Who's Who?
A team of young people and Hannah from HeadStart worked together throughout 2022 to make resources to help explain different professional roles which young people might work with here in Cornwall (e.g. School Nurse, Youth Worker).
On this page you will find 28 films each with an introduction to a different role who works with children and young people here in Cornwall.
A huge thank you to Reignite Youth Panel and Hear Our Voice for their creativity and involvement in the project and to shape it to what it is to date.
To get involved in projects similar to this, please email headstartyouth@cornwall.gov.uk - we'd love to work with you.
What's happening next?
If you are a professional working in a role and would like to have a video added to this page, or you are a young person and have an idea for who we should work with to create a video, please do get in touch headstartyouth@cornwall.gov.uk
The young people we worked alongside on this project also told us they would like to make an animation which gives ideas and explains what some of them do to help look after their own wellbeing day to day. In spring 2023, we will be working together to create this and will upload to this page once it is ready!
Who's Who? Cornwall - Video Interaction Guidance
An introduction to the role of Video Interaction Guidance here in Cornwall.
For more information, or to get in touch with the VIG Service,
email:
vigservice@cornwall.gov.uk
Contact the Early Help Hub by calling 01872 322277
Who's Who? Cornwall - Next Steps South West - Outreach Officer
An introduction to the role of an Outreach Officer working for Next Steps South West, here in Cornwall.
To find out more, visit - Navigating Journeys to Higher Education | Next Steps South West
https://nextstepssw.ac.uk/
Who's Who? Cornwall - Targeted Youth Worker
An introduction to the role of a Targeted Youth Worker in Cornwall.
To find out more and to speak to someone about working with a Targeted Youth Worker, visit the Early Help Hub website:
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/earlyhelphub or
Tel: 01872 322277
Monday – Thursday 8:45am – 5:15pm
Friday 8:45am – 4:45pm
Closed on Bank Holidays.
Email:
earlyhelphub@cornwall.gov.uk
Who's Who? Cornwall - School Nurse
Who's Who? Cornwall - Primary Mental Health Practitioner
An introduction to the role of a Primary Mental Health Practitioner here in Cornwall.
To find out more and to speak to someone about working with a Primary Mental Health Practitioner, visit the Early Help Hub website:
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/earlyhelphub or
Tel: 01872 322277
Monday – Thursday 8:45am – 5:15pm
Friday 8:45am – 4:45pm
Closed on Bank Holidays.
Email:
earlyhelphub@cornwall.gov.uk
Who's Who? Cornwall - Kernow Connect Young Persons Worker
Who's Who? Cornwall - Education Welfare Officer
Who's Who? Cornwall - Children's Rights Advocate
An introduction to the role of a Children's Rights Advocate here in Cornwall.
What is a Children’s Rights Advocate (CRA)?
They are very experienced social workers who are employed by Cornwall Council to ensure
that everyone involved in looking after you is acting as responsible and conscientious
parent would. The CRA fulfils all of the statutory duties of an Independent Reviewing
Officer as this is a requirement that the local authority has to provide.
They have a clear role to:
visit you
listen to you
talk to you about your wishes and feelings
chair your review meetings and review your child/care plan on a regular basis
monitor how things are going for you
make sure plans happen for you
When do I get one?
Shortly after you become a child /young person in care (looked after), your CRA will get in
touch to talk to you about your first meeting. They will help you to understand more about
the meetings and why we have them. They will give you a pack of information about what
they will talk to you about and what will happen at your meeting. You should be able to
keep the same CRA while you are in care but if for any reason you want to change your
CRA you can talk to the CRA Service Manager about your worries and views.
What do they do?
They chair your meetings (or help you chair the meeting if you want to) and will arrange to
speak with you before each one, ideally several days before the meeting happens. They
will talk to you about who should come to your meeting, where you would like it to take
place, who you would prefer not to come and whether you want to come for all or only
part of the meeting. They get everybody at your meeting to agree what needs to happen
next for you. They will make sure that you get a written copy of what was talked about and
the actions agreed there no later than four weeks after the meeting happens. They will
follow up to make sure that everyone does what they agreed to do, and try to sort out any
problems when things don’t happen as agreed.
How can they help me?
They will make sure your views and thoughts are heard and included in your care plan.
They will make sure that your meeting talks about things that matter to you. If you think
your views are not being listened to, you might want to have an advocate who will talk on
your behalf at meetings – you can ask your Social Worker or CRA more about advocates
and what they can do. The most important thing is that you have your say.
Who's Who? Cornwall - Awena Virtual School
Who's Who? Cornwall - Speech and Language Therapist
Who's Who? Cornwall - Social Worker
Who's Who? Cornwall - Kernow Connect Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner
Who's Who? Cornwall - Family Health Worker
An introduction to the role of a Family Health Worker, here in Cornwall.
To find out more about the role of the Family Health Worker, visit the Early Help Hub website:
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/earlyhelphub or
Tel: 01872 322277
Monday – Thursday 8:45am – 5:15pm
Friday 8:45am – 4:45pm
Closed on Bank Holidays.
Email:
earlyhelphub@cornwall.gov.uk Who's Who? Cornwall - Student Experience
An introduction to the roles and support available to young people at Truro and Penwith College.
All schools and colleges have different people in them who are there to support you.
To find out more, visit your school or college website e.g.
https://www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/ or ask your tutor/form teacher.
Who's Who? Cornwall - Social Prescriber
An introduction to the role of a Young Person's Social Prescriber, here in Cornwall.
There are many examples of Social Prescribing here in Cornwall.
For more information, visit:
https://www.staustellhealthcare.co.uk/social-prescribing.html if you are local to St Austell
or search "Social Prescriber" and your local area or speak to your GP practice to find out if there is a social prescriber near you.
Who's Who? Cornwall - Youth Worker Carefree
An introduction to the role of a Youth Worker in Carefree, here in Cornwall.
For more information about Carefree and the support on offer, visit www.carefreecornwall.org.uk
Tel: 01209 204333
Email:
info@carefreecornwall.org.uk Who's Who? Cornwall - Support Worker YZUP
Who's Who? Cornwall - Senior Parenting Worker
Who's Who? Cornwall - Functional Family Therapy
An introduction to the role of a Functional Family Therapist here in Cornwall.
For more information about Functional Family Therapy and their role in supporting families to communicate and live together more positively, visit the Early Help Hub website:
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/earlyhelphub or
Tel: 01872 322277
Monday – Thursday 8:45am – 5:15pm
Friday 8:45am – 4:45pm
Closed on Bank Holidays.
Email:
earlyhelphub@cornwall.gov.uk Who's Who? Cornwall - Family Worker
Who's Who? Cornwall - Educational Psychologist
Who's Who? Cornwall - Education Projects Manager
An introduction to the role of an Education Projects Manager, here in Cornwall.
Who's Who? Cornwall - Education Mental Health Practitioner
An introduction to the role of an Education Mental Health Practitioner, here in Cornwall.
Education Mental Health Practitioners work within Mental Health Support Teams.
Mental health support teams
The team in Cornwall are an NHS service which works within school settings to provide early intervention for primary school children who are experiencing difficulties such as low mood and anxiety. They also support education staff in implementing strategies across the whole school to try to ensure that children's wellbeing is supported and promoted throughout school life.
The teams aim to deliver 3 core functions:
Delivering evidence-based interventions in schools for mild to moderate mental health issues.
Supporting the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.
For more information and to speak to someone about support, visit
https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/camhs Who's Who? Cornwall - Careers Advisor, Carefree
An introduction to the role of a Careers Advisor with Carefree, here in Cornwall.
For more information about Carefree and the support on offer, visit www.carefreecornwall.org.uk Tel: 01209 204333 Email:
info@carefreecornwall.org.uk Who's Who? Cornwall - Career Development Consultant, CSW Group
An introduction to the role of a Career Development Consultant with the CSW group.
For more information, visit
https://cswgroup.co.uk/ Who's Who? Cornwall - Barnardos Safer Futures
Who's Who? Cornwall - Autism Advisor