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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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?

6. 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 years
 

7. 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

8. 42nd Street

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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