There is now a comprehensive training offer for everyone working with children and young people which will help build practitioner confidence in supporting children, young people and families with emotional and mental health problems.
Please click here for full details
Free
Self Harm and Suicide Alertness Training for people working with CYP is available all over the County
provided by Carlisle Eden Mind (north) and SAFA (south).
This half-day
workshop is recommended for all staff working with CYP, dispelling some of the
myths about self-harm and suicide and looking at our own and societal
attitudes. The course is designed to help staff identify issues and discuss
with and help a young person to seek further help. It enables staff to understand the importance
of asking directly about thoughts of suicide and the need for robust safety
planning.
Youth Mental Health First Aid – This 2
day course is being
offered fully subsidised to the whole system CYP workforce until April 2018 Book onto a course in your area here http://cumbrialscb.com/training/youthmentalhealthfirstaid.asp
The YMHFA
course aims to enable ‘first aiders’ to provide help to prevent a mental health
problem developing into a more serious state; promote the recovery of good
mental health and provide comfort to a young person. Appropriate to all those working with CYP
aged 8 to 18 yrs. If you are working in
a school or school cluster and would like the training delivered on site and
over 4 shorter sessions, please contact anne.sheppard@cumbria.gov.uk
‘Building Emotional Resilience’ considers the meaning and importance
of resilience by exploring theoretical concepts underpinning practice and
reviewing skills, techniques and resources.
It runs over one and a half days, six weeks apart. This course is designed for all adults
working or volunteering with children and young people aged 11-19 (e.g. youth
workers, children centre staff, school nurses etc) who recognise that they can
help young people develop the skills to build and develop their emotional
resilience protecting themselves from future vulnerability and risk.
There are
still places on the course starting on Tuesday 12th December. A charge of £30 is made to cover venue and
refreshments.
Sandylands Methodist Church, Sandylands Road, Kendal, LA9 6EU
Tuesday 12 December 2017 (full day) 10am-4pm and
Tuesday 30 January 2018 (half day)
10am-1pm
The booking
form can be found here
And finally...
A reminder that the on-line Mind Ed e-learning programme, covering
children and young people’s mental health is free and
available to all adults, parents and professionals. http://www.minded.org.uk/
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