This multi-agency programme offers opportunities for practitioners working directly with children, young people and their families in Cambridgeshire to develop their knowledge and skills in understanding and responding to the emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of children and young people. This programme is aimed at practitioners who are not primarily employed to meet mental health needs i.e. they will usually be working in roles in universal and targeted children’s services rather than specialist CAMH services.
We offer a variety of training to meet differing levels of required CAMH competencies depending on the roles and responsibilities of children’s service practitioners, ranging from mental health awareness courses to the 11 day CAMH Foundation Module. To find out which course might best suit your training needs please refer to our CAMH Learning and Development Prospectus.
The training is delivered by a range of specialists in this field, and all courses are designed to bring together practitioners from across the children’s workforce in order to promote collaborative inter-professional learning and working. The content of courses and delivery methods are regularly reviewed and updated.
We are also now able to offer training aimed at
teaching and education staffworking with children and young people in Cambridgeshire schools. As part of the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) programme we have developed, launched and are piloting e-learning and blended learning packages aimed specifically at meeting the training needs of this group of staff. A number of places have been made available through TaMHS and can be accessed through school heads/principals. This training is being regularly reviewed and updated to maximise and sustain the gains made through TaMHS, and to ensure that there are good quality and accessible learning and development opportunities available in an ongoing way.
In addition, we are offering Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training which has a natural fit with TaMHS agenda. YMHFA is an internationally recognised course designed specifically for those people who work with young people aged 11 – 18, which is delivered by fully accredited Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructors.
We also offer training aimed at ‘first contact’ staff who encounter children and young people with a mental health concern in an emergency or urgent context, but who do not as a matter of course work with children and young people and/or mental health. Such practitioners will include staff who work in the police, ambulance and emergency departments, social care Emergency Duty Teams, and out of hours GP Services (see ‘Getting it Right’ in the CAMH L & D Prospectus).
It is recognised that those working with in residential social care settings and also foster care, have specific CAMH training needs and this training is provided through the Fostering & Adoption Clinical Psychology Service. For more information please contact the Newtown Centre on 01480 415300.
Bespoke CAMH Training Opportunities
Where people are unable to access the training programme or where it does not meet their CAMH training needs we are very happy to discuss your particular needs and how these may be best met. We will always endeavour to respond to specific CAMH training requests and training needs where possible.
Click here for information on how to apply to attend our training.