Mental health support services for children and young people throughout South Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
The Burden Basket is a mental health service provider for children and young people. We provide support for teachers and staff who work with vulnerable children and young people in school settings. We also offer therapy for parents and adults or professional supervision/debriefing
The Burden Basket staff are qualified to work with children and young people offering face to face therapy, web-based or telephone supervision sessions. We can offer mental health lessons to groups in schools on topics such as emotions, anxiety and confidence.
Schools can request training so they can deliver lessons themselves or The Burden Basket therapists can run sessions at school on their behalf.
Parent/Carers can also request a range of services for their child or young person and family which are delivered within the child’s school.
As a business with a social aim, The Burden Basket is founded on the principle that everyone’s mental health and overall emotional wellbeing is extremely important. Many children and young people have benefited by being helped to deal with their emotions in day to day life as well as during a crisis.
Rachel is passionate about children and young people’s mental health.
Rachel has over 20 years of experience within mental health services and is Director of The Burden Basket. She offers training and consultation to schools in emotional wellbeing and mental health issues and advises how to support children and young people with any of life’s difficulties.
She has specialist skills in helping children, young people and families experiencing distress. Having trained and worked in America, South Africa and the UK she brings a vast wealth of experience and a broad knowledge to her work, complemented with compassion and commitment to her clients; whether an individual, family, school or other community setting.
Rachel received her Masters in Clinical Social Work (MSW) from Boston University, USA.
During the course of her career Rachel has worked in a variety of roles and settings:
Rachel trained in America to be a Clinical Social Worker. Clinical Social Workers work with individuals, families, and groups through a variety of treatment options. They are trained to develop knowledge and skills in diagnosis and assessment, treatment and early intervention to help prevent future problems.
Clinical social work practice focuses on collaborative problem solving and helping clients increase relationships and networks with others in their community. Clinical social workers are trained to do this work through the use of a professional relationship, purposeful conversation and planned activity.
The guiding principles of clinical social work practice always respect the worth and dignity of all people, use of a strengths perspective, confidentiality and client-led decision making. Clinical Social Workers are trained to work within a variety of practices:
We frequently get asked “what is a Burden Basket?”
In Native Indian culture a ‘burden basket’ was a very practical tool to collect firewood or food for every day living. They have a distinctive look about them, being typically conical in shape and open. However, there are many sizes, colours and variations of burden baskets and these are often distinctive to a tribe.
Burden baskets are placed at the front door of a home for people entering to leave their ‘burdens’ or anxieties at the door; to not take them into the home with them. By doing this, it represents keeping peace and calm in the home by leaving troubles outside.
In this metaphorical burden basket, you can leave your anxieties and worries to keep calm and enhance peace in your life.
Our Social Work England Registration Number is: SW 80034
