Xasiloonida Maanka
The Somali Community Outreach Project, 'Peace of Mind', offers a service to the Somali community living in the London Borough of Camden. The Project addresses the mental well being of children between 5 and 13 years of age and their families, and has been set up in partnership with the Somali Community Centre to offer a range of culturally sensitive services.
The Project is funded by the Childrens Fund and will run until March 2004.
Project Co-ordinator
Somali Mental Health Worker
Clinical Psychologist
Administrator
Aims of the Project:
- To offer Awareness Days to Somali parents on a range of issues including child development, parenting, the workings of the education system and the workings of the health system
- To facilitate communication and establish a working partnership between parents and schools around the needs of individual children who are perceived as being in difficulty
- To offer drop-in surgeries in community settings to parents and children who wish to talk about their worries and concerns
- To offer a range of culturally sensitive counselling provision to parents and children including individual work, family work and group work
- To undertake development work with existing statutory and voluntary agencies, raising their awareness of the needs of the community with a view to improving access
- To offer training and support to Somali Community workers with a view to the early identification of children in difficulty
For information contact Maureen Fox tel: 020 7447 3409
