A Penumbra Development Worker is providing a support and advice service for young people living in West Lothian who are experiencing mental health problems and/or are at risk of becoming homeless.
Inpatient, outpatient, and day therapy for the management of psychiatric, psychological and emotional conditions with particular emphasis on specialist treatment for adolescent services, eating disorders and addictive behaviour
The Project provides a non-judgemental, young people friendly and user led support service to young people who self-harm. It also explores the needs of family/carers and professional in contact with them.
The aim of the Project is to set up and manage the development of an early response service to people aged 18+ who have been involved in a recent self-harm incident. This is based on prompt telephone communication and contact within 72 hours of the incident.
The aim is then to work with people to establish and understand their support needs and link them with appropriate existing services in the area. This is also an opportunity to gather information on the needs of this group to inform further planning in this field and to advise and liaise with other interested agencies.
My name is Gabrielle and I am twenty-eight years old. I began to self-injure at age fifteen -- so nearly thirteen years minus a two year period. This website is one about self-injury (self-harm), made to let self-injurers know that they are not alone and to help their friends and family learn more about self-injury and how it affects their loved one.
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