"I believe that what we do at With Kids is what parents, carers and children want, what matters to them. Children have a choice about whether they come into that therapy space."
Team Member, With Kids
Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission:
We provide specialist Play Therapy to children whose mental wellbeing is affected by adversity. With the child at the centre, we work collaboratively with the important people in the child’s family and community.
We are committed to promoting Play Therapy through awareness raising, education and by developing a skilled workforce that can deliver Play Therapy across Scotland to reach and make a difference to every child who needs it.
Our Values:
We work with like-minded individuals and agencies, to build confidence of our sector and to create new opportunities to support families. We value our relationships with local schools and teachers, recognising of the important role that they play in the lives of children.
We believe in being accessible and visible and aim to build long-term, self-supporting networks in the communities we serve. Our relationship with schools, families and children influence our work
We carefully protect our separateness from the ‘state system’. Advocacy of a particular child’s rights could potentially place us in opposition to officialdom; or even on occasion to a child’s primary career.
We know that our relationship with children is temporary and supplementary to the role of parents and carers. We try to work with respect, alongside families, exchanging understanding in plain language – building confidence. We believe in the child’s innate ability to resolve their difficulties given appropriate support.
We believe that all a child’s needs are part of their story – and require to be addressed; practical, physical, emotional and social.
Every child has the right to a voice on matters that affect them; and to have their views taken seriously – in accordance with age and maturity.
Our vision is that all children feel a sense of belonging – and are loved and valued.
In accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) we promote and protect the rights of all children to access whatever they need’ “to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential”.
