{"id":47,"date":"2022-01-28T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T10:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2024-10-11T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:20:36","slug":"self-harm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/supporting-children-and-young-people-with-asn\/self-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Harm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rates of self-harm, particularly in young people have been increasing.\u00a0 There are a variety of reasons why a child or young person may self-harm &#8211; however, it is important to remember that it is never &#8216;just a call for attention&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-573\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152703\/Picture1-3-300x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152703\/Picture1-3-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152703\/Picture1-3-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152703\/Picture1-3-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152703\/Picture1-3.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-574\" style=\"width: 554px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-574\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152715\/picture4-300x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152715\/picture4-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152715\/picture4-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152715\/picture4-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/mhwbpandc\/uploads\/sites\/20210\/2022\/05\/12152715\/picture4.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Penumbra is mental-health charity organisation, with initiatives all over Scotland &#8211; including North Ayrshire. See below for details and a link to their North Ayrshire Self-Harm Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are concerned for a child or young person, below are some resources you can check out for guidance and advice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/keeping-children-safe\/childrens-mental-health\/self-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSPCC<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>YoungMinds provides advice for both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngminds.org.uk\/parent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parent\/carer<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngminds.org.uk\/young-person\/my-feelings\/self-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">young person<\/a> themselves<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>North Ayrshire Self Harm Project<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The North Ayrshire Self Harm Project for young people 10 and over provides a non-judgemental, person centred service to residents of North Ayrshire who self-harm, including adults. We also explore the needs of family, carers and professionals in contact with young people who self harm.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Project provides one to one support to people who wish to reduce\/stop self harm as well as working throughout North Ayrshire to raise awareness of self harm issues.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to get involved in the Project, we accept self referrals and referrals from agencies (NB if someone is over 21 years of age we require a self referral). As part of Penumbra\u2019s referral process, we would be grateful if the person who is making the referral could complete a North Ayrshire Self Harm Referral form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penumbra.org.uk\/services\/north-ayrshire-self-harm-support-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Ayrshire Self Harm Project \u2022 Penumbra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Penumbra have recently updated their website and are still in the process of uploading documents. For the self-referral sheet please either email <strong>Penumbra<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:west@penumbra.org.uk\">west@penumbra.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rates of self-harm, particularly in young people have been increasing.\u00a0 There are a variety of reasons why a child or young person may self-harm &#8211; however, it is important to remember that it is never &#8216;just a call for attention&#8217;. &nbsp; If you are concerned for a child or young person, below are some resources &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/supporting-children-and-young-people-with-asn\/self-harm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Self Harm<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":239,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/976"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/mhwbpandc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}