As part of the Surrey Wellbeing Partnership, our team of Wellbeing Practitioners nurture 8 to 18 year olds within the community. This service gives children and young people a central voice in decisions about their care and recovery, offering choice about their options, and more opportunities to access a range of services in different ways.

A needs-led, relational service, young people can be referred by community agencies such as GPs or social workers, or by parents, or even young people themselves. We help them to identify outcomes they want to achieve and, together with their Wellbeing Practitioner, they work together to achieve this.

This looks different for every young person, but may include: one-to-one sessions, group work, engaging them in other Matrix projects, wider interventions with parents or their families, or helping them to access support from a specialised service.

With no time limit on how long we work with a young person, we can move forward at the young person’s pace. Our team is trained to work with those who need support to overcome issues such as anxiety, stress, self harm, eating disorders and isolation.