Healthy Peer Relationship Service

Contact Compass Be – Barnsley Mental Health Support Team

Healthy Peer Relationships Service is Prevention and Early Intervention support for children and young people (aged 5-18) across Barnsley. Part of the service focuses on the prevalence of bullying and unhealthy peer relationships across Barnsley and to reduce its impact on children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

The service provides workshops focussing on key areas such as:

Bullying
Cyberbullying
Connecting with peers online
Peer pressure
Isolation
Healthy relationships/friendships
Peer conflict
Breaking down peer, social and cultural norms

We deliver whole class workshops and assemblies for both primary and secondary settings covering various topics to support healthy peer relationships. We also offer group work for secondary age students and 1-1 therapeutic interventions (psychoeducation/psychosocial) for children and young people who are significantly impacted by unhealthy relationships.

Working together with schools to create Anti-bullying charters, provide information around bullying and create safe spaces with accessible information for children and young people in the school setting.

Raising awareness and understanding of Healthy Peer Relationships is also a key element to the service, part of this includes attending school events, parent coffee mornings, parents’ evenings, school council meetings and to offer other professionals training and guidance.

School packages include:

Workshops
Secondary group sessions
1-1 Intervention
Staff training
Attendance at events to raise awareness and understanding
Parent Workshops

Job title: Senior Healthy Peer Relationship Practitioner

About me: Hi I am Kirsty, Senior Healthy Peer Relationship Practitioner. I am very excited to be part of Compass Be to work together with other professionals to support children and young people in the Barnsley area.

I have worked in a SEN settings for over 7 years, with a background in behavioural support, SEN, emotional wellbeing, mental health and family support. I have a keen interest in online harms, Adverse Childhood Experiences and using a trauma Informed approach.

I love to read, especially researching and understanding about child psychology and the development of the brain, but I also love a good fiction book.

In my spare time I like to be outdoors, I like to go for long walks. I have a love for live music and festivals.

I really enjoy the work I do and want to make a positive impact.

Job title: Healthy Peer Relationship Practitioner

About me: Hi, I am Vicky, Healthy Peer Relationship Practitioner ! I am proud to be a part of compass Be and cannot wait to start working with children and young people across Barnsley.

I have spent the last 10 years in a Primary school setting, supporting children both educationally and emotionally.I specialised in challenging behaviours, SEN, and adverse childhood experiences.

I am interested in neuroscience, particularly the research relating to early development and how social support and positive relationships, can enhance emotional regulation and development in children.

There is a big wide world out there and I love exploring it !!

I enjoy spending time with my family and friends and love to have long walks whatever the weather.