Mental Health & Wellbeing by

robertm47 — 2023-11-06 14:49:38 UTC

Environmental factors, positive and negative

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Risk - lack of role models in their community and family.

positives - green spaces

robertm47 — 2023-11-08 10:28:54 UTC

Poverty and lack of provisions for young people

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Positive - A safe place for young people to develop their identify. E.g Basketball Teams, youth clubs

Lack of affordable housing. Family breakdown, young people sofa surfing and/or homelessness

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strong support netork

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Lack of safe spaces to go and meet their friends, especially in the winter months (cold and dark early)

Positive- use of free exercise equipment (outdoor gyms)

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Risk - not having access to travelling to new places for employment or leisure activities.

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Positives - Fully inclusive spaces for everyone

neg - drug and alcohol use, lack of motivation to engage in postive behaviours

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Social capital -museums/libraries/ access to passions

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outdoor spaces not being suitable for the winter months- darker nights means being inside more

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Negatives - Lack of support in wider family

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Risk - Adults in power positions (e.g - school, social workers, doctors, police) not having space to speak to young people about their views

Safe places

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Positive - A sense of community

new opportunities

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postive outlets for mental health - boxing, being able to talk through issues/express mental health

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Positives - youth workers can be flexible with how they work and in what areas (e.g at home, trips out or work places)

connected to community

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Negative - older generations influence on the community.

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Positive - Youth workers being able to take young people to new areas and work places. Staff to pay for these opportunities and travel too (with funding)

Negative - Young people are expected to be independent yet they have no way of achieving their independence until they are adults. More finance or volunteering opportunities.

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Positive - multiagency safeguarding looks at young people in different areas of life.

Strength based approach / Asset base approach

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