Teenage Mental Health - an increase of 70%
As a #YouthWorker I have seen the #YouthService #savaged by the current #UK #government £387m has been taken from Youth work in the last 6 years when we see the #needs of Young People in the headlines because of their increasing #MentalHealth needs and poor prospects #financially.
#Teens get consume more #Police time than other age groups - why not do more #preventative work with them?
Only so much can be achieved in school #formal #education whilst #Youth Workers work as
#Informal #Educators
(street cafe club sports group-work
ANY CONTEXT !!)
and not bound by time & #curriculum #restrictions because they are about being in helping #relationships for the benefit of the #whole person.
#Teachers tell me that they can’t say to a Teen #YouAreBeautiful -
or share their own #vulnerabilities -
both which help establish a secure #relationship & thereby #growth & #development.
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