This one day course aims to provide participants with an introduction to the knowledge, skills and approaches (competencies) that will help them to identify and explore the mental health issues faced by children, young people and families.
The course covers key factors that undermine and promote mental health resilience (such as abuse and neglect) and explores a range of evidence based early intervention strategies.
Learning objectives are that by the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Consider definitions of child and adolescent mental health and understand factors which pose a risk including stigma and discrimination
Understand categories of mental health problems and mental health disorders
Appreciate the importance of early attachment/patterns including the impact on teenagers
Explain evidence based resilience building intervention strategies available within their own practice and other multi-agency resources including CAMHS referral
Identify how they can apply the learning to their own areas of practice
Please note: This course is a pre-requisite gateway course to the specialist courses that comprise the practitioner-led Tier 1 CAMHS Training Programme. Key themes from this course run through all the specialist courses. Potential participants
who have received mental health training, which features the areas described above, within the last three years or who are working within specialist CAMHS can contact workforce development to discuss direct access the specialist courses
Dates & Venues:
Course start times: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Thursday 11th September - 2014 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Tuesday 23rd September - 2014 @ Fairfax Learning & Development Centre, Flockton Road, East Bowling, Bradford, BD4 7RY
Wednesday 22nd October - 2014 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Thursday 13th November - 2014 @ Fairfax Learning & Development Centre, Flockton Road, East Bowling, Bradford, BD4 7RY
Tuesday 25th November - 2014 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Tuesday 9th December - 2014 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Tuesday 20th January - 2015 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Thursday 22nd January - 2015 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Wednesday 11th February - 2015 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Tuesday 17th February - 2015 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Thursday 12th March - 2015 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
Wednesday 18th March - 2015 @ St Peter's House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, BD1 4TY
If you would like to be placed onto the waiting list for new dates, please submit an application form via the link below.
To book places
Please complete the booking form on the link below.
Link
to the Workforce Development Booking Form
If you have any queries about this course, please contact Workforce Development on 01274 434503.
*Due to the high demand for our courses it is important that you inform us in advance if you cannot attend. You may be charged if you fail to attend a course and do not inform us.
Related Links:

CAMHS training Framework (270kb)