Mental Health Support for Parents & Carers
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26 January 2022
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15 April 2022Mental health support for parents is an important, but often missing, piece of the jigsaw when working with children in struggle
During home visits especially, we often identify parents who are struggling. This is no surprise as children are often a mirror for what's happening in other part of their lives, so we know if there's a child in struggle, there's a strong chance their parents might also be struggling.
For us here at Enterprising Youth, identifying what wellbeing support parents have in place is a really important action. We know that if parents are well supported this will have positive impact upon their family life, they will be better equipped to support their children.
For us here at Enterprising Youth, identifying what wellbeing support parents have in place is a really important action. We know that if parents are well supported this will have positive impact upon their family life, they will be better equipped to support their children.
Parents Support
A lack of support for parents is a real problem. It adds to the stress and difficulty in effectively supporting young people.
Our caseload includes young people on CIN/CP and yet most parents we speak with (who are in struggle), share that they have limited access to support, this includes mental health support.
Most parents say they have someone in their family / a close friend, they speak to (who they often then go on to say they don't want to overburden with their problems), or their GP (who many say can be hard to get an appointment with, and onward referrals can take a long while).
The truth is many services at present appear to be at threshold.
So this week, I thought this would be a useful share for you…
On 1 April, Kooth (plc) launched Quell a service for anyone age 26+ across GM
YES! you can signpost parents and carers!!
Kooth have also extended their age range for Kooth.com for ages from 10 up to a young adult’s 26th birthday.
This means that across GM there is now wrap-around digital mental health support available from the ages of 10 to 99+
Service launch webinars are being held on a range of dates throughout April, when you can find out more about what the service offers, how to access Kooth/Qwell support, ask questions and have a live tour of the website.
Find out more and register here: Kooth & Qwell Digital Mental Health Services Information provided by Kia Bailey (Kooth Engagement Lead), kbailey@kooth.co