Case Study | Self esteem, mood and confidence

What was the reason for the referral?

• Young person (YP) appeared to struggle with their self-esteem, mood, confidence and body image.
• YP struggled with peer groups– falling out with friends and feeling left out.
• Negatively peer pressured to engage in things that children shouldn’t be involved in, i.e. vaping. This is seen to have had a detrimental effect on YP’s relationship with parents

Goals

• Helping YP to build confidence and self-esteem.
• Supporting YP with improving how they see themselves, has negative self-affirmations.
• Supporting YP in improving positive relationships with peers.
• Helping YP to improve their independence and resilience skills.

Support Provided

• 5 1-2-1 support sessions took place in improving confidence and self-esteem,
• TSS Worker supported YP to attend PF activities .
• Helping YP to understand personal qualities and skills, good and bad, to enhance self-worth and self-esteem.
• Supporting YP to build their resilience skills.
• Helping YP to understand the different characteristics of different emotions, which relate to their personal feelings/emotions.

Outcomes

• YP made new friends at Positive Futures.
• Staff member was informed that relationship with friends was going well and there hadn’t been any conflict recently.
• Improved confidence and self-esteem score on the Goal Based Outcomes (GBO) – YP scored as 5/10 on first session for GBO and had increased to 8/10 by the end of session completion.
• On entry with the Mind Star, YP scored themselves 24; however, this increased to 27 on exit – there were improvements regarding personal statements also.

Impact

• YP is now more aware of her self-esteem and ways in which they can improve this.
• YP advised that they are getting along with friends more now and reported not having any arguments with them.
• YP advised, “I have made new friends at Positive Futures” – YP felt proud of themself for this as they had previously reported of spending a lot of time at home or in her bedroom.