Provides counselling to children and young people in primary, secondary schools and colleges.
How it can help
They support pupils with a range of challenges, including anxiety, struggling to focus, low self-esteem, mood swings and trouble with their family. They offer:
- Place2Talk pupils book appointments with a Place2Be counsellor to talk about problems and worries
- one-to-one counselling uses talking, creative activities and play
- Therapeutic group work - explores issues like friendship, self-esteem, transition and bullying
- Family counselling - weekly tailored therapeutic support from Family Practitioners
- Place2Think guidance, training and safeguarding advice for staff - on issues such as managing and understanding behaviour, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Additional Support Needs (ASN), safeguarding and coping with staff stress.
Age
5 to 18 years old, parents and carers, and school staff.
Eligibility
Open to those in a Place2Be partner school. Current partner schools include:
- Stewards Academy, Harlow
- Great Bardfield Primary
- Waltham Holy Cross Primary
- Caterham High School, Ilford
- Ark Isaac Newton Academy, Ilford
- Crownfield Junior School, Romford
- The Mawney, Romford
How to access
Referral from school staff.
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