Course: Parental Mental Health and the Impact to Children (Virtual)
Date: 28 November 2024 — 9.30am-4pm
Trainer: Mike Smith, Safeguarding Trainer
Location: Virtual — Zoom
Course Description:
This one-day course will develop and extend your ability to recognise and respond effectively in families where adult mental illness is having a negative impact on children.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the course you will have:
— Developed your understanding of the definitions and prevalence of mental illness in adults.
— Identified how parental mental ill-health can have an impact on children across a range of ages.
— Explored the specific impacts of depression and personality disorder on adults, their parenting, and professional behaviour.
— Considered learning from recent child safeguarding practice reviews (previously known as serious case reviews) where parental mental illness has been a feature.
— Used a detailed case example to develop your understanding of how to contribute to more effective assessments and interventions.
Target Audience:
This event is suitable for professionals in all Working Together Groups.
The CSCP will be delivering both face-to-face and virtual safeguarding training during the autumn term. Please ensure that you have read the course description, so you are clear on the delivery method for the course you have booked. Further details will be shared with you closer to the course date.
— Delegates need to register for a CSCP training account.
— Apply to join the course.
— An automated confirmation email will be received if your application is successful.
— Further details will be shared before the course date including the location of the course.
— Complete the three-stage evaluation which delegates will receive by email.
If the session you are attending is virtual:
— Please make sure you can access Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
— There is an expectation that all delegates engage and fully participate in the sessions and always have their camera on.
— Keep questions general, and avoid giving any information that could be used to identify a child or family.
— Use headphones or a headset and always keep your speaker on mute if you’re not speaking.
— Don’t record any of the online conversation.
— Make sure other people you live with, especially children, are not in the room and cannot overhear sensitive information.
— Don’t use any other devices while you’re taking part.
— Join on laptop or PC for a better experience.
Failure of any of the above will result in the delegate not receiving their certificate of accreditation.
