Protecting you
All children and young people have the right to be protected from harm. If you are worried or concerned about your safety or if you are at risk of harm please speak to someone you trust as quickly as you can. This could be a friend, a family member, a Teacher, a Nurse, a Social Worker, or a Police Officer. If may be none of these people but choose the best person to speak to that will listen to you and most importantly, help you get support. If you are at risk of harm it is important to get the support and protection required to help you through so please get in touch on either:
- 0800 731 5520 (Social Work)
- 101 (Police Scotland)
If you don't have access to a phone please go directly to your local Social Work Office or Police Station for help.
Useful links and information
Support for Children, young people and families
The following signposting presentation has been created to aid practitioners to support children, young people and their families.
Integrated Children's Services by joanne Aitken on Prezi Next
Click on each of the circles to find out more about the Universal, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Services available. (Education, Health, Social Work, Community Development, Third Sector, Commissioned Services, Intervention Hub, Fit Like Hub & Self-Help Services.)
Online Safety
Think U Know - CEOP is an organisation that does a lot of work on online safety for children and young people. Have a look at their website for information on the sites and apps you like to use.
Samaritans - Online Safety - Guidance on staying safe online, co-designed by young people with lived experience of self-harm and suicidal feelings and experience of supporting others at risk.
Mind of my own
Mind Of My Own believe that every child should be able to give voice to their lived experience – and be heard. They create fully accessible apps that provide a unique digital solution to advancing universal children’s rights; they are the only digital tool that comprehensively supports Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
The app can be downloaded from an app store or by creating an account at mind of my own. This is a quick 3 step process, young people who wish to use the app independently are required to have access to a email to have an account. Children and young people if they do not have access to a email can be supported to use this alongside their worker on their profile.
If you are a child, young person or professional and have a question regarding Mind Of My Own please contact our local lead Megan Geddes at MeGeddes@aberdeencity.gov.uk. In addition to this Mind of My Own have a free resource which can be accessed, this has a number of video demonstrations and recorded workshops both including the views of young people and professionals.