Stronger Together in Sandwell
by Brushstrokes Community Project
- Address
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253 High Street
Smethwick - Contact
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Lucy Clark, Partnerships & Communities Manager and Camiquea Bryce-Jordan, Immigration Advisor
lucy@brushstrokessandwell.org.uk and camiquea@brushstrokessandwell.org.uk
07706 597700
https://www.brushstrokessandwell.org.uk/
- Ages
- 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19-25
- Gender
- All
We are providing emotional wellbeing support and counselling to children and young people from newly arrived communities (refugee, asylum seeking and NRPF families and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children).
This is a Sandwell only project and for UASCs/Care leavers supported by Sandwell Children’s Trust. Delivery includes additional Family Support hours and a UASC engagement worker.
Over 12 months we intend to enhance our existing health, wellbeing and family support offer via outreach, joint work with Sandwell Children’s Trust and with families/UASCs who use our centre in Smethwick.
Support includes:
- Focused family assessments addressing issues that impact family wellbeing e.g. benefits/ housing/ immigration status and identification of children and young people who would may benefit from emotional wellbeing support in house or via referral
- Provision of 1-1 counselling for 8 weeks, delivered at our centre or a venue best suited to CYPs needs, via Open Minds Therapy Centre
- Provision of group Arts for Health therapy sessions for CYP identified through the 'Strengths and Difficulties' assessment.
- Weekly advice and assessment drop-in service for unaccompanied asylum seeking children supported by Sandwell Childrens Trust, at various outreach locations. We are working with these young people to link them into our existing 5 ways to wellbeing support including sporting, social and health awareness activities.
- A monthly UASC group running at our Smethwick centre, providing a range of activities that build on 5 ways to wellbeing and offering advice, support and social connection for UASCs.
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- Accessibility details
- For those with physical impairments, provision is all on the ground floor of our centre with ramped access to the front and back. Disabled toilet available. Interpreting may be provided for those with English as a second language.
- Staff qualifications
- - Level 1 OISC Asylum and Protection - First Aid at Work - Enhanced DBS Children and Adults
- Additional notes
- Thursday evening activity is monthly only - generally the last Thursday of each month Age 19-21 UASC care leavers only
- Categories
- MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING, HOME & FAMILY, PERSONAL, SCHOOL LIFE/BEHAVIOUR AND PEER RELATIONSHIPS