Mental Health Recognition, Management and Child Protection

Safeguarding and Child Protection Training

Who is the Course/Module intended for?

Staff who have lead responsibility in managing or working with children subject to Child Protection processes.

What will the Course give you?

Assist in identifying the presence of mental ill health.
An understanding of the child care professional's role in working with mental health issues.
An understanding of the impact upon the child of mental ill health.
An awareness of adult mental health and the impact on children including the concept of young carers.
An understanding of the mental health multi-agency framework and how to work within it.

What will you be able to do at the end of the training?

Recognise the existence of mental health factors.
Understand the mental health multi-agency framework when working with service users.
Know how the Mental Health Act and Care Programme approach impacts on families and joint working.
Understand how to assess risk of parenting capacity in a mental health context.
Understand the child care professional role in joint working and effecting change in the family.
Understand mental health and ethnicity.

Trainers/ Consultants: Tammy Tawadros

Date: 10th October
Closing Date: 30th August 2006
Venue: Kingsbury Hall Dagenham
Date: 14th December
Closing Date: 1st November 2006
Venue: Inservice Centre, Westbury Centre, Barking

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Safeguarding and Child Protection Training

Mental Health Recognition, Management and Child Protection

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