To improve understanding and confidence when dealing with mental health issues.

Duration:

1 Day

Suitable for:

Those who work with adults & young people who may present with mental health issues.

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates can expect to be able to:

• Recognise the difference between mental health and mental illness

• Have greater understanding of models of mental illness

• Feel more confident when faced with mental health issues

• Respond effectively & sensitively to a person  with  mental ill health

• Understand the impact of parental mental illness on young people
  

Brief Outline

• The Long & Winding Road – Mental Health to Mental Illness

• Understanding the Human Brain

• Getting your Emotional Needs Met

• What is Mental Health, Mental Disorder & Mental Illness?

• Signs & Symptoms of Mental Ill Health

• Facts & Myths

• When to be concerned

• Where to go for help

• Quick Rapport Building Skills

• Service user experience

• Recap Quiz

• Evaluation

Aim:    

To improve understanding of self harm and suicide.

Duration:

1 Day

Suitable for:

Those who work with adults & young people who present with self harm & suicide related issues.

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates can expect to be able to:

• Better assess suicide risk

• Have a greater understanding of suicide & self harm

• Feel more confident when faced with mental health issues

• Feel more confident when faced with suicide & self harm issues

• Have knowledge of some strategies to use when helping people to manage their own feelings

Brief Outline

• Sharing experiences of self harm and suicide

• What is self harm?

• Difference between self harm and suicide

• Assessing suicide risks

• Lived experiences

• Implications and impact on families

• Where to go for further support and advice

• Recap Quiz

• Evaluation

Aim:    

To improve understanding of adolescent mental health and how to engage with young people in order to effect a change in behaviour

Duration:

1 Day

Suitable for:

Those who work with adolescents presenting with challenging behaviour

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates can expect to be able to:

• Have a greater understanding of adolescent mental health issues

• Understand the impact of the transition from child to adult

• Be better equipped to build quick rapport with adolescents

• Have knowledge of some strategies to use when helping young people to manage their own feelings

Brief Outline

• What is worring about adolescent mental health?

• The Brain Box

• Mental health problems plus the impact of parental mental illness

• Drugs and mental illness

• Rapport building

• Solution circle

• Recap Quiz

• Evaluation

Aim:    

To improve understanding and confidence when working with people with dementia.

Duration:

1 Day

Suitable for:

This basic level course is aimed at staff who work with people with dementia and their carers who are interested in knowing more about dementia.

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates can expect to be able to:

• Engage with people with dementia in a variety of ways

• Have greater understanding of different types and causes of dementia

• Understand the impact of dementia on the individual

• Appreciate the impact of dementia on the family

• Have considered the assessment process

Brief Outline

• What is Dementia?

• What causes dementia?

• What is MMSE?

• Response to the diagnosis

• Introduction to NICE guidelines

• The impact of dementia on the individual and their family

• Meeting the needs of people with dementia

• Quiz

Aim:    

To improve understanding of anger and how to help others manage it

Duration:

1 Day

Suitable for:

Those who work with adults & young people who present with anger related problems

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates can expect to be able to:

• Recognise the difference between healthy and unhealthy anger

• Have a greater understanding of what happens inside the brain when we become highly emotionally aroused i.e. very angry

• Understand the impact of persistent unhealthy anger on physical & mental wellbeing

• Feel more confident when faced with anger issues

• Have knowledge of some strategies to use when helping young people to manage their own anger including the ‘Taking Control of Anger’ programme

Brief Outline

• What is anger?

• Healthy & unhealthy anger

• The effects of persistent unhealthy anger

• Facts & Myths

• Understanding the human brain

• Ways to help others deal with their own anger

• Quick rapport building skills

• Using the ‘Taking Control of Anger’ programme

• Recap Quiz

• Evaluation

Aim:    

To improve understanding of dementia and how to assess people with dementia.

Duration:

1 Day

Suitable for:

The course is relevant to all healthcare professionals who would benefit from a better understanding of dementia and assessment.

Objectives:

At the end of this course delegates can expect to be able to:

• Better understand dementia

• Have a greater understanding of assessment of people with dementia

• Understand the impact of dementia on the wider family

• Have knowledge of some strategies to use when helping people with dementia and their families

• Have an improved set of communication skills for dealing with people with dementia

Brief Outline

• Different types and causes of dementia

• Working with service users and their families

• The challenges and rewards

• Ensuring the voices of the service user and their families are heard

• Valuing uniqueness

• Using a solution focused approach to dementia care

• Improving communication skills

• Recap Quiz

• Evaluation