BAME Parent Mental Health Awareness Group
We know being a parent is not always an easy job. Although it is one of the most rewarding jobs to watch your children grow up, and guide them to become independent, it can be really hard work and can take a toll on a parent’s mental health.
In most BAME communities, mental health is still not recognised as an illness, and due to stigma, it is seldom talked about. With the lack of awareness of not knowing that help is available, or where to go to get it, and some of the existing barriers such as language barriers, turning to family or friends rather than professional support – especially for people who don’t trust formal healthcare services, – financial barriers – such as paying for private counselling, – not feeling listened to or understood by healthcare professionals, white professionals not understanding their experiences of racism or discrimination are factors which have all made it difficult for BAME parents.
The aim of the Mental health awareness group is to create an enabling and safe environment where BAME parents can meet and talk about their mental health problems either in a group or through 1 to 1 sessions with trained Mental Health Practitioners.
Mentoring and Coaching for BAME Young Adults
Coaching and mentoring services involve one-to-one support for young people on an ongoing basis. But they are not the same. Coaching has more clearly defined goals and objectives. Once these are achieved, it comes to an end. Mentoring is broader, with evolving goals/objectives. Mentoring and coaching can achieve a range of aims, depending on the needs of the young person.
Mentoring and coaching on their own cannot provide a solution to all the problems faced by young people. However, the one-to-one relationship that develops through mentoring/coaching can be an important part of a comprehensive support package for the young person. It can provide them with a positive role model, support them with their learning, offer opportunities to discuss and find solutions to challenges they may be facing, and provide them with an individualised response to their support needs.
As a result, mentoring and coaching can bring about a range of benefits for young people, including, for example, improved relationships, increased communication skills, and resilience. It can lead young people to change their behaviours, for example helping to reduce absenteeism and/or improve pass rates. Overall, mentoring and coaching may increase the young person’s chances of continuing with and completing their education. This can be achieved in the following ways:
This can be achieved in the following ways:
Career Orientation Programme
Young people live in a society in which creating sustainable career opportunities is complex. Guidance is crucial to support motivated, smart career choices and prevent early leaving from education and training with no clear career path. Appropriate guidance helps young people understand their learning needs and career preferences based on their strengths and characteristics rather than stigmatising them as “bad students” and generating feelings of inadequacy. It can lead young people to have an active, engaged attitude to education and learning in general.
The Career Orientation programme can help foster smart career choices and prevent early school leaving by providing career education and guidance at an early stage and promoting the development of career management skills. Career education can help identify and engage young people, especially the ones at risk of early leaving. It may be particularly useful to prepare for transitions and it can help learners who are struggling with the programme they have just joined to continue successfully on their pathway or to find a new one.
Achieved through:
→ Supporting young people to acquire management skills.
→ Young people steer the guidance and support in the direction that works best for them.
→ Providing guidance throughout stay in college/university and transition phase.
→ Integrating labour market information into guidance.
→ Offering a variety of guidance activities including apprenticeships to allow young people to experiment with career choices.
One to One Therapeutic Support
Our team of specialists provide effective, evidence-based psychological treatment for mood and anxiety disorders as well as other common problems that may be affecting your child including:
→ Academic stress and school avoidance
→ Agoraphobia
→ Anger and behavioural challenges
→ Anxiety/generalized anxiety disorder
→ Depression
→ Eating disorders
→ Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
→ Overanxious disorder
→ Panic disorder
→ Phobias
→ PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
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