1st March 2021 Self-Injury Awareness Day: The impact of Covid-19 on children’s mental health Self-Injury Awareness Day is an annual global awareness day on March 1st and its purpose is to raise awareness about self-injury. This is an incredibly worrying issue in the current climate, with rising concern over the potential impact of lockdown on mental health. Many people have a hard time talking about self-injury. In this blog, we look at the potential impact of Covid-19 pandemic on children’s mental health and how you can help them.
18th February 2021 Why becoming an apprentice nurse associate has changed my life – Mental Health Nurses Day For Mental Health Nurses Day we’ve asked one of our Nurse Associate Apprentices, Chris Longshaw, to share his experience of his apprenticeship at Cygnet Health Care.
10th February 2021 National Apprenticeship Week: Building our health and social care workers of the future In our latest blog our Apprenticeship Manager, Suzanne Smith, and and Levi Kestle, Graduate of Cygnet’s Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Programme, look at how our apprenticeship pathways are building our health and social care workers of the future.
1st February 2021 Children’s Mental Health Week: Express Yourself It is Children’s Mental Health Week (1-7 February) this week and this year’s theme is ‘Express yourself'. In the February blog, we feature some of the many pieces of artwork and poems our Young People have created to mark this awareness week, and here, Ali Curtis, CAMHS Service Lead at Cygnet Hospital Sheffield, describes how the hospital embraces self-expression.
12th January 2021 How to beat the January Blues as we approach Blue Monday With Blue Monday fast approaching Matthew Gill, Regional Director of Psychology Services (Midlands), provides some tips on how you can beat the January blues.
2nd December 2020 Not all disabilities are visible This week marks the International Day of People with Disabilities 2020, an annual celebration of people with disabilities. In our latest blog James O’Neil, Regional Manager, North West, for Cygnet’s Supported Living Services, explains what it means to have a hidden disability, and how we can all help.
4th November 2020 How to make a self-soothe box In our latest blog Katie Condliffe, an occupational therapist at Cygnet Hospital Bury looks at self-soothe boxes and why they can be a great way to manage feelings of anxiety, panic and stress.