COV presents Flourish to support individuals of secondary school age. The aim of our Flourish Programme is to increase individual self confidence and self-esteem whilst learning about Protective Behaviours strategies to enable engagement with future employability and further education whilst promoting healthier, happier lives. Activities will help individuals to self-manage low self-esteem, anxiety and stress by introducing them to the principles and practices of Protective Behaviours.
This programme based on our Confident Me! course over 12 weeks for 2 days per week with the aim of working with 6 learners.
Course Modules
Course modules: Improving own Confidence & Developing Personal Confidence and Self Awareness
Flourish will be delivered two days per week (9:30am-2:30pm) with regular breaks, for a total of 12 weeks. We believe our project will minimise the risk of harm to vulnerable people, manage and change behaviours and support individuals as follows:
• Providing a new skill set: Flourish will deliver a body of work based on our Level 1 Award in Employability Skills, fostering an understanding of Improving Own Confidence, Developing Personal Confidence and Self-Awareness. We encourage creativity to embed our learning further through scrapbooking, which informs our learners of their progression and tackles any elements of self-doubt.
• Delivering via a one step removed approach: The project will be delivered through a one step removed approach, ensuring the focus is not on any one individual in order to decrease the element of pressure or feeling unsafe. The project also explores unwritten rules of society, conformity, labelling and stereotypes thus understand how this can affect their internal world of feelings, thoughts and choices in behaviours.
• Improving prospects and opportunities to develop: The project achieves this by enabling learners to practice protective behaviour strategies, especially the language of safety. This strategy enhances employability and social skills permitting the exploration of boundaries when speaking of low confidence and self-esteem. The strategy encourages ownership of one’s self by exploring values and attributes and how to demonstrate this through language and behaviours: in turn communication skills become more effective.
• Enhancing personal confidence and self-awareness. The project will equip individuals with a skillset allowing them to fully comprehend the information being given, as well as creating and making informed safe life decisions.
• Regulation techniques: The project will consistently focus on self and co-regulation strategies,
educating young people on the science behind regulation techniques and the tools to practice them. Techniques will include breathing exercises, mindfulness, exercise, reframing negative thoughts and journaling. Shelby, our therapy dog in training, will also assist where possible in our learning space.
Awarding Body
N/A
Student Expected Outcomes
The outcomes of such a programme would foster an understanding of:
• How to use PBs in everyday life to keep individuals feeling safe, even when risk taking
• Reasons for feeling confident/non-confident
• Effective participation in social situations
• Ways to manage stress
• How to link decision making with associated emotions and feelings
• How to set goals and targets and increase confidence
• How to set goals for own development
• How communication skills can contribute to improving confidence
• Identifying, foster an understanding and practice of regulation
Key Stage course delivered to
KS3;KS4
Admissions Criteria
Referral Via CAP and the MAP
Staff Experience
Our Staff Team: Skilled, Qualified, and Committed to Change
At Creative Optimistic Visions (COV), we are proud to have a dedicated team of professionals with a wide range of experience and qualifications, all united by a shared passion for supporting young people. Our staff are carefully selected not only for their professional credentials, but also for their empathy, resilience, and unwavering belief in the potential of every young person.
Our team includes:
• Senior Teaching Assistants with extensive experience in supporting learning and inclusion across mainstream and alternative settings.
• Qualified Nursery Practitioners with early years expertise and a deep understanding of child development and safeguarding.
• Trained Youth Workers skilled in building positive relationships and delivering engaging, purposeful activities that promote personal and social development.
• Qualified First Aiders, ensuring the safety and well-being of all young people in our care.
• Degree-Holding Staff across various disciplines, bringing academic knowledge and reflective practice into everything we do.
In addition to these qualifications, all staff receive regular training in trauma-informed practice, safeguarding and Protective Behaviours Practitioners. Many of our team members also have lived experience or close community ties, which enhances their ability to connect authentically with the young people we support.
Our collective experience enables us to respond to complex needs with confidence, compassion, and consistency—helping young people re-engage with learning, build emotional resilience, and move forward with confidence.
