Leaving Care Counselling & Psychotherapy Service (Suicide Prevention)

Descriptions

Leaving Care Psychotherapy Service (Suicide Prevention) / • Proposal to continue the Islington Psychotherapy Support for Care Leavers including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People post.• Established in Islington in 2021 as a pilot led by local VCS partner, The Brandon Centre, the post provides additional support to care leavers aged 18-25 years old both directly or indirectly, through consultation and training.• The aim of this post holder is to support 12-15 young people per year within Islington. As part of the offer, young people receive 16-20 sessions of integrative psychotherapy, which is goal-based and tailored to individual needs.• Goals can be a mix of practical/behavioural (start exercising), relational (improve my relationships / reduce arguments), or more emotion-related (improve my mood / reduce my anxiety) goals.• To date the pilot has demonstrated a reduction in depression and anxiety scores for services users.• The funding would continue the 1.0 WTE post which is split across Haringey, Camden and Islington. The post sits with Islington for 1.5 days a week.