Speaker One - Jo Holmes
Counselling Young People and Families Policy update in the World of School-Based Counselling
Jo Holmes is the Children, Young People and Families Lead based within the Policy Team at BACP. Jo’s background was initially youth work, leading youth participation health-based programmes, she later retrained as a person-centred counsellor, developing a counselling service in a secondary school. Jo has worked with children and young people spanning over 30 years in a range of local authority, school, third sector and health settings. Jo now campaigns for free at the point-of-access counselling for children, young people and young adults (up to the age of 25) as well as paid work for the counselling profession. Jo is also the safeguarding lead for BACP.
Speaker Two - SWEDA
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Speaker Three - Delena Ritte
There is an increasing focus on support for parents who are seeking extra help to support their young people in navigating peer relationships, family troubles, school anxieties and cyber problems. Delena Ritte, counsellor and tutor, will offer invaluable insight into family systems that practitioners can use to help parents in schools.
Speaker Four - Veronica
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