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Free Mental Health conference for staff working with young people
Date and time
Location
Sacred Heart Secondary School
Mersey Road Redcar TS101PJ United KingdomDescription
A free one-day conference to promote skills, understanding and knowledge of mental health and provide school staff with the confidence to recognise and act.
Objectives
- Enhance knowledge, attitudes, skills, understanding and confidence when supporting children and young people with mental health issues.
- Provide practical strategies that could be used right away to support children and young people
- Outline and share a range of resources for use by schools – including school mental health policies
- Support networking of colleagues with an interest in Mental Health in the North of England so that best practice can be shared beyond the event
- Highlight good work being done by a case study school
- Highlight the work and resources of relevant charities and organisations which schools might draw on
Programme
9.15 Registration opens
9.45 Welcome and introductions
10.00 Promoting positive wellbeing, including warning signs, and strategies
Gemma Fieldsend, The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
11.15 Break
11.30 A parent's perspective on supporting a child with a mental health problem, and the work of Rollercoaster Parent Support Project
Wendy Minhinnett, The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust and Nicky Harmer, Tees, Esk & Wear Valley Trust CAMHS
12.30 Lunch**
13.15 Self-Harm, Eating Disorders and Anxiety
Gemma Fieldsend, The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
14.45 Break
15.00 Case Study School Mental Health: Caring for the Individual in practice
Michelle Hill, Sacred Heart Secondary School
15.30 Final questions, finish 15.45
**Lunch will be provided to all delegates, please advise us if you have any dietary requirements via email.
Charities and other local organisations whose work involves the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people are welcome to run an exhibition stand.
Please note: charitable funds enable us to put on this event without cost to the delegates, and we don't want these funds to go to waste. So if you register for a ticket but find you are not able to attend, please email us to let us know.
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Our vision is of a world where people understand and talk openly about mental health, where young people and those who support them are equipped to maintain and enhance their mental health and wellbeing, and have the confidence to seek help when they need it.