School-Based Family Self-Harm Intervention Pilot at The Spires College, Torquay

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NHS SCW CSU awarded a contract to The Children's Society for a School Based Family Self-Harm Intervention Pilot at The Spires College in Torquay.

The two-year contract, valued at £248,162 inclusive of VAT, commenced on 01/03/2020 and expires on 28/02/2022.

The education-based provision provides assessment, advice, interventions, and support to children and young people, their families/carers, and key others (including educational staff) regarding emotional health and wellbeing where there is perceived or actual self-harming behaviour.

The pilot aims to achieve sustained reductions in self-harm frequency and intensity, improvements in emotional health and wellbeing for children, families, and carers, enhanced family dynamics and parental confidence, increased school staff confidence, improved school attendance, reduced fixed-term exclusions and alternative provision use, and demonstrable return on investment.