Course overview of Supporting The Mental Health Needs Of Looked After Children
1 in 10 children and young people experience
mental health problems in the UK. Foster carers
have an important role to play in supporting
children to be mentally healthy, and knowing
the signs can help aid early appropriate
intervention. This course enables learners to
gain the necessary knowledge to understand
mental health and identify signs and symptoms.
It provides clear guidelines as to your role
in supporting children with mental health difficulties.
Course content
This course will cover:
- What is good mental health?
- The factors that influence mental health
- The signs that there may be a mental health problem for a looked after child
- How to start conversations about mental health
- How to deal with low to medium risk situations
- How to respond to a crisis situation
- Promoting resilience for looked after children to help support their mental health needs
Already have your own LMS? You can purchase any of our courses as SCORM files to download and add to your own system.
Aims of Supporting The Mental Health Needs Of Looked After Children course
By the end of the training, you will:
- Understand what mental health is
- Understand how poor mental health can affect adolescents
- Recognise the signs and symptoms of poor mental health
Better understand what you can do to help a young person with mental health issues - Know what to do when there is a low to medium concern for a young person’s mental health
- Know how to help a young person with mental health difficulties who has been found in a crisis situation
What audience is this online course suitable for?
This Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Looked After Children course has been designed specifically for people who want to know more about supporting looked after children who are experiencing mental health problems. Whilst it provides focus for people working in Children's Services, it will also be useful to a wider audience of people who work with vulnerable young people.
We can deliver this course either: online, as a webinar, or as a face-to-face programme. If you have your own LMS and would like this course as a SCORM file, please get in touch.