Between 2013 and 2017, Oberstown implemented a significant change process, amalgamating different facilities and modernising the concept of young people in detention in Ireland. The process was part of an Irish Government Initiative set out in the Youth Justice Strategy aiming to improve outcomes for young people placed in detention.
A framework of best practice to support staff to respond to suicide and self-harm was one element of this change process. STORM® began work with Oberstown in 2017, and by March 2020, the majority of frontline staff (including middle management) had been trained.
Read more about their work in our Case Study – Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Tackling Self-harm in a changing environment
The University of Nottingham are inviting professionals working across different settings with young people who have self-harmed to share their views on the CaTS-app – which aims to improve shared understanding and assessment of self-harm between young people and professionals.
Two of our wonderful team members, Dani and Emma, lead our Wellbeing Programme for the internal Storm Skills Training team. They’re passionate and committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our team and are invested in promoting a happy and supportive environment.
Since getting the go ahead from our CEO Bianca and our Board, they have introduced and grown a programme which has gone from strength to strength. We are so proud and thankful to them for developing this idea.
In this piece Dani and Emma tell us how it all began, what they’ve learned, and what their plans are for the future.
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