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Advice on making a lifestyle change, activities that improve mood, pathways to feeling less socially isolated, or boosting opportunities for work, are among the support available through Sheffield Futures’ social prescribing service.
At the heart of the initiative are three “link workers” employed by the charity, who work with 13- to 25-year-olds to identify their needs and develop a personalised plan.
This “enables young people to control the direction of their support, thus promoting independence”, says the charity’s social prescribing co-ordinator Christos Louca.
Louca explains that support is offered in-house and by other organisations across the city.
In-house, the charity’s Door 43 service, funded by Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group, provides wellbeing advice and counselling. Wellbeing practitioners focus on early intervention and low-level support, and can refer elsewhere should a specialist mental health assessment be needed.
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