Warwickshire County Council commissions new online mental health support for children and young people

Warwickshire County Council has commissioned Kooth, a free, safe and anonymous digital counselling and support service for children and young people.

Kooth is a safe and confidential way for young people to access emotional wellbeing and early intervention mental health support.  The service will be available to all young people across Warwickshire aged 11-25 years from 29 March.

Kooth.com is an award winning and innovative online mental health and wellbeing support service, accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which will support and complement the existing offer operated by Rise - a family of NHS-led services providing emotional wellbeing & mental health services for young people across the county.

Fully trained and qualified counsellors and emotional wellbeing practitioners are available from midday to 10pm, and from 6pm to 10pm at weekends, 365 days a year to provide an out-of-hours service for emotional support in an accessible way. Kooth.com also offers articles, forum and self-help 24/7.

For teachers and professionals who have day to day contact with young people, it is important that they know about kooth.com and understand what it can offer in order to signpost young people, particularly during Covid-19 and returning to school.

Our Kooth Engagement Lead will be available to present the Kooth model, provide guidance, support and signposting. They will be arranging a number of Eventbrite sessions to explain the service provided with a Q&A sessions.

For further information, e-posters or to arrange a meeting, please email warwickshire@kooth.com