The theme of this event is service innovation and delivery. We will showcase two excellent initiatives/areas of good practice within Dorset Healthcare involving our trailblazers Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and specialist Pan Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMHS.
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these sessions
£5 ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession) Join now and save
£10 ACAMH Learn Account holders
£10 Non Members
£5 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members
FREE LIC Members
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.
About the session
The event features the collaborative work of a team of people who have achieved good clinical outcomes and service user/carer satisfaction. The passion, enthusiasm, efforts and dedication of the teams is celebrated within the county and acknowledged within the region and beyond.
This is an online event, comprising of two unique and interesting talks presented by clinicians, team lead/clinical lead/clinical service manager.
There will be a panel discussion towards the end to help answer your questions and offer a space for sharing of ideas and reflections.
Who should attend
It is suitable for anyone working with children and young people. It is appropriate for clinicians/professionals working in healthcare, education, social care, and youth-based services.
About the talks
Intellectual Disabilities CAMHS: Parent/Carer Workshops – Foundation and ASCEND, Emma Dyson (SaLT), Dave Smallman (Nurse/Team Lead) and Kym McMahon (Specialist Practitioner/Mental Health and ID/OT background)
Gain an outline of the remit of ID CAMHS, including service criteria and the service offer. A key element of the service offer is psychoeducation, including parent/carer workshops. These workshops aim to underpin the clinical intervention provided by supporting parents/carers to have a better understanding of their child’s difficulties, and strategies they can implement to improve the wellbeing of themselves and their children. We will discuss the content covered in two workshops; The ID CAMHS Foundation Course and ASCEND, as well as the method of delivery, and the outcome measures used. We will also discuss the impact of the courses and parental feedback obtained.
Learning objectives:
- To understand the structure and remit of ID CAMHS and the families we work with.
- To understand the rationale and benefits of providing parent/carer training as part of the service offer.
- To understand the content included in the Foundation and ASCEND courses and the delivery methods.
Nova Bovaird and Morna Spence – Dorset Mental Health Support Teams in Schools
In 2017, the Government published its Green Paper for Transforming children and young people’s mental health, proposing increased access to mental healthcare for children and young people via school and college settings. The initiative was to be overseen by NHS England and the Department for Education. Between 2018-2022 14 pilot sites were funded, Dorset MHST was one of these sites, and was established in January 2020. The challenge of the COVID 19 pandemic on initial set up and delivery was enormous, and the impact of the pandemic continues to be seen both within our working practice and on the children and young people referred to our service. In March 2022 we became a fully launched service and had expanded our teams and access considerably. There was initially a drive to have 100% education provision coverage nationally by 2024. This has now been adjusted and the aim is to have 50% coverage by the end of 2026. Within Dorset and BCP we have 47% coverage, but this will increase to 54% by the end of the academic year with further training being provided to more staff.
Learning outcomes
- Understanding the role and function of the Mental Health Support Team in Schools
- Learning from the work undertaken so far – progress and limitations
- The future of the Mental Health Support Team in Schools in Dorset
Programme
9:20 Welcome by Chair and Introduction – setting the scene for the event and introduce talks and speakers.
9:30 Intellectual Disabilities CAMHS: Parent/Carer Workshops – Foundation and ASCEND, Emma Dyson (SaLT), Dave Smallman (Nurse/Team Lead) and Kym McMahon (Specialist Practitioner/Mental Health and ID/OT background)
10:45 Break
11:00 Mental Health Support Team in Schools, Nova Bovaird and Morna Spence, Clinical Lead/Clinical Service Manager for Pan Dorset (Bournemouth Christchurch Poole and Dorset) MHST
12:15 Panel discussion/question time
12:35 Final comments/reflections from the Chair/Committee Members
12:45 Close
About the speakers
Emma is a Speech and Language Therapist, specialising in the Learning/Intellectual Disability and mental health difficulties client group.
Emma has spent the past 14 years working with children with neuro-developmental disorders, mental health difficulties and behaviours that challenge in both the public and independent sectors. Emma firmly believes that communication is a fundamental human right and is an essential aspect of everyone’s well-being.
Since qualifying 1999, Dave has worked RNLD within a range of inpatient and community services and now is Team leader for ID-CAMHS. The Service is intended to meet the needs of children with a Intellectual Disabilities (ID) who are also experiencing severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, which are leading to significant distress and/or functional impairment which have not resolved with the usual primary interventions. Clinical interests include positive behaviour support and functional analysis (completed training at the Tizard centre), creative therapies, supporting young people with Neurodevelopmental conditions, group work and delivering psychoeducation to parents. Dave has an in interest in developing solution focused management forums within Teams and across agencies.
Kym is a Specialist Practitioner and Occupational Therapist, working with children and young people with Intellectual Disabilities and mental health difficulties and emotional and behavioural challenges. Kym has experience of working with individuals with Intellectual disabilities across the life span but more recently specialising in working with children and young people and their families. Developing an understanding of the function of behaviours, how they present and impact on function and participation within the environments and systems experienced in everyday activities is key in providing meaningful adaptations and interventions to promote communication, self-regulation, motor skills, sensory processing, and social interactions.
Morna Spence is a psychotherapist with extensive experience establishing mental health and wellbeing services across public, private and third sectors. Most of her career has been spent working with children and young people in educational settings. Morna has been working with the Dorset MHST since the service was set up in 2020 and now manages a team of 20 covering 43 schools across North & East Dorset.
Nova Bovaird is a qualified social worker who has experience of working with children, young people and families in relation to child protection concerns, with children and young people in care or who are care experienced, and with children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties (both mild to moderate and severe). She has been working as a Clinical Service Lead for the Mental Health Support Team in Schools since the service was first set up in Dorset in 2020, starting with a team of 5 practitioners and developing the service to manage a team of over 30.
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these sessions
£5 ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession) Join now and save
£10 ACAMH Learn Account holders
£10 Non Members
£5 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members
FREE LIC Members
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.