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A new report from Carers Trust

A new report released by Carers Trust maintains that gaps in services are leaving many young carers without support for their mental health.

 

The report, ‘Invisible and in distress: prioritising the mental health of England’s young carers’ explains that caring is a risk factor for children and young people’s mental health, which continues to be little understood and is often invisible to professionals and policy-makers.

https://www.carers.org/news/young-carers-need-more-mental-health-support-or-they-will-remain-invisible-and-distress

"MindEd online Risk and Resilience resource"

"This resource has been developed as information and support for all professionals who work with children and young people.  The content has been co-produced by Xenzone and young people from their onlinecounselling and support service, KOOTH.com."

https://www.minded.org.uk/course/view.php?id=402

"A National Scandal"

"The NSPCC confirmed there had been a rise in children seeking its help. “Our ChildLine service has seen a huge increase in calls from desperately unhappy children,” a spokesperson said. “Last year more than half of the young people we referred to other agencies were suicidal.”

"Charities said the numbers were a “national scandal”. The records show 98 children under 15 killed themselves in the UK from 2005 to 2014, 59 boys and 39 girls."

"For the first time the ONS included in its research on UK suicides the deaths from intentional self-harm of 10- to 14-year-old children as well as those of people aged 15 and over. Children under 10 are not recognised in suicide figures and therefore not included."

"Ged Flynn, the chief executive of the charity Papyrus, which is dedicated to the prevention of suicide among young people, told the Press Association: “We have ‘hidden’ the fact that children and young people die this way because it is so flipping painful for us."

https://www.facebook.com/PAPYRUSUK/posts/10153384551235950

Investigating the benefits of school counselling - Chartered Psychologist leads large scale trial.

"The benefits of professional school-based counsellors in supporting young people experiencing emotional problems will be evaluated through an extensive three-year study, which will establish a dedicated counselling service in 18 English secondaries.

"The randomised controlled trial, due to start in April 2016, has received £835,000 funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and will be led by Chartered Psychologist Professor Mick Cooper from the University of Roehampton in London." 

"Participating schools will receive a professional school-based counselling service provided by fully qualified and experienced school counsellors at no cost for two years. School who are interested should contactpeter.pearce@metanoia.ac.uk"

http://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/investigating-benefits-school-counselling

Children Focusing ** Felt Sense with René Veugelers

Mind your ‘C’s and ‘S’s: The Language of Self-harm and Suicide (and why it matters)

By Emma Nielsen

"We all say things that we don’t mean sometimes. Perhaps the time that you snapped at the end of a long day or said that deliberately hurtful comment in the heat of an argument. Sometimes these instances are easily recognisable (perhaps easily apologised for). However, often our language conveys more subtle messages as well."

https://imhblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/emma-nielsen-mind-your-cs-and-ss-the-language-of-self-harm-and-suicide-and-why-it-matters/?platform=hootsuite&blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog