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Mental Health TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT www.camhs.org |
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INTRODUCTION: The
project provides advice and consultancy to a variety of other projects and
initiatives around training and development.
A few of these include: Sure
Start The project is working with Sure Start on developing a training package for their staff around child development and mental health and emotional well-being. Linked to this will be the development of fact sheets and information around these areas for parents. Click
here
to
see the proposed framework and training modules for this training. Healthy
Schools Emotional Well-being Subgroup The
project sits on the Health Schools’ Emotional Well-being subgroup
steering committee. A
presentation was made at their conference in November 2003 (click
here
to read the paper) and a teachers' needs assessment was undertaken for
them (click
here
to read the outcomes).
Connexions The
project has been working with the Training and Development Manager of
Connexions to look at training and supervision around mental health for
the Personal Advisors. Individual
and group supervision for the Personal Advisors is beginning initiated in
September 2004 as a pilot to see if this is useful for them.
Updates will be posted. Mental
Health Workers for Looked After Children The
project is working with the Mental Health Worker for Looked After Children
in West Kent to evaluate training for Foster Carers around child
development and mental health. Updates
will be posted. Family
Liaison Officers The
project has been working with the County manager to look at issues of
training and development for the Family Liaison Officers.
An evaluation of some training offered to the Family Liaison
Officers in Dover was evaluated. To
read more about this click here.
EMOTivatIONS: The project sits on the conference steering committee. A presentation will be made at their conference in October 2004 and a school nurse needs assessment will be undertaken.
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