check-ins, with care: schools can send check-ins to students too. The school manages consent, anyone can opt out at any time, and anyone who asks for support is connected to the school’s approved professional support.
AI-4U
A little unsure? Start here.
AI-4U is online chat you can type in, or listen to with text-to-speech. It’s a navigational tool: it guides people to NZ helplines and to your school’s own professional support. It’s confidential, except where someone’s safety is at risk. It isn’t counselling, a clinical service or an emergency service. Voice calls are an optional add-on for businesses.
AI-4U is open to your school community.
AI-4U can guide people to their organisation’s own support, or 1737 after hours.
Access AI-4UExample: a lockdown, the same evening
- After a school lockdown, a check-in goes out to staff the same evening.
- Every reply is acknowledged.
- A teacher asks for support and is flagged for follow-up. The school’s approved professional support gets in touch.
- Leaders see the trend across the school, not names.
Illustrative example. After a store lockdown or robbery, the same evening check-in works the same way.
Staff Wellbeing Pilot
Free 2-week pilot: Custom SMS check-ins + AI-4U, up to 10 staff, decision within 7 days.
Start your pilot →A few useful answers
Clear from the start.
Can schools check in with students?
Yes. The school manages consent and opt-out, and anyone who asks for support is connected to the school’s approved professional support.
Is AI-4U for students?
Yes. AI-4U is online web chat for anyone, with no app or login. It guides people to NZ helplines and the school’s own support.
Do staff or students pay for texts?
No. Staff and students pay nothing for the texts.
Will staff actually reply?
It’s a text, there’s no app, it’s free to reply, and it takes seconds.
Need help right now? In an emergency call 111. To talk to a trained counsellor, free call or text 1737, any time.
In Australia: call 000 in an emergency, or Lifeline on 13 11 14.