CPD accredited Training Course
'A Childs Voice'
Child-led programme designed by connecting clinical research and social work practices
for better futures

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About the Training course programme

We pride ourselves in knowing that there is no other Children's CPD accredited self-harm and suicide prevention 10 week programme in the UK that has been designed by children, to connect clinical research to social work practices.
We love making a difference to the world.

You can be assured that 'The Childs Voice' Programme includes knowledge and skills that are to up to date, has been approved, and reaches the required continued professional developmental standards.

This is a unique wellbeing programme for children and young people, covering all aspects of mental health including children’s suicide prevention safety planning and support for self-harming.

This child-led programme is designed by connecting clinical research and social work practices for children to have better futures. It has been designed very carefully and informed by the children using ‘their voices’ to connect clinical research with social work practices.

It is a 10-week intensive programme set up for children and any parents, carers, schools and all other multi-agency working professionals working with children.

It is designed to be used by children aged 8-18 with supervision, although children aged 11-18 can work through it semi -independently, should they wish.

This programme follows safety planning for the United Kingdom. However it can easily be adapted by professionals in all other countries around the world too.

The programme combines education, psychology experiments, fun games, riddles and brain teasers, history, facts about the world, resources for wellbeing and safety planning and much more.

This helps the child to build their self-awareness, resilience and emotional intelligence as well as promoting better mental health, happiness and well-being. Empowering the child to have opportunities to thrive in the world.
We use lots of professional resources that are complimentary to the workbook, for the delivery of the programme. These include secret components to support participants, that are ethical, only shared with the staff, the CPD and the participants, and are strictly confidential.

You can find out more about our programme by clicking on the link A Child's Voice - Courses | The CPD Certification Service (cpduk.co.uk)

What are our current priorities?

Important information for parents, professionals and carers

This 10 Weeks Programme “A Child’s Voice “ is a unique CPD accredited mental healing and well-being programme in the UK that bridges/links clinical and social work practices using multi-Agency frameworks.

It is aimed at children age 8-18 and it works:

The application of Child-led learning of psychological and psychiatric practices which promote the child-led approach to understanding how to heal themselves day by day by exploring and verbalising their problems without or with the assistance-guidance of a parent/carer or professional.

How

The “ A Child’s Voice “ workbook

· Promotes thinking

· Provokes self - exploration of the mind

· Uses reasoning and develops problem solving skills to answer the questions

· Helps/guides the thinking process as all the given answers are not conditioned by external pressures.

· Gives more credit to the validity of the results as they come only from the child’s own voice, reasoning and point of view.

Therefore, the answers given are more genuine and truly reflect the child’s feeling and mental status at the time.

Conclusion

All of the above are essential ingredients for the child’s wellbeing and this programme is an early intervention and self-healing process to build the child’s mental strength, confidence and resilience that will help to avoid diagnosis and pre-labelling the child's mental health conditions

Aim

We know our programme will help many children and young people, therefore we want this programme to be the first step in helping a child that has difficulty in coping with the mental pressures of modern life.

We are working hard to achieve this aim and as a goal for every child in the UK to have access to this innovative 10 Week Programme “A Child’s Voice”.

Eliza's Voice

Eliza, who is 15 years old, helped with some of the ideas, design and planning. Here is what she has to say about her experience:

Hi, my name is Eliza, and I am 15 years old. I hope you enjoy this workbook as much as I enjoyed helping to create it. You see, I wish I would have had something like this when I was struggling with my emotional wellbeing. I am so happy that this book will be able to help so many other children who are also struggling.

Good luck with your journey, and always remember that you are amazing!

We are so grateful for Eliza’s input which demonstrates how important the child’s voice is to us.

What is CPD accreditation?

We are CPD accredited. CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development and is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities - it's about striving to always improve.

Accredited CPD training means our courses have reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks.

The certification shows the learning value of our materials has been scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality.

The CPD Certification Service provides recognised independent CPD accreditation compatible with global CPD requirements.

.What else do We Offer during the 'A Childs Voice' programme

The child is the heart of the family and therefore the family must be able to function to have a healthy heart.

Therefore we offer initial holistic assessments to support the family, which helps them to access the support that they need for the following; food banks, benefits, disabilities, mental health, domestic abuse, substance misuse, poverty, debt, housing, schools, etc

We always listen to the child's wishes whilst supporting the child to complete the 'A Childs Voice' 10 - week programme.

We work in schools and other settings in the community, we are also mindful that not all children can face the school environment so are able offer unique packages.

We accept referrals from families, schools colleges, GP Practices, Social Services, youth clubs, youth justice, social services, early help, lawyers, residential children's homes, etc...

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Services include

A 'Childs Voice' 10 - week programme
Child centred approach
Holistic family approach
Signposting / referrals to other agencies

Programme objectives;

The child / young person will be able to build resilience, self-confidence, self-autonomy, and a healthier wellbeing, whilst learning and understanding how self-awareness and empowerment can make a better future of reaching their full potential.

The programme is fun, informative and has psychology experiments, educational learning, inspiring information, factual informational, and is aimed at being empowering to promote and develop self-awareness through self-reflection around mental health and wellbeing.

The programme measures wellbeing by using wellbeing scales so that the child/ young person can see how their mental health topics covered include, Worrying. Anxiety, Anxiety, Other Mental Health Disorders, Perception, Emotions, Imposters Syndrome, Spiritual wellbeing, Healthy Boundaries, and discuss other serious topics around safety planning.

Train to become a Facilitator
Bookings can be made here here

Facilitator training is for any parent, carer, professional that would like to support the child to complete the

'A Childs Voice' 10-week programme.

One day training course £600.00

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'A Childs Voice' CPD Facilitator training*T&Cs apply

'A Childs Voice' training programmes are also available to;

Assist schools, local authorities, private organisations with 1-1 programmes managed by the charity, or by their trained facilitators ( We have a limited amount of Free training programmes for children )

Assist schools, local authorities, private organisations with programmes for groups of 5 to 10 children managed by the charity, or by their trained facilitators

Other options

'A Childs Voice' can be completed by any adult for inner child healing, please see the Adults completing 'A Childs Voice programme page testimonial which can be found on the home page of this website under the more button

Please contact us for the prices of your requirements for your bespoke package.

We offer discounts and will endeavour to design the right package for your needs

We can be contacted at; office@thelifematters.co.uk

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CPD accredited Training Course 'A Childs Voice' Child-led programme designed by connecting clinical research and social work practices for better futures