Children and young people in Newcastle and Gateshead can now get help from mental health counsellors using a free online service supported by the NHS.
Kooth.com is an award-winning online counselling and support service which is now available to all young people in Newcastle and Gateshead aged 11-18, and to young people in Looked After Care until they are 25 years old.
Professional counsellors are available at kooth.com from noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6 – 10pm at weekends. It’s completely confidential, and can help with things like low mood and anxiety, relationships, bullying, eating disorders and self-harm, as well as general health concerns.
Young people can chat with a friendly counsellor, get support through online forums or use an instant messaging service with a Kooth worker. There’s also the chance to play games, read or write for an online magazine or use a range of self-help tools.
The service works closely with the other mental health services in the area, including face-to-face counselling services.
Kooth.com is here to help throughout December and is also available across the Christmas period offering Free, Safe and Anonymous Wellbeing Support for any Young Person whatever their concerns or worries.
Please see what is going on in January for Kooth
As Kooth plc expands, they are broadening their horizons to offer information webinars on a national scale to all professionals interested in finding out more about the services they offer.
They will be running two information webinars for you to discover more about our Kooth and Qwell services and gain resources to support you when signposting young people to these services. If you work with young people aged 18 – 25, these webinars have been designed with you in mind.
We recognise there can be a service provision gap that young adults may fall through during the transition between child to adult services. By gaining signposting knowledge of our service access for 18-25s, you can help us to bridge this gap so that no young adult slips through the cracks and loses their access to mental wellbeing support.
As of July 2021, Kooth.com offers anonymous and free access to mental health and emotional wellbeing support, available to both children and young adults in 91% of commissioned areas across England, 55% of Wales, and a number of areas in Scotland.
Qwell.io offers support to adult cohorts and is available to over 1.5 million adults in the UK.
In our webinars you will discover ways Kooth and Qwell can help to support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young adults. We will also cover our clinical processes and safeguarding procedures.
Each webinar will include:
An overview of issues experienced by 18 – 25 years with a member of our Clinical team
An overview of Kooth.com and Qwell.io
Q&A with the Kooth team
The webinars will be delivered via MS Teams and the dates and times for these are as follows:
Tuesday 18th January 2022 @ 11am – 12pm
Wednesday 26th January 2022 @ 3pm – 4pm
You can register for the sessions using the link:Kooth Webinar for professionals 18-25 or by clicking on the picture below.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Senior Kooth Engagement team on skel@kooth.com.
Please see December’s monthly summary for Gateshead Kooth:
