Emerge is there to bring care and compassion indiscriminately. Whilst we are motivated by our Christian faith, Emerge does not discuss matters of faith with young people unless the young person initiates it. If [...]
The hospital’s designated Link Person with Emerge is crucial here. They would be the go-to person for staff who had a question or concern and the point of contact within the hospital for the Emerge [...]
We would work towards a jointly agreed start date. All relevant clinical staff would receive information via their managers about the Emerge project and how to refer young people. Emerge would visit relevant departments to [...]
The hospital’s Safeguarding Team, A&E Clinical Lead and Director of Nursing would need to approve / sign off the Emerge Project safeguarding policy and Standard Operating Procedure.
The hospital would need to identify a member of staff (ideally clinical) who agrees to be the Link Person with the Emerge project. This is a key role in helping the project embed, to dovetail [...]
As a charity, Emerge Advocacy can apply for grants to set up and run new projects. We would begin to do this once we had a definite 'go ahead' from the hospital in question to [...]
Our Director and / or a Trustee would meet with a suitable representative of your hospital for an initial conversation and provisional agreement to move forward. We would then meet / communicate with other key [...]
Emerge’s team are trained in managing young people’s expectations of our support and promoting healthy attachments. In particular, we use the Drama / Empowerment triangle model to understand the dynamics involved and how to foster [...]
The scope of Emerge’s work is clearly defined by the SOP we have in place with the Royal Surrey and by our own policies and procedures for follow up work. We focus on face to [...]
We always seek to work with the care team’s approach and add value. It’s about the young person’s hope, not ours. Sometimes we help them hold onto it when they struggle to do this for [...]