Clackmannanshire Council, as a part of the Household Wellbeing Partnership, has made the digital psychological well being service Qwell accessible to oldsters and carers of youngsters and younger individuals aged as much as 18 years.
The free, secure and nameless digital instrument provides personalised psychological well being help 24/7 and crucially has no ready lists or thresholds to fulfill. As well as, it’s accredited by the British Affiliation for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BCAP) so customers could be assured within the service they obtain.
The service is delivered by kooth.com, which has been offering invaluable help to younger individuals aged 10-18 within the area since September 2021. On the finish of final 12 months, Qwell was awarded an exceptionally excessive evaluation rating of 90 % from the Organisation for the Overview of Care and Well being Apps (ORCHA).
Lesley Taylor, principal academic psychologist at Clackmannanshire Council, mentioned: “It’s essential that we offer well timed {and professional} psychological well being help for many who are caring for and parenting younger individuals.
“By extending our commissioning of Kooth to incorporate its grownup service – Qwell – we’re providing a alternative of personalised psychological well being companies that may be accessed 24/7 at a mere click on (or faucet) of a button.”
There isn’t a want for fogeys or carers to have a referral from a medical occupation to entry the service, which is on the market instantly at www.qwell.io.
The digital instrument provides dad and mom and carers entry to skilled counsellors and wellbeing practitioners within the type of one-to-one, text-based chat classes that run from 12-10pm on weekdays and 6-10pm on weekends.
The help additionally features a totally safeguarded and pre-moderated Qwell neighborhood of peer help. This contains articles written by the Qwell neighborhood alongside the Kooth staff, which cowl subjects in an age-appropriate means and embrace private experiences and useful ideas.
Dialogue boards enable customers to hunt recommendation from their friends and be a part of or begin pre-moderated conversations. Lastly, the every day journal instrument provides a spot for fogeys and carers to trace emotions and feelings to replicate on how they’re feeling.
Dr Lynne Inexperienced, chief scientific officer at Kooth, mentioned: “At Kooth, we’re on a mission to make sure that everybody has entry to well timed and efficient psychological well being care primarily based on their particular person preferences and desires.
“Our Qwell service will be certain that dad and mom and carers in Clacks have entry to nameless, secure and efficient psychological well being care and help that’s accessible across the clock. Irrespective of how large or small the problem, our staff of skilled practitioners {and professional} counsellors are right here to assist.”