About Support 4 Progress

Aims & Objectives

1. To promote, preserve and protect the Mental Health of persons suffering emotional distress caused by issues such as racial abuse and discrimination.

2. To relieve the suffering, poverty and hardship of children, young persons and parents caused by the breakdown of communication and break up of family relationships.

3. To encourage agencies involved in providing relationship support and support for parents and children to work together more effectively.

4. To promote good parenting practice and skills.

5. To provide support particularly but not exclusively through the provision of counselling, advice, information and education.

6. To provide and assist in the provision of education and training in parenting skills and physical and mental development of children and young persons and evaluating the impact of such education and training.

History

Support 4 Progress have been based at the Saltshaker Community Centre for approximately 12 years. Support 4 Progress was founded as a self-help service consisting of local black parents coming together to talk about their concerns regarding breakdown of the family unit, work unit, school and their community.

We have now evolved into a Counselling Approved Training Centre providing professional counselling and quality training opportunities.

Support 4 Progress provides group therapy for both adults and young people to enable them to discuss matters of importance to them in a safe and non-judgmental environment.

Group Support and training are delivered by qualified counsellors who work alongside the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapy (BACP) ethical framework.

Group members are informed of and are required to uphold confidentiality.

Through the support of the group, individuals gain confidence in themselves and their ability to communicate feelings and thoughts.

Through group therapy individuals acquire their interpersonal skills. These skills can be applied to everyday life.

Professional Training

We have a variety of professional development courses e.g. Counselling Therapeutic, Clinical and Consultation Supervision, also courses which explain culture and diversity.

We also provide Communication and Personal Awareness courses e.g. grief and loss, addiction and anger management.

Due to our combined training and delivering experience we can also provide courses tailored to your needs.

The co-founders and the management committee have worked hard to keep S4P from sinking. We are now in a position to offer our services throughout the week. We successfully secured funding from the Home Office in July 2006 – Connecting Communities Plus Funding.

If you feel there is something you would like to talk about or if you have a concern, please contact Velma Lee.

Also if you are an organisation/agency who would like to discuss referrals or make referrals to us, please contact Alicia Henry.

We do provide voluntary opportunities and if you would like to know more about S4P please do not hesitate to contact one of the following S4P team:

Alicia Henry	Project Manager	07971417621
Delroy Bryan	Counsellor Facilitator Trainer	07971415651

Vision Statement

Our vision is to enhance the mental well being of young people and adults in Greater Manchester.

Our aim is to provide opportunities for everyone to achieve their potential for greatness in a supportive environment, which will increase their emotional literacy and academic abilities.

We aim to be a dynamic organisation in meeting the needs of BME young people and adults in a social, emotional and educational way and to empower individuals to feel valued in society.

Philosophy

Our Philosophy at S4P:

To create a safe environment where client and counsellor can work together for the benefit of the client through a therapeutic relationship.

To respect and value each counsellor as an individual and recognise that there are many approaches and styles for counselling in which this can be achieved.

To strive for and maintain through selection, supervision and training, high standards of counselling being of mutual benefit for the ultimate welfare of Support 4 Progress service users.

To create a culture where human growth and development are the essential elements of a healthy and successful organisation.

To provide a warm, receptive environment with friendly and non-judgmental staff.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is a means of providing the client with safety and privacy.

Confidentiality between counsellor and client is of fundamental importance. It is difficult to imagine any situation where such confidentiality would be broken by the counsellor without the prior consent of the client. Whenever possible, the decision to break confidentiality agreed between a counsellor and client should be made only after consultation with the counselling supervisor or an experienced counsellor.

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