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A few days ago I wrote a post about the amazing work that Place2Be carry out and I shared some of the statistics relating to the work carried out in England. Today I am going to share the statistics from the Scottish branch.
Place2Be is an award-winning charity providing school-based emotional and mental health services. Place2Be seeks to improve the prospects of children aged 4-14 years, by tackling the complex social and emotional issues that often lie behind the challenging behaviour and educational under performance.
- 90% of young offenders had a mental disorder as a child
- 50% of those with lifetime mental health issues first experience symptoms by the age of 14
Why work with Place2Be?
- Unique school-based service provides direct access to mental health support - without stigma at a point when children need it most
- On-site expertise to advise staff on social, emotional and mental health, ASN and child protection issues
- Work with parents and carers to explore their child’s emotional well being and their own needs, including advice and referral to other services where relevant
- A cost effective service underpinned by a rigorous evaluation model.
I'd not heard of Place 2 Be but reading this post I am glad that they are out there supporting children.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a really helpful service.
ReplyDeleteThey are fantastic x
DeleteNadine - For some reason blogger won't let me click reply under your comment. The work they do is so important and it is great to know they are helping children in various ways I agree x
ReplyDeleteThis is such important work. I'm so pleased to see mental health finally being talked about a bit more in the mainstream media.
ReplyDeleteIt is about time, much more funding needs to be put into place. Place2Be are wonderful x
DeleteI have never heard of them, they sound amazing as a charity, I wonder if they are in Northern Ireland too?xx
ReplyDeleteThey are a wonderful charity. At the moment they are only in Scotland, England and Wales at the moment. You could contact them and maybe suggest it to them?xx
DeleteI have heard great things about Place2Be. I'm hoping they've heard of PDA...
ReplyDeleteThey are amazing. No harm in contacting them and seeing what they can offer x
DeleteSounds like a really worthwhile cause and its lovely to hear they support young people with mental health issues
ReplyDeleteThey are a fantastic organisation. I think people sometimes forget some children so live with mental health conditions. Knowing the kids have someone to turn to for things such as bullying or just feeling sad in general is a wonderful thing to have in schools, just wish more schools had it in place.x
DeleteTHat 1 in 10 figure really surprised me to be honest - it seems that there's a need for more initiatives like this x
ReplyDeleteIt is a scary figure, especially as it is children. I agree there is a need for more initiatives such as this one. I am in the process of contacting the Scottish parliament regarding waiting times for psychological therapies and the need for more support groups/networks x
DeleteSounds like they do a well needed amazing job. It is a good job that there are things like this to catch kids, when the government don't
ReplyDeleteI agree, the government are terrible, cutting resources instead of increasing them x
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