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UK Children Helpline Numbers – A Social Necessity
With primary objective of enabling children and young people who are in imminent danger to contact someone and obtain help, the concept of UK Children Helpline numbers has gained the status of a pre-requisite necessity of our society in recent times.
The other big idea is to encourage children participation and provide them an opportunity to express their concerns and talk about the issues directly affecting them. Child Helpline Numbers mainly focuses on reaching out to the most marginalized and neglected children and building trust and a relationship to ensure that children perceive the helpline as their own and call in for assistance without any hitch.
Giving Voice to the children
While a child’s reason for calling may vary between continents, regions, countries and cities, one factor remains the same, the child is asking to be heard. They may be calling to seek rescue from abuse, bullying, suicidal tendencies, unwanted and underage pregnancies or about family. The call itself ensures the caller’s first step towards child participation.
This action alone is not enough to ensure that children’s voices and opinions are really being heard and acted upon but the information is crucial for advocacy on children’s rights and in turn helping children to protect themselves from violence, abuse and other forms of exploitation.
Facilitating right environment
Several children-friendly mechanisms should be created at every level to attain children’s participation. Especially the adult’s attitude needs to be altered so that children must feel that their opinions are being seriously taken by the listener and they are being seen as colleagues and peers by adults, and not someone to talk down to.
Adults at the helpline should be trained and prepared to create the necessary spaces for children to express their views without restraint. Many help lines throughout the world are making efforts to foster children’s participation at every stratum of society .The role of children and young people as youth counselors, young trainers, young community/school volunteers, young ambassadors are motivating children to help other children in getting their voices heard.
Helpline of 3 to 4 digits
The designation of a toll-free, easy-to-remember 3 or 4 digit number is imperative to safeguard the lives of children. Destitute and trafficked children move around from one place to another. So a common 3 or 4 Child Helpline number will help the children to memorize one number that they can dial in for help and identify with the service more easily.
The ultimate purpose is to enable children and young people who are in imminent danger to contact someone and obtain help, 24*7 that also free of cost. Accessible from both landline and mobile phones, this number should be a universal earmarked only for children, similar to other emergency services numbers currently offered in many countries.
The following are the Information Sheets that can be accessed anytime by children and young people on the Kids Helpline website:
• Self injury
• Youth homelessness and leaving home
• Drug and alcohol use
• Family relationships
• Concerns of young Indigenous Australians
• Rural and remote issues
• Eating and weight issues
• Bullying
• Suicide-related issues
• Mental health
• Child abuse
• Callers from non-English speaking background
by Meterprikluts on 2014-08-02 02:17:40
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