Outdoor Therapy: Outdoor Therapy offers one-to-one counselling and therapeutic support in outdoor settings. Sessions take place in local parks, woodlands, and green spaces, combining the benefits of talking therapy with the restorative effects of being in nature. Participants are supported by experienced counsellors and therapists and can explore challenges at their own pace in a safe, confidential, and supportive environment.

Referrals for Outdoor Therapy for Fife Young People can only be made by a child/young person's named person within education. Informed consent must be given to access this service, by the parents/carers where the child is under 12, and by the young person aged 12 and over.

Our Fife Outdoor Therapy service is for school students (P7-S6) currently enrolled in a Fife Council school. The specific eligibility criteria is:

Eligibility Criteria (P7):

• The young person (P7) is enrolled in a Fife primary school and is unlikely to have a successful transition to secondary.
• The young person is showing increasing signs of emotional distress which is impacting their wellbeing and may be impacting their engagement with Education.
• The young person/family is not currently working with CAMHS or engaged in any other therapeutic support.

Eligibility Criteria (S1-S6):

• The young person (S1-S6) is enrolled in a Fife secondary school and is suitable for counselling but cannot access through the school setting, due to school related distress.
• The young person is showing increasing signs of emotional distress which is impacting their wellbeing (see indicators below) and may be impacting their engagement with Education.
• Outdoor Therapy is deemed the most appropriate intervention at the additional/intensive level of support, beyond the scope of other school-based intervention and where an outdoor environment is preferable to a school-based setting due to school-based distress.
• The young person/family is not currently working with CAMHS or engaged in any other therapeutic support.

Note: Venture Trust does not currently work with registered sex offenders, those with pending sexual charges, or those subject to Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).

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