Children and Youth Work
The Methodist Church has some useful resources for those who work with Children and Young people. Have a look at the website for a range of resources.
Safer working practices with Children & Young people
(PDF leaflet to accompany)
Mental Health
Mental health is an issue of growing concern among children and young people and those who work with them.
In response to this Methodist Children and Youth have teamed up with Young Minds to produce resources, which can be downloaded as PDFs below:
Mental Health Resource Under 12
Mental Health Resource 12 - 18
Resources produced by Methodist Children and Youth to help support with exam stress.
SIGNPOSTS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (download this list as a PDF)
Bullying
Tackling bullying, changing culture and enabling positive relationships:
A series of webinars from the Methodist Church
Cyber Bullying
This is a very informative webpage about protecting children online from cyber bullying and gives good and informative guidance on what to talk to your children about using the internet and their phones. It is American based, but the same rules apply to the UK.
Parent/Carer guide for protecting your children on the internet
Grooming and the church
- Video 1: You can’t tell the difference (3:57)
- Video 2: The Stages of Grooming (11:14)
- Video 3: Institutional Facilitation (4:38)
- Video 4: A Tale of Two Kids (7:40)
Please also look at NSPCC Learning page about grooming.
Grooming: recognising the signs | NSPCC Learning