Our Greenwood Institute of Child Health offers Multi-Agency Training in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH). The aim of this training is to build capacity in Tier One staff within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, as a requirement of the National Service Framework Standards 1 and 9, and the policy Every Child Matters.  Ongoing training courses are available that focus on the promotion of child mental health and early prevention of child mental health problems/disorder.

The training objectives are consistent with broader service objectives, as set by the Joint Child Mental Health Strategy Group, to:

•        Improve awareness and knowledge
•        Enhance Tier One capacity
•        Facilitate consistency of responses across agencies
•        Result in effective use of resources

Two Day Event:

Working Together in Child Mental Health and Promoting Positive Mental Health

The objectives of this two-day programme are to:

•        Promote positive mental health in children and young people
•        Improve awareness, knowledge and skills of frontline (Tier One)
•        professionals in relation to child mental health
•        Enable Tier One professionals to respond appropriately to children’s and
•        young people’s mental health issues
•        Encourage consistency of response across agencies
•        Increase awareness of specialist CAMHS
•        Improve the appropriateness of referrals and access to specialist CAMHS

 Two Day Training Booking Form

One Day Events

In addition to the 2 day courses, more specialised one-day events on different types of child mental health problems/disorders are organised, incorporating an multi-agency approach similar to the 2 day courses.

Topics include Attachment, Anger, Anxiety, Self-Harm, Depression, Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder,  Eating Problems and Autism.

Anger Booking Form

Depression Booking Form

Autistic Spectrum Disorder Booking Form

Self Harm Booking Form

Anxiety Booking Form

Attachment Booking Form

Self Esteem & Mental Health Booking Form

Substance Misuse & Child Mental Health Booking Form

Trainers Biographies

Training Co-ordinator - Lisa Anderson - BPS Chartered & HPC Registered Clinical & Forensic Psychologist with over 11 years experience as an Academic and Clinician in Child Mental Health. Lisa is responsible for managing, co-ordinating and teaching on the events.

Course Administrator - Pratibha Patel - Responsible for all the administration and organisation for the Child Mental Health Training events working within this area for 3 years.

Trainers

Unlike alot of training courses our trainers are experienced and currently practicing professionals and clinicians who regularly work with children with mental health issues. Using Practitioners strengthens the training by making it clinically relevant, as they are able to relate theory to practice. Our trainers partake in this training alongside their professional duties.

 Training Team:

• Specialist CAMHS - Primary Mental Health Workers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Community Psychiatric Nurses and Family Therapists
• Leicester City Educational Psychology Service - Educational Psychologists from the Child Behaviour Intervention Initiative
• Leicestershire County Educational Psychology Service - Educational Psychologists and Specialist Teachers
• Paediatric Service- Paediatricians

• Voluntary Sector -  Specialist Coaches from ADHD Solutions

Contact Details:

For details of these courses or if you are interested in commissioning or targeted training, please contact our CAMHS Training Co-ordinator, Lisa Anderson, email: lta2@le.ac.uk, or our Training Administrator, Pratibha Patel, email: pnp3@le.ac.uk. Alternatively please call: 0116 225 2888.