Everybody’s Business - 2 Day Multi-agency Training Course

Basic child and adolescent mental health awareness for staff and volunteers who work directly with children and young people. Each training event will be supported by a CAMHS Primary Mental Health Worker or other CAMHS clinician. Delegates will be expected to attend both days to complete the course. Lunch will be provided

Aim:

To increase mental health awareness for front-line staff and volunteers, thereby improving access to mental health advice and support for children and young people across Surrey.

To promote inter-agency working and understanding within the 4 Surrey areas.

Key Learning Outcomes:

To feel confident about identifying factors which contribute to good mental health in children and young people

To be able to identify signs that a child or young person is struggling with their mental health

To be able to ascertain whether you are able to manage these difficulties within your existing role

To know how to access appropriate services to address the child or young person’s mental health difficulties and to have an understanding of what services such as CAMHS can offer.

Please complete the attached booking form and return to surreyjointtraining@surreypct.nhs.uk and cc: Corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk and if you are a VTPA please also cc: helen.coomber@vtplc.com

3. Surrey County Council Courses  

The following courses are available to all Connexions Personal Advisers can be booked directly using links below. When applying for any of these courses it is imperative that all PAs discuss and acquire authorisation from their line manager before hand. Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to your line manager and corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk.

If you are a VT Personal Adviser could you please also ensure that helen.coomber@vtplc.com is copied so that training records can be updated. 

SCC nomination forms should not be sent by post as this will delay booking and will be more difficult to process.

Identifying young people’s drug/alcohol related needs

Places are now available on this newly commissioned course. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course participants will:

•        Have refreshed their understanding of young people's drug and alcohol use.

•        Looked at ways of assessing a young person’s drug/alcohol use in terms of the harm it can cause the user, their   family and the community.

•        Be able to use the Tool to Identify Young People’s Drug/Alcohol Needs (which is part of the Common Assessment Framework).

•        Be aware of drug and alcohol services for young people and how to refer to them.

This course is free and available to all Connexions Personal Advisers but there are limited places available. Please book on by completing a SCC nomination form SCC training form.doc and send to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk.

Please ensure you copy in your line manager and if from VT helen.coomber@vtplc.com

Young people and mental health

Aim: To understand the emerging signs of mental health problems in young people.

Content: This course focuses on current thinking and practice in the expanding field of young people and mental health. When is an apparent mental health problem ‘just part of growing up’? What are the emerging signs of mental illness in younger people? How, as professionals, can we assess and intervene effectively whilst being aware of the dangers of stigmatisation?

Target audience: This 1-day course will benefit all those who work directly with children and young people and their families

Objectives:

By the end of the training participants should be able to:

Identify the developmental tasks of adolescence,

Identify severe emotional/behavioural disturbances in young people,

Understand current development in the law and service development,

Develop risk management skills and ways of effective working,

Develop skills in working with the young person within the family context. 

This course is free and available to all Connexions Personal Advisers but there are limited places available. Please book on by completing a SCC nomination form SCC training form.doc and send to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

Please ensure you copy in your line manager and if from VT

helen.coomber@vtplc.com

The following course is available to Surrey County Council and voluntary sector Personal Advisers only

CAF One Day Multi-Agency training for Users- now a Half Day training course

Course aim: To enable participants to gain a good understanding of the purpose and process of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). To enable participants to use the Common Assessment Framework in practice to improve outcomes for children, young people and families. 

Conditions of acceptance of a place on this course: All participants must have agreed with their manager to attend the course.

Please note: As these courses are now half a day, lunch we will no longer be provided. However, feel free to take your pack lunch. 

CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training: This course remains a half-day course, starting at 1.30pm to finish at 4.30pm. To book a place, please select CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training from the CAF Training page. Most dates are now combined with the Half Day Multi-Agency Training as explained above.

If you want to book onto either of the courses mentioned above please select CAF Half Day Multi-Agency training for Users from the CAF training page and complete the e-booking form.

Prior to attending either the CAF Half Day Multi-Agency training and the CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training, it is mandatory to complete the CAF Basic Awareness e-learning course and the CAF Lead Professional e-learning course. If not completed, this will affect your learning on the day. It is also advisable to complete the Information Sharing e-learning course and the Integrated Working e-learning course. These courses are intended to give all staff and partner agencies a good understanding of the CAF assessment, the role of a Lead Professional and Integrated working and are open to all Connexions Personal Advisers. Bookings can be made on both the internal and external SCC websites.

How to book a place on the Multi-Agency Training for Users Course?

Click on the e-booking form links as above

Select a suitable date and venue, click on 2009 at the top. This will put the dates in order from January 2009. The form will display by clicking on the selected date.

Complete and submit the form. Please allow a few minutes for your form to go through the system.

Make sure you print a copy to keep a record of your booking with the reference number and details of the venue.

If you experience any difficulties with the system, please contact Françoise Noël, CAF Project Assistant for help on 020 8541 7108. Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

CAF training -Half day refresher course for users

This course has been designed for professionals who have received training eight to twelve months ago and for professionals who are already familiar with the ECM Agenda and the Assessment Framework

It is vital at this time for the CAF implementation across the County, which is gathering pace that all professionals are up to date and secure in their understanding of the CAF 5-Step process. Attendance will give an opportunity to professionals to update their knowledge on current CAF processes and new arrangements to query if a CAF Assessment has already been undertaken on a child. To book a place, complete the attached e-booking form online and keep a copy for your records once you have submitted it. Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

4. New CAF DVD for young people in Surrey

'CAF Welcome to a new way of helping young people' has been a joint project

between the Surrey CAF Team, Blenheim High School and Youth Development Service. A successful bid to the countywide Youth Opportunity Fund has given the young people the funding to bring their ideas to life!

The aim of the project is to help young people get the right help at the right time. It is about raising awareness to young people that the CAF exists and how it can help them.

The DVD was launched at the Odeon Epsom, which provided a celebration of their work. The DVD is now being distributed to Schools, Children Centres, Youth Centres, Connexions and Health Centres.

How can you use this DVD?

We hope you will be able to: 

• Broaden your understanding and awareness of the CAF and how it can help young people in Surrey
• Support the promotion of the DVD with young people             

Look out for a copy of the DVD in your workplace over the next few weeks. Alternately you can order a copy by visiting the CAF Homepage www.surreycc.gov.uk or if you would like further information you can call:020 8541 9282 or email caf@surreycc.gov.uk

5. Your Details Please (PA’s Only)

Hello, we are constantly trying to ensure we have up to date information for our PAs. A request for information was sent to those PA’s we have incomplete details for on the 23^rd October. If you have not responded to that email or the last bulletin could you please let Jemma.campbellscott@surreycc.gov.uk know the following details so that we can ensure our PA records are complete. Once this list is complete – we will be sharing it with you.

• Work Base Address - Full address please including town and postcode for correspondence.
• Work Telephone number - the one you use the most.
• Your main field of work i.e. Teenage Pregnancy LDD etc.
• What schools/colleges you work at.
• Email Address
• Working Pattern: Full Time / Part Time (Including Hours) / Term Time Only

6. Success Stories

It would be great to hear from PA Line Managers to let us know about some notable success stories. These would be separate from Impact Reports and could include any awards or particular compliments – we would like to take some key messages from you, which we can transfer to a wider audience and highlight particularly to colleagues within Surrey County Council. We look forward to some positive feedback.

7. Teenage Pregnancy Christmas Campaign

The Christmas season is a time for fun, socialising and partying. But research has found that the number of young people engaging in risky sexual behaviour increases during this period.

Teenage pregnancies rise during this time, which suggests that young people are continuing to engage in risky sexual behaviour and have no knowledge, or ignore the support services that are available.

The Teenage Pregnancy Partnership board is running a campaign around the festive season, asking young people to 'put condoms on their Christmas list, so they won't get an unwelcome gift.'

It's really important that you know about the support services available to you, so if you have any questions, please direct call the free national Sexwise helpline for young people on 0800 28 29 30 or www.surreysexualhealth.nhs.uk for more information on our services. Download the Poster & Print out

8. Children, Schools and Families News Bulletin - November 2009

9. Marks & Start

Marks and Spencers work experience programme for the homeless, disabled, lone parents and young unemployed. Click here for more details.

10. CAF Surgery Dec & Spring 2010 Term

Please find attached new flyer for Spring Term 2010 Please circulate.

11. VInvolved - North Holmwood Common (Dorking) Project

National Trust Holmwood Common Project (Dorking) – There will be an open day at the Common on 20/3/10 and hopefully after that there will be a lot of volunteering activities and opportunities for young people in various capacities, on the Common. Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership is always on the look out for creative ways to encourage people into learning. When Community Learning Adviser, Rebecca Court heard about a Train To Gain offer targeting NEETs (young people who are not in education, employment or training) and volunteers, she contacted the National Trust and in February 2009 asked for a meeting with Matthew Tyler-Jones, the regional volunteering manager. With Gareth Owen from V-Involved and Andrew Humphreys from Nescot College, they discussed ways of offering NEET young people an opportunity to volunteer in some of the most beautiful parts of Surrey whilst engaging in activities which would lead to a qualification. This would be a step towards employment, possibly in areas where these young people might not have thought of looking for work previously. Around the same time, National Trust wardens, Mark Betson and Paul Redsell were wondering how best to generate enthusiasm and interest in the beauty and opportunities for outdoor activites on North Holmwood Project. They knew they wanted residents from around North Holmwood to enjoy and appreciate what they have on their doorstep. And they knew how good it would feel if the whole community got together for healthy walks or cycle rides.

To begin to align these two agendas, Matthew Tyler-Jones called a meeting bringing these and other partners together. It was important to also inform those involved in the Links Partnership as well as the Links Partnership Sub-Group for Informal Adult Learning. With Sonia Hubbard of Surrey CVS Network and her colleagues in Mole Valley a decision was made to use funding from Natural England to hold an event on 20th March 2010 at North Holmwood Common. This would be to raise awareness of North Holmwood and attract newcomers to the world of volunteering.  The volunteers would be offered taster sessions in various activities such as bush craft, land-based work and ground maintenance. These could lead on to courses offered by Nescot, which would either be accredited or not, according to the needs of the volunteers. A lot of work will need to be done before the 20th March but with so many partners actively engaged and working in partnership, the hope is that North Holmwood Common will become a focus for family recreation, purposeful activity and work opportunities.

Gareth Owen- Manager

Surrey vinvolved

01737 784970

gareth.owen@ymcaredhill.com

12. Raising Expectations November 2009 Newsletter:

Update on transition of LSC to SCC

13. National Connexions Network E-news:

18th November 2009

REACT Bulletin

14. Living, Learning, Working, Having Fun Leaflets

We have some new "Living, learning, working, having fun" leaflets. It's a good leaflet for PA's to inform young people about general Connexions info, how to get involved with the Facebook page and the new participation DVD. To order some copies contact:

Nicole Bradshaw - Involving Young People Worker

01483519082 / 07973470977

nicole.bradshaw@surreycc.gov.uk