Mental health support for children's, youth and students workers 2026

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I work with or have worked with...* This field is required.Select as many as are relevant

Under 5s

5-11s

11-18s

Students (18+)

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I have worked with children, young people or students for* This field is required.Please select how long you have been in children's, youth or student ministry

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Were you in a paid or voluntary capacity? Or maybe you have worked in both capacities.* This field is required.Please select one.

Voluntary

Employed

Voluntary and Employed

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Were you working for...* This field is required.Please select all that apply.

Church

Christian organisation

Secular organisation

Local authority

Education

Other

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If you are happy to, please tell us the denomination, type of organisation or type of educational establishments your experience relates to. This will help us to understand what support is available within different contexts.

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During your time working with children, young people and/or students, did you have a situation(s) in your life where counselling or therapy would have or did help you? Please select yes even if you didn't access the counselling or therapy that would have helped.* This field is required.For this question we are not referring to ongoing mental health support for a long term mental health condition, we are specifically referring to when a situation has arisen which has meant you needed short term counselling or therapy to process and come through the situation. Please select yes or no,

YESNO

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How many situations over your time working with children, young people or students, would you say you could have or did benefit from accessing short-term counselling or therapy?* This field is required.Please select a number below.

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Were you able to access the counselling or therapy that you needed?* This field is required.Please select one answer.

Yes for all

Not for any

Yes for some but not others

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If you were able to access the counselling or therapy that you needed, who provided this for you? * This field is required.If you have multiple occasions where you accessed support please let us know the different providers if applicable.

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If you did access the counselling or therapy you needed, how much did each session cost you?* This field is required.If you have multiple times please give a range from the least costing to the highest costing per session.

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If you did access counselling or therapy, did you get any financial support from your employer to help cover the costs of the counselling or therapy?* This field is required.By employer we mean the church or organisation you were carrying out the children's, youth or student ministry for whether it was in a paid or voluntary capacity?

Yes fully covered for all

Yes full covered for some

Contribution only

No financial support

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If you did access the counselling or therapy you needed, how long were you waiting to be seen?* This field is required.If you have more than one time please let us know a range from the shortest time to the longest.

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If you didn't access the support you needed what was the reason(s) that stopped you being able to access the counselling/therapy that you needed?* This field is required.Select as many as apply.

Financial

Lack of childcare

Fitting it in to my schedule

Finding a suitable service

Other

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If you didn't access the support you needed, did you ask your employer if any financial support or counselling/therapy service was available to you?* This field is required.By employer we mean the church or organisation you were carrying out the children's, youth or student ministry for whether it was in a paid or voluntary capacity?

YESNO

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What was their response?* This field is required.

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If you were unable to access the counselling or therapy that you needed and you are happy to share with us, what was the outcome of you not getting the support you needed?We understand that it may be too difficult for you to share this information, so please only share if you feel able to, by sharing this information we can get a big picture of the implications and outcomes when people do not get the support that they need.

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Finally, whether you did or did not access the counselling or therapy that you needed. Was there anything else in terms of support that would have helped you?

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Is there anything else you would like to tell us in terms of support for children's, youth or student ministry workers?Maybe it's an idea, maybe it's something that has helped you, or maybe it's something else.

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Thanks for filling in the survey, your responses will help us get a clear understanding of what support is available for those who work with children. young people or students in a Christian context. Would you like someone to contact you to discuss your answers further?* This field is required.Yes will take you to our optional information questions, No will take you to the end of the survey

YESNO

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Name

First Name

Last Name

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Email

example@example.com

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Phone Number

Area Code

Phone Number