A Norfolk project aims to work with schools to tackle youth mental health issues.
The Parachute Project, a youth-oriented initiative focusing on mental health, was established by Abi Chamberlain three years ago.
Ms Chamberlain started it because she was deeply worried about the constant lack of resources and staff for mental health services in the NHS.
After more than two decades of experience as a social worker and mental health practitioner in the NHS, she envisaged a remedy.
The Parachute Project aims to help young people struggling with mental health issues before they reach a crisis point.
The initiative aims to provide these people with useful tools to improve their well-being and safety.
The project uses a method that aims to empower, provide meaning, focus on needs, and ensure results.
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A collaborative approach lies at the core of this initiative, where children, schools, and parents are included in the solution to create a supportive and inclusive network.
The project offers individual sessions and programmes suitable for schools, focusing on children's emotional and mental health needs.
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Recognising schools’ capacity issues, the project intervenes to nurture emotional resilience and regulate reactions to anxiety, social skills, attendance issues and plummeting self-esteem.
Transition programmes for pupils in key stage 2 and emotional resilience programmes for key stages 1 and 2 are also offered.
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