[…]in closely monitoring the rollout and outcomes of any Irish Youth Guarantee programme.” -ENDS- For more information contact USI General Manager, Ben Archibald on 01-9052091 or email […]
[…]signed a petition calling on Minister Kathleen Lynch to ensure the €35m of funding committed for community mental health services is allocated and spent, USI congratulate the work carried out on this campaign and encourage the Minister to act in delivering these crucially important services. The USI will be launching a new multi-faceted mental health campaign entitled ‘More Talk, More Action’ next month with the support of several mental health organisations including Headstrong,See Change, ReachOut, HeadsUp and St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services. Headstrong has also been selected as USI’s National Charity for this year. USI Vice-President for Welfare, Denise McCarthy said: “Mental health is […]
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[…]to extremely severe depression levels. Almost 40 per cent of respondents who had not sought help for their mental health had severe to extremely severe anxiety levels, while almost 30% of respondent who had not sought help for their mental health had severe to extremely severe stress levels.” USI is also encouraging and support students to seek professional mental health support when needed, as it has found that there is an over-normalisation of mental ill-health within the student population. The idea that “everyone is feeling anxious,” and that there is always someone worse off leads to a situation where there […]
[…]with relevant authorised stakeholders to improve and operate dispute resolution procedures for students in digs accommodation; Work with local authorities, AHBs and housing providers to identify and expand short-term capacity enhancing measures in student accommodation capacity; Contribute to the development of a range of written resources, policy papers, guidance materials and publications; Pursue the development of an Irish Student Housing Trust; Identify and undertake necessary duties and activities to deliver the role’s responsibilities; Carry out other duties and activities as may reasonably be required in order to support colleagues in achieving shared goals; Actively engage in individual and team professional development activities; […]