Kate Mayes Children’s Services Social Worker Dominic King E-learning Project Manager, SCIE Workshop C: The SCIE Parental Mental Health & Child Welfare Training Resources

The SCIE Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Training Resources Kate Mayes – Children’s Services Social Worker Dominic King – SCIE e-learning project manager

In this workshop we will:-  Summarise the key messages about staff development and training from SCIE’s reviews and practice surveys  Demonstrate some of SCIE’s e-learning materials  Give an overview of how Crossing Bridges will be updated and adapted to incorporate SCIE’s guidance, and produced as e-learning materials  Give participants an opportunity to share their own experience and knowledge of what works.

Key Messages from SCIE’s Reviews and Practice Surveys 1  Training identified as a key concern for both adult and children’s services staff  A substantial unmet need was identified, particularly for joint training

Key Messages from SCIE’s Reviews and Practice Surveys 2 The knowledge needed for practitioners and their managers to provide effective services included:  The inter-related nature of mental health difficulties, parenting and child development  A family model  All parts of the professional network

Key Messages from SCIE’s Reviews and Practice Surveys 3 Practice would be supported by:  Strong working relationships across divisions, particularly at senior management level  A culture of respect for staff in different disciplines

Key Messages from SCIE’s Reviews and Practice Surveys 4 What qualifying and post-qualifying training would help?  Multi-agency events promoting collaborative working and demystifying the work of staff in other disciplines  Single agency events to develop practitioners knowledge base and confidence  Training on a family model (pre and post- qualifying)

Key Messages from SCIE’s Reviews and Practice Surveys 5  Safeguarding training as a core component for all basic professional training  Child development and child welfare  Cultural differences and sensitivities

Key Messages from SCIE’s Reviews and Practice Surveys 6  Communication skills  Talking to children for adult services staff  Communicating with and supporting parents with personality disorder

SCIE’s forthcoming electronic resources on Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare

SCIE’s e-learning resources SCIE’s upcoming e-learning resources e-Learning examples e-Learning resources on Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Overview

SCIE’s available e-Learning resources 1. Law and Social Work 2. An Introduction to the Mental Health of Older People 3. Poverty, Parenting and Social exclusion 6. Communication Skills 4. Children of Prisoners 5. An Introduction to Residential Child Care

SCIE’s e-Learning resources in development Restraint Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Interprofessional and Inter-agency Collaboration The Open Dementia Programme Aug 09 Personalisation Knowledge Management June 09 Jan 10 April 10 Mental Capacity Act Sep 09 May 10 Sexuality, Reproductive Health and Abuse May

e-Learning resources: a few examples

Social Care TV – a free social care video on demand service (November 2009) Topics include: Dementia Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Vulnerable Children Personalisation Children of Prisoners Seldom Heard Groups Mental Capacity Act Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Restraint Nutrition Principles of Participation Approx. 30 short films for launch with another 30 following in the new year:

9 e-learning resources Each around 30 minutes study time Fully interactive using multimedia technology Quizzes, activities, audit tools, interactive case studies, video, audio E-Learning: Parental Mental health and Child Welfare - an overview

9 e-learning resources Broken up into three sections Each section has a different target audience Each section can be used as training the trainers resources and notes for trainers will be included E-Learning: Parental Mental health and Child Welfare - an overview

Trainer 1 & 2 Foundation Module 3 Screening4 Assessment5 Planning 6 Putting the Plan into place7 Reviewing Plans8 Frontline management 9 Strategic Management & commissioning Underpinning knowledge

Section 1: Foundation pathway (2 modules) Covering Think child, think parent and think family – the knowledge base The Family Model – introduces a useful conceptual framework to help managers and staff in all agencies to consider the family as a whole E-Learning: Module titles

Section 1: Foundation pathway (2 modules) E-Learning: Module titles Target Audience  Mental health managers and staff  Children’s services staff including residential and foster carers  Primary care services (GPs, Health Visitors, Midwives)  Schools – Teachers and support staff  Children’s Centre staff

Section 2: Skills pathway (6 modules) Screening Assessment Planning Putting the plan into place Reviewing plans Frontline management E-Learning: Module titles

Section 2: Skills pathway (6 modules) Target audience  Adult and child mental health staff in secondary, tertiary services and their managers  Children’s services staff and their managers  Primary care services staff (GPs, Health Visitors, Midwives)  Schools – Teachers and support staff  Children’s Centre staff E-Learning: Module titles

Section 3: Systems/organisational pathway (1 module) Strategic management and commissioning in adult’s and children’s services E-Learning: Module titles

Section 3: Systems/organisational pathway (1 module) Target audience  include primary care and third sector, safeguarding boards, front line managers, middle managers,  leaders who have the authority to initiate & delegate negotiations across agencies, service level agreements and protocols  Commissioning and planning managers E-Learning: Module titles

Dominic King – Questions?