HEC supports its member schools/academies to
best meet the Emotional Health & Well Being needs (EHWB) of all pupils and to provide
for those who require additional help.
HEC procures on behalf of its members one-to-one
counselling for some pupils via a local charitable organisation – Young Concern
Trust (YCT) – which is an approved provider of therapeutic services. Typically member schools/academies buy in a
number of hours of such counselling per week and the counselling takes place in
the schools/academies themselves. HEC is
able to broker a discounted hourly cost from YCT due to the size of the annual
bulk purchase.
HEC also provides a range of their EHWB
interventions. The most notable example
being a programme called ‘FRIENDS’, which is the only such programme approved
by the World Health Organisation. This
is delivered by accredited facilitators to groups of no more than 10 pupils at
a time and typically over a ten week period.
There are different programmes depending upon the age of the pupils to
cover KS1, 2 and 3.
Most recently the FRIENDS programme has been delivered in 17 HEC primary schools/academies to 160 pupils and funded entirely
from a grant from the Harlow Health Centres Trust.
For more details contact Chris Fluskey. Email:
chris.fluskey@hecuk.net Mobile:
07905 937246