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Crossing Bridges (ML2061 - 2 day course)

Dates are currently being arranged for 2008/09

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Overview

Research indicates that 1 in 4 adults will experience mental ill health some time in their life and a quarter to a half of these will be parents. Parental mental illness can have an adverse effect on a child�s mental health & development. Investigations into child deaths have indicated a strong correlation between adult mental health, child abuse and child fatality.

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Aims

This course aims to raise awareness and promote better understanding and skills for staff working in both mental health and child welfare services. To encourage more effective collaboration for the benefit of mentally ill parents and children and provide an integrated, ecological model for practice in which mental ill health is set within a social , family and child development context.

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Learning Outcomes

On completion of the programme, participants will be able to:

��������� Improve their knowledge about prevalence and causes of mental illness and understand the relevant features of the main psychiatric illnesses

��������� Understand treatment issues which impact on parenting capacity

��������� Understand the normal range of child development, what children need to support their development and the impact and outcomes when needs are not met and have developed knowledge of the ways in which mental ill health may affect parenting capacity

��������� Understand and explore collaborative approaches and �working together�, including roles and responsibilities and integration of users� views into practice

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Target Audience:

This course is open to staff who regularly work with children and families with mental health issues.

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Approach:

A combination of facilitator input, interactive discussion, case studies & exercises.

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Maximum No of Participants:

20

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NVQ Links:

HSC21 / 23 / 24 / 227 / 234 / 240 / 241 / 3101 / 3102 / 3111 / 3119 / 313 / 319 /

3121 / 325 / 34 / 335 / 395 41 / 44 / 46 / 417 / 418 / 419 / 426 / 427 / 428 / 433 / 434 / 439 / 440 / 452

Social work standards: Key roles 1-6

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Facilitators:

Isobel Dougan, Safeguarding Children Trainer

Dave Kell

Helen White

Mandy Bell

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