Leeds mental health hub for young people launched

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A pioneering, community-based wellbeing hub has opened its doors in the heart of Leeds city centre, offering vital emotional and mental health support for young people and their families.

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00:00I'm Joanna Hunt and I'm Head of Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health at

00:03the Children's Society. It's a fantastic opportunity to share the launch of Time

00:08for Young People Leeds. This has been funded via the West Yorkshire Integrated

00:14Care Board and Leeds City Council to ensure that young people can get the

00:18support that they need for their emotional well-being and mental health.

00:21No referral and no wait time so you can just wander on in and you'll be able to

00:26be seen by a well-being practitioner. They usually work with the young person

00:31for around about 30 to 40 minutes and if they identify that maybe there's some

00:35further support required then we will then look to put them into a more of a

00:39structured provision. We know that we have huge challenges for all sorts of

00:44reasons around mental health and mental well-being for children and young people

00:48in the city and so this service which has a hub here and a number of

00:53satellites across the city is going to provide incredibly valued, much needed

00:58services for children and young people through the week. Young people are far

01:02more intuitive than maybe adults think they are. They really do worry about

01:07things so if they're hearing conversations with their mum or

01:10their dad worrying about paying the bills they take that on. What we're doing

01:13here is ensuring that young people feel that they've got the support that they

01:17need to be able to help their own personal well-being journey. We try and

01:21give them the skills that they need to go out into the world and be

01:25happy. By all means it won't solve everybody's problems but it will help to

01:29reduce escalation in demand and this is really for children who might

01:33have SEND, who might have neurodivergence or neurodiversity, who

01:38might have experienced domestic violence or other challenging situations at home.

01:42This is only successful if we work with the parents as well as young people but

01:48then also the wider community as well. It's a joined-up approach and it's to

01:52ensure that young people get the support that they need quickly rather than maybe

01:57waiting on a waiting list for something.

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