Supporting Young People Under Stress 42nd Street Supporting Young People Under Stress

UK Mental Health 1 in 4 people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year Mixed anxiety and depression is the most common mental disorder in Britain Women are more likely to have been treated for a mental health problem than men Only 1 in 10 prisoners has no mental disorder

UK Mental Health 2009 – 2.3M people with mental health conditions out of work 42% of health related benefit claims relate to mental health 62% of employers would employ someone with a physical condition Only 40% would employ someone with a mental health condition

UK Mental Health Men are three times as likely to die by suicide than Women Self-harm in UK - one of the highest rates in Europe: 400 per 100,000 population About 10% of children have a mental health problem at any one time

Young People and Unemployment MAD, BAD or SAD? 16 to 24 year-olds out of work rose by 67,000 to 1.2m 127,000 young people LTU impact upon mental health and costs to society? Student debt and impact upon mental health?

42nd Street “To improve the mental health and well being of young people through access to a range of quality responsive support services.” 30 year history Manchester, Salford and Trafford Young People aged 13-25 years
 

42nd Street The core aims are to: Engage with young people under stress Provide interventions that promote resilience and recovery Enable young people to take part in opportunities for personal development Improve awareness of the mental health needs of children and young people among other professionals and the wider public

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42nd Street Services Mental health needs assessment Counselling & therapy Individual community mental health support Group work – Inside Out, Disabled Young Peoples Project Drop-ins A helpline Youth work activities Volunteering opportunities for young people using the service A national online question and answer service for young people affected by self-harm delivered through TheSite.org

What do we do next? Keep listening Keep providing a safe space for young people to be and to express their concerns AND …Find access points for young people to develop their work aspirations Offer effective role models Recognise the blend of jobs likely to be available is beyond what we could have expected

What do we do next? Understand demographic change – ageing population Encourage Entrepreneurship, social and commercial Create opportunities for risk taking Enable young people to feel positively about their futures