Sunderland Prevention Offer for Children and Young People (Educational Settings)

Prevention is about supporting all children and young people to grow up happy, healthy, safe and resilient, by providing them with the knowledge and skills they need to manage the opportunities and challenges that may come their way. Prevention is a key principle of children’s safeguarding, where it is better to take action before harm occurs.

The Sunderland Prevention Offer has been developed to support professionals working with children and young people in educational and community settings. It provides information on universal and targeted services available in the city, who can offer early intervention or specialist support to reduce or prevent problems or issues from getting worse and bring in the right support at the right time to meet children and young people’s needs.

The document is broken down into 4 themed areas and informs what key stage in education the services can work with. The themes are:

(Introduction)

Theme 1 Staying Safe and General Health and Wellbeing  

Theme 2 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Theme 3 Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking

Theme 4 Maintaining a Healthy Weight

(Additional Resources)