Children's self - harm and suicide prevention Registered Charity No 1193469
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The Child's Voice Programme
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THE ONLY CHILD LED, CHILDRENS SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE PREVENTION CPD ACCREDITTED 10 WEEK PROGRAMME IN THE UK
Children's self-harm & suicide prevention programmes are for schools & school refusers.
The programmes are child-led, and has been designed by children to professionally connect clinical research and social work practices
'The Childs Voice'
Medway, Kent and Swale 10 week Programme
(Inclusion of School Refusers)
Child-Led Programme Designed to Connect Clinical Research And Social Work Practices For Better Futures, there is no other programme like this available for children / young people.
SELF-HARM & SUICIDE PREVENTION 10 WEEK PROGRAMME AIMED AT CHILDREN AGE 8 TO 18.
TO BE USED WITH SUPERVISION OR SEMI-INDEPENDENT FROM AGE 11.
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Objectives:
The child / young person will be able to build resilience, self-confidence, self-autonomy, and a healthier wellbeing, whilst learning and understanding how self-awareness and empowerment can make a better future of reaching their full potential.
The programme is fun, informative and has psychology experiments, educational learning, inspiring information, factual informational, and is aimed at being empowering to promote and develop self-awareness through self-reflection around mental health and wellbeing.
The programme measures wellbeing by using wellbeing scales so that the child/ young person can see how their mental health has improved throughout the programme.
Topics covered include, Worrying. Anxiety, Other Mental Health Disorders, Perception, Emotions, Imposters Syndrome, Spiritual wellbeing, Healthy Boundaries, and discusses other serious topics around safety planning.
The Life Matters
If the meaning of life for these children is lost,
The Life Matters is dedicated to helping them find it.
​We help children & young adults look forward to a brighter future; offering support, encouragement and advice when needed so that they are able to write tomorrow's story, when they are unable to write today's.
We need your help
Our passion and aim is for every child and young person to be supported through challenges, but we can't do it without your help
Please help us by donating through 'Just Giving' Every little helps towards helping a young person in need. Take a look at our fundraising page for more information.
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Registered Charity No 1193469
'A Child's Voice'
Child led programme
Designed by children
Connecting clinical research and social work practices
Multi - agency working
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We can help you in your world
Just one childhood suicide is far to many.
Mental Health Support
This informal CPD article ‘Giving a child a voice will help them achieve their full potential in life’, was provided by Mary Brockwell, founder of The Life Matters, a charity which was set up to help children and young adults who find themselves struggling to cope with everyday life, self-harming or even suicide.
Giving a child a voice
A child’s voice is so important to their development in life as it helps professionals to understand their lived experiences and is recognised under the Human Rights Act and the United Nations Convention. Article 12 states in one of its principles that all children have the right to express their views, wishes, and feelings, and that their views should be taken into consideration.
The United Nations Convention
The United Nations Convention on the Right of a Child1 is an international agreement which sets out the legal agreement that sets out a child’s political, social, economic, civil rights and cultural rights of every child, and gives the same opportunity regardless of religion, race or abilities.
A child’s Human Rights 4 basic principles
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Not to be discriminated against
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In the best interests of the child
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Right to survival and development
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Right to have a voice
All children deserve the right to be heard
This allows the child to feel safe, secure and valued. It also helps professionals to safeguard them. Having a voice also awards a child of their identity giving them room to grow as an individual and to be able to feel empowered to express themselves, promoting them the best opportunities and capability to reach their full potential.
Not all children are able to express them selves in safe environments and this sometimes leads to serious consequences affecting their mental health.
Did you know that 1 in 5 children in the UK are presumed to have a mental health disorder?2 and 7% of all UK children have attempted suicide by the age of 17. The known figure of suicides is not able to be recorded as often the coroner has an extremely difficult job to do when recording the death. But a lot of deaths of children under the age of 18 have an identified history suicide ideation before their death. If we are unaware of children’s views and feelings, it is harder to support them.
Mental health struggles often include stigma and shame, backlogs of referrals, not knowing how to seek support with other contributing factors including, feeling inadequate in school, exam pressure, bullying, cyber bullying, sexual orientation, domestic abuse, substance misuse, alcohol misuse, poverty, disabilities, crime, families etc.
Children will have the best chance in life if they are to be nurtured from an appropriate adult form a very young age. Understanding how to manage their emotions too could also enable them to have a voice, to seek help, promote self-awareness, build resilience and increase wellbeing, build self-esteem and confidence. Giving a child their basic human rights will help them reach their full potential.
We hope this article was helpful. For more information from The Life Matters, please visit their CPD Member Directory page. Alternatively, you can go to the CPD Industry Hubs for more articles, courses and events relevant to your Continuing Professional Development requirements.
Reference:
1 https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/
We understand that every child/young person have their own needs and worries. Our intervention is led by the child and focused on supporting them by listening and understanding about their wishes and feelings.
Every Child Wants to Be Heard, and so we worked with children in the community to create the 'Childs Voice' child - led programme which we are very excited about
Healthy Minds
A healthy mind will help children/young people thrive and build their social emotional and communication skills which will help them create more life opportunities and thrive.
Children Are Our Future
Every child is unique and our aim is to support and deliver a program that will help the child/young person to build resilience and look forward to a bright future.
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