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Helping you enjoy good emotional health and wellbeing, and develop resilience is really important to your health and development.
Growing up is an exciting time for most young people and it is time when try new things, make news friends and have a little more freedom and responsibility. It can be a little worrying at time and it is common for young people to have worries from time to time. Some young people can feel quite anxious or they can feel quite sad, sometimes this stops them doing the things that they would like to do.
School nurses have additional training and experience so they can talk to young people at times when they might be struggling with their emotional health. We can offer advice and support. We run groups for young people to help them find ways to build their confidence and self esteem. We can arrange to come and see you in school or in a health centre or youth club, if you’d like to talk to someone about how you are feeling.
Or you can join one of groups. You will have chance to meet with other young people who are having similar experiences and challenges to your own. Talking about problems with others can really help you. You can learn new skills and ways to improve your own wellbeing and boost your resilience. You can find out more about our young people resilience group and book a place using the information on this flyer Teen FRIENDS for Life Flyer – BVC January 2019
If you would like to talk to a school nurse about your emotional health then you can text us on our ChatHealth number 07480 635363. You can talk confidentially* to a school nurse
*Safety notice: “We might inform someone if we were concerned about your safety but we would usually speak to you first. Your messages are stored and can be seen by other health care staff who follow the same confidentiality rules, We aim to reply to you within one working day and you should get an immediate message back to confirm we have received your text. Text will only be seen between 9am and 5pm. If you need help before you hear back from us contact your GP, nearest walk in centre or dial 111. Our text number does not receive voice calls or MMS picture messages. We support messaging from UK mobile numbers only (which does not include messages sent from landlines, international mobile numbers and some ‘number masking’ mobile apps). To prevent the health professional from sending messages to you, text STOP to our number. Messages are charged at your usual rates.”
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