Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network - Network events
Network study day 3: What helps families affected by parental mental illness?
When: Tuesday 27 February 2007
Where: Friends Meeting House,
Euston, London
Cost: Free
Introduction
The parental mental health and child welfare Network is a development Network for social care and health staff working with parents with mental health problems and their children. It is hosted and funded by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and is led by a steering group of leading mental health and children's organisations and service user representatives. The Network's aim is to improve collaborative working between adult mental health and childcare services and raise practice standards by improving knowledge, sharing information and influencing policy change.
The study day on 27 February 2007 will focus on what helps families affected by parental mental illness. Particular attention will be paid to the experience of black and minority ethnic families in accessing services. We hope that participants will share their thoughts and experiences in the workshops. All the discussions will be recorded in order to inform the work that SCIE is carrying out with NICE to produce the first-ever practice guidance on working with these families.
If you are responsible for managing or delivery services, or if you receive services, join us to share your thoughts and network with like-minded people. We offer a payment to service users and carers attending this event and would like to encourage practitioners to bring service users with them on the day.
Programme
- 9.30am Registration and refreshments
- 10am Welcome and opening comments
Chair: Dominic Makuvachuma Walker, Development manager, Catch-A-Fiya
Bill Kilgallon, Chief executive, SCIE - 10.15am Presentation: ‘Meeting the needs of BME children and adolescents and their families through culturally competent care'. Savita Ayling, CAMHS Delivering Race Equality lead, Care Services Improvement Programme
- 10.45am Refreshments
- 11am Workshops See workshop programme for further information
- 12.30pm Lunch
- 1.30pm Presentation ‘The basis for removing a child from his/her parents: The Black Excess'. Dr Aggrey Burke, Psychiatrist, South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
- 1.55pm Workshops See workshop programme for further information
- 3.15pm Refreshments
- 3.30pm Plenary: This is an opportunity to put forward any further points for SCIE to note in developing its parental mental health guidance. Dominic Makuvachuma Walker to chair.
- 4pm End of day Refreshments will be available.
Please note that in exceptional circumstances the programme may change.
Workshops
Workshops will be offered twice: once in the morning (11am-12.30pm) and once in the afternoon (1.55pm-3.15pm)
Workshop 1: Finding a way in
Rose de Paeztron, Development manager, Family Welfare Association
Family Welfare Association staff and users will run a workshop on finding a way into services and on how services can make themselves accessible, particularly to service users from black and minority ethnic groups.
Workshop 2: Services for black parents with mental health challenges provide a positive experience of support
Estella Weston, Director and Joseph Powell, Advocacy team practitioner, Family Health ISIS.
This workshop will explore the positive impact that culturally specific groups have, both in working with parents who have mental health challenges and when working with issues relating to children and young people.
Workshop 3: Supporting families affected by parental mental illness
Richard Anderson, Manager, The CAPE project
The CAPE project is a joint Greenwich Children's Services and Oxleas N H S Foundation Trust initiative, funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The project aims to provide integrated services to families where there is a parent or carer with severe and/ or enduring mental health problems. For the past 18 months the project team has been providing training and consultation, and promoting communication and joint working between agencies involved with this service user group. Since March 2006 the team has also been providing direct services to children and families affected by parental mental illness and, based on research and experience, is currently developing new ways of working effectively to support such families.
Workshop 4: Young carers having a voice
Louise Wardale, Co-ordinator, Keeping the Family in Mind, Barnardo's
Barnardo's staff and young carers will run a workshop on the importance of listening to children's messages and how they can influence the design and delivery of services for them and their families.
