head space
Head Space is our wellbeing (onsite) service that offers support to students who are experiencing mental health symptoms, such as low mood, self-esteem and anxiety. The aim of the service is to provide a space for students to talk about their difficulties in life and learn new interventions to help improve their mental health. Furthermore, it can hopefully allow students to succeed better within school and apply a healthier mindset for the future.听听
Statistics of mental health in young people:
- In 2023, about 1 in 5 children and young people aged 8 to 25 years had a probable mental health problem.
- 11 to 16 year olds with mental health difficulties were less likely to feel safe at school, than other students. They were also less likely to report enjoyment of learning or having a friend they could turn to for support.
- Students aged 11 to 16 years who experience mental health were 5 times more likely than other students to have been bullied in person. They were also more likely to have been bullied online.听
- Across the UK, 28% of 12 to 18-year-olds have not attended school over the last year due to anxiety and other mental health difficulties.
Aims of Head Space:
- Offer one-to-one and group wellbeing sessions to students to support them with their mental health difficulties.听听
- To support the student to improve their mental health, allowing them to improve their mindset and achieve personal goals.听
- Sessions are to be carried out in a safe environment, where the Counsellor will listen to the student鈥檚 difficulties without any judgement.听听
- Provide interventions and new skills for the client to learn, to help improve their mental health.鈥�听
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What the Counsellors aims to achieve:
- Provide a support platform for students: Understandably, it can be difficult for students to openly talk to friends and family about how they feel. Head Space provides an opportunity for students to come with any difficulties and openly talk about how they are feeling with the Counsellor.听听
- Building rapport with student: Trust and building a therapeutic relationship with the student is important in allowing them to freely express how they are feeling, without any worries about how the Counsellor might respond.听
- Boost self-esteem: Believe in yourself! Everyone has the ability to become the best version of themselves. The aim is for the student to believe in their own potential and to recognise their successes when achieved.听听
- 滨迟鈥檚 okay to talk!: Anxiety and stigma鈥檚 can be the downfall for us to openly talk about how we are feeling. The aim is to make students feel as comfortable as possible to openly express how they are feeling. 听
Students can be referred to Counselling by their Head of Year or Pastoral Manager.
