Multi-Agency | Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Champions Training for Individuals

This is an opportunity to book a place on our hosted training event which provides an opportunity for individual practitioners to complete our programme. Our multi-agency Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Champions training programme is designed to improve family mental health by:

• increasing competence and confidence in perinatal and infant mental health practice
• developing place-based leadership for perinatal and infant mental health across complex systems of care
• raising awareness of the importance of perinatal and infant mental health across the workforce

Dates:

• 15 & 16 January 2024

Cost of places:

• £450 – iHV Member (membership number required for booking)
• £495 – Non-member

Information for Participants:

How do I apply?

Please send completed application form to [email protected]

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About Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Champions Training

Our multi-agency Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Champions training programme is designed to improve family mental health by:

• increasing competence and confidence in perinatal and infant mental health practice
• developing place-based leadership for perinatal and infant mental health across complex systems of care
• raising awareness of the importance of perinatal and infant mental health across the workforce

The online delivery format models our highly acclaimed face-to-face programme and will equip Champions with the necessary understanding, knowledge and competence to lead on PIMH in their local areas.

Following the training, each Champion will receive resources enabling them to cascade the training (COVID-19 permitting) onwards to their colleagues either face-to-face or virtually. The iHV will provide both face-to-face and online format training resources to support this.

Aim of Multi-Agency Perinatal & Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Champions training:

The programme is designed for a multi-agency audience, to build advocacy for both perinatal and infant mental health, making a clear link between infant and parental mental health through developing an understanding of the evidence around PIMH.

The training addresses the fundamental requirements that are necessary for all those who work with mothers and their families in the perinatal period to manage mild to moderate perinatal mental illness, to understand and recognise some the impact of these disorders on the infant, their family and society, and to know when to refer on.

Additionally, the training programme equips the Champion with materials to deliver a cascade of multi-agency PIMH Awareness level training for colleagues.

Participating in this training will equip you for the PIMH Champion’s role over the following modules:

• Perinatal mental illness and why it matters
• Recognition and detection of perinatal mental illness
• Transition to parenthood and the significance of building relationships
• Infant observations and parallel processes
• Safeguarding and risk
• Everyone’s business: your role, communication and interventions

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By the end of January 2022, we have trained over 2,911 Champions for PIMH across the UK.

“Best training I have had, really enjoyed how easy it was to access, build rapport with others on the training and the trainers. I think that was solely down to the trainers positive engaging energy that echoed back in the room – really well delivered!”
(Sept 2020)

“Thank you so much to all involved in the administration, creation and delivery of the event. It was clear that a huge amount of thought had gone into it and it was an amazing online event to attend”
(Sept 2020)