Case Study:
Growing Inner Strength
When Alison was referred to the Young Person’s scheme she suffered low self-esteem and depression, leading to her self-harming. These problems were compounded by her continued use of alcohol. Alison was housed in one of the scheme’s smaller, shared houses to help her develop her social and personal skills.
Once she had settled in and established a good relationship with her housemate, staff were able to help Alison access specialist services to alleviate her depression and self-harming, increase her self esteem and tackle her alcohol abuse. Alison eventually moved into one of the scheme’s single units and established her independence, at the same time embarking upon the scheme’s life skills training programme, which ran in partnership with the youth training provider, Opex. Staff continued to support Alison through her time studying on an access course and later in helping her to apply for a place at University. She is now in her second year of a Bachelor of Arts degree at University.
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