Youth Emotional Health

We provide emotional health, wellbeing and life skills support for young people, aged 11 to 25 living in the county of Bridgend.

The team comprises of Youth Life Skills Workers and Psychology Support Workers.

Youth Life skills Workers

Youth Life skills Workers provide one to one support and where appropriate group work.

Managing emotions appropriately e.g. provide tools and techniques to manage anxiety and anger
Confidence/Self Esteem Building
Improving resilience
Improving low Mood
Travel Training
Healthy lifestyles
Motivation
Healthy relationships
Goal setting

Psychology Support Workers provide one to one support.

Provide more in-depth psychological support around mental health.

Provide tailored psychological interventions. Interventions are CBT informed.

Improving low mood
Managing emotions appropriately eg anxiety and anger- exploring triggers, strategies, challenging negative thoughts
Improving confidence and self esteem
Improving resilience
Motivation

We also refer to other services if required and signpost to other appropriate services.

To request support, please complete a form and return to: EarlyYearsandYoungPeople@bridgend.gov.uk

If it's an emergency or you need urgent help:

If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E now
If you need urgent help for your mental health, get help from NHS 111 online or call 111

Email: youthsupport@bridgend.gov.uk

Telephone: 01656 815146