Campaigners wanted!
Support for us (working title) is a campaign started by Sam Barakat, looking at confidentiality in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in cases where the young person does not want their parents or carers to know they are accessing CAMHS. From a survey conducted, the majority of young people do not think that you can go to CAMHS without your parents finding out. This campaign is trying to change that.
Sam Barakat, 21 years old, has lived experience of mental health issues and currently works in the mental health field. Alongside campaigning, Sam runs assemblies and training courses, including Youth Mental Health First Aid.
Sam is looking to form a small group (5-10 people) to work alongside her to lead this campaign. Commitments would include:
This campaigning opportunity is for anybody who's interested in mental health and agrees with the campaigns ams. This could be:
Sam Barakat, 21 years old, has lived experience of mental health issues and currently works in the mental health field. Alongside campaigning, Sam runs assemblies and training courses, including Youth Mental Health First Aid.
Sam is looking to form a small group (5-10 people) to work alongside her to lead this campaign. Commitments would include:
- Meetings, most likely once every 4-8 weeks (due to the nature of this campaign, individuals will have to fund their own travel- locations of these meetings will depend on what's most convenient for the group)
- Campaign work on social media
- Public speaking in a variety of settings including TV and to audiences
- If relevant and you're comfortable to do so, willing to speak about your own mental health and any experiences you’ve had with services
This campaigning opportunity is for anybody who's interested in mental health and agrees with the campaigns ams. This could be:
- Somebody who's used CAMHS
- A parent who’s child is/has used CAMHS
- A mental health professional
- An individual who works with young people (e.g. teacher)
- Somebody who’s interested in mental health
Application form
This form is to register your interest in joining the campaign. This form should take around 10 minutes to complete. Please note that you're unable to save and return to the form as your progress will be lost.
You'll first be asked a few questions to see if this is the right position for yourself. These are followed by some scenario questions. Please don't worry too much if you're unsure about a question. Honesty is better than trying to answer a question that you're unclear about.
Following this form, all applicants will be informed if they’ve made it through to the next stage.
For those who get through to the next stage, there will be a phone conversation to discuss about what the campaign is, yourself as an individual as well as any questions that you may have.
Application form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg4BWfZ0sjEEtxQKJ8T9NHrVn2GdkZh9DYfY9hWf508g3adw/viewform?usp=sf_link
If you would prefer an offline version of this form, please email me on contact@sambarakat.com
You'll first be asked a few questions to see if this is the right position for yourself. These are followed by some scenario questions. Please don't worry too much if you're unsure about a question. Honesty is better than trying to answer a question that you're unclear about.
Following this form, all applicants will be informed if they’ve made it through to the next stage.
For those who get through to the next stage, there will be a phone conversation to discuss about what the campaign is, yourself as an individual as well as any questions that you may have.
Application form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg4BWfZ0sjEEtxQKJ8T9NHrVn2GdkZh9DYfY9hWf508g3adw/viewform?usp=sf_link
If you would prefer an offline version of this form, please email me on contact@sambarakat.com