Within the fields of child care and child and adolescent mental health, there are many professional engaged in the task of safeguarding and promoting the emotional well-being of children, yet their professional training experience has poorly prepared them for this task - an increasingly complex task with the development of integrated children's services.
This innovative interprofessional programme will be of interest to all those who wish to develop knowledge, clinical capabilities and skills in the complex field of child, adolescent and family mental health.
In partnership with
University of East London
Organising tutors
Peter Griffiths and Karen Tanner
Course aims
• Develop knowledge, clinical capabilities and skills in the complex field of child, adolescent and family mental health work for everyday work.
• Develop a sound theoretical framework for understanding, safeguarding and promoting child and adolescent mental health.
• Develop advanced practice skills through observational work, supervised practice and theoretical work, particularly in working with unconscious processes in individual, familial and organisational contexts.
• The opportunity for students to engage in multidisciplinary and multi-agency learning, be taught by leading practitioners in this field and engage in a challenging academic and experiential learning environment.
• The opportunity to develop the capabilities necessary to work with the anxieties, difficulties and legal issues such work entails.
• Develop informed and skilled inter-professional practice in the context of a policy agenda concerning integrated children's services.
• Work skilfully with diversity.
Is this course for you?
• Candidates are normally expected to have least three years practice experience since qualification and to be in full-time or part-time posts in which they are working with children and/or families experiencing difficulties.
• Suitable for practitioners in social work, nursing, child and adolescent mental health and the newly emerging CAMHS workforce (e.g. child and adolescent primary mental health workers).
• Applications welcome from the statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Time commitment
One year, one day per week. Additional time required to undertake a young child observation and a period of therapeutic practice.
Assessment
• Successful completion of this programme can lead to progression onto the second year of one of the following three Postgraduate Diploma/MAs:
- Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Child and Adolescent Primary Mental Health Care Work (Ref. M42).**
- Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Fostering and Adoption Studies (Ref. M25).*
- Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Child Protection and Complex Child Care (Ref. M22).*
* Validated by the GSCC for the Higher Specialist and Advanced Award in Social Work (Children, Young People and Families)
** Seeking validation by the GSCC for the Higher Specialist and Advanced Award in Social Work (Children, Young People and Families)
How to apply
Contact the course administrator for an application form or download from below.
Contact details for further information
020 8938 2540
camhsadmin@tavi-port.org
Download Reference Request Form
Information on fees can be found here
