CAMH Prevention and Early Intervention - Level 6 - AC6729
Delivered as part of the Health and Social Practice Framework

Designed by a multi-professional team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Midwives, Social Care Staff and Medical practitioners our range of Continuing Workforce Development (CWD) is tailored towards individuals who are driving and enabling practice development in NHS North East.  We also work very closely with experienced practitioners within the field who are an integral part of the teaching team helping to match theory and practice.

Northumbria is the principal provider of nurse education in the North East of England and was named Nurse Education Provider of the Year (post-registration) for three consecutive years by Student Nursing Times.

We have excellent relationships with partner services in health, social care and social work and our range of CPD provision supports practitioners and managers to engage in professional learning and then examine how this can be integrated in the practice arena.

The course consists of 10 study days, 5 of which are University based and 5 which are allocated as directed study days. This allows for the opportunity as adult learners to take responsibility for your own learning needs and identify specific areas of development that you may wish to pursue.

You will learn through lectures, seminars and directed learning activity. Throughout the CPD course a range of multi media and information technology strategies will be used. The use of the E-learning portal will be central to the delivery of the course content.

This module will allow you the opportunity to critically reflect on current children’s agenda and the impact and role of policy in developing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. You will gain an appreciation of the challenges in applying a model of Early Intervention from a political / financial and moral position. Exploring Early Intervention and Prevention following a development time line from conception to adolescence. The following themes will inform the module content and development.

• Promotion of mental health, early identification and early intervention for children and families in infancy, early childhood and adolescence.

• Understanding risk and fostering resilience and its role in the development / prevention of mental health issues in children and young people.

• Awareness of parenting programmes specifically utilising social learning theory models.

• Early Intervention within psychosis.

• Understanding and working with pre and peri natal mental health difficulties.

• Using a harm minimisation approach with drug and alcohol with cyp.

• Evidence based early intervention strategies/programmes in the prevention and treatment of mental health, emotional and behavioural issues.

Assessment will be via a summative assessment consisting of a 3,000 word assignment aligned to the topic and themes of Early Intervention and Prevention within CAMH.

You will also submit a formative clinical learning log. This log will be informed by the module learning outcomes and will provide a record of the learning process in practice.

This CPD module is based at our Coach Lane Campus where you will have access to cutting-edge facilities with technology embedded through all aspects of your CPD course.

Northumbria University has been ranked in the top quartile in the UK for research power in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. Additionally, more than 80% of our research activity in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014).

As well as enhancing your CV, this course will enable you to use the intellectual and theoretical skills gained to develop your practice in the area of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH). The course is also recognised as a desired requirement for obtaining employment in CAMH services.