Supporting Child Mental Health

Who should attend? Staff and volunteers who have specialist child protection responsibilities and/or involvement in multiagency safeguarding assessment, planning and responses.

Why should they attend? Both locally and nationally, poor child mental health is an increasing area of need and there are often scarce resources. This training will help participants develop their understanding of how to support children with mental health needs and identify when safeguarding responses are needed.

What are the learning objectives?

By the end of the course, delegates will:

• Develop knowledge of the common mental health problems children live with and the impact of these.
• Develop knowledge of the mental health spectrum and build skills to recognise when poor mental health becomes a safeguarding concern.
• Develop knowledge of risk factors and build confidence and skills to spot the signs of poor mental health.
• Develop skills and confidence to respond and support children with poor mental health, and their families.
• Develop knowledge of local support pathways.

How is the course delivered? This free 2 hour course is delivered by an LSCP trainer and is an online only event.