Core Questions
If you have reached this part of the website you have probably already looked through the background information, watched the fab videos by children, young people and young adults and got to grips with the ethos of the Not Just a Thought… project. If not, now is your chance – why not start with the “Starting a Conversation” section?
This section of the website has some core information that you can click through at your own pace. You may be a practitioner, a parent, a child, a young person or a young adult. Whatever your background this resource is for you to hopefully help you to have a conversation about some things that some people can find difficult to talk about.
These resources are provided to enhance the learning of professionals during their training, as well as educating members of the public about the sorts of issues that children, young people and young adults will be encouraged to talk about with their friends, families and with professionals as part of an engagement strategy to improve their health and well-being.
Don’t hold onto your thoughts and emotions
Let’s think about your health and well-being
- How are you feeling today?
- How is your general health?
- Are you eating ok all of the time?
- Do you smoke anything?
- Do you drink any alcohol?
- Have you taken any medicine or other drugs?
- Do you always feel safe?
- Do you have any worries?
Let’s think about where you spend your time
- Where do you live?
- Who do you live with?
- What are the rules like where you live?
- Are you happy there?
- Is where you are living always safe?
- How are you sleeping?
- Do you ever stay out overnight?
- Where do you go to school/study/work?
- How would you describe your attendance?
- Do you need or get extra help with your learning?
- Is there anything you’d like to change?
Let’s think about who you spend your time with
- What do you do for fun?
- Who do you spend most of your time around?
- Who do you trust most?
- Tell me about the people you chat to online?
- Have you got a boyfriend or a girlfriend? (We ask everyone regardless of sex)
- Are you or have you ever had sex with someone?
- I have to ask you this: Do you feel like you are in a situation that you are not comfortable with?
- Is anyone hurting or upsetting you at the moment?
- Do you or have you ever seen a social worker or counsellor?
- Is there something I’ve not asked that you want to talk to me about today?
Thinking about our next steps
- Situation: What are the main thoughts we’ve discussed?
- Background: What else have we thought about?
- Assessment: What do we think about the situation?
- Recommendations: What do we think we should do next?