Duration
1 day
Location
In-house
Availability
Good
Suitable for: All What does this mean?
More and more young people, (under 25’s), are being diagnosed with some form of neurodiversity (a blanket term for people who have conditions that include autism and ADHD amongst others) or mental illness. With services over stretched many young people may be waiting a long time for a diagnosis.
When a young person is neurodiverse or mentally ill it impacts on the whole family. Many young people may still be living at home and this may cause challenges for their parents and a have possible knock on effect from a housing perspective.
Some young people may have their own tenancies and may have challenges managing those tenancies. Some may be vulnerable to cuckooing or abuse or have dual diagnosis.
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This course will explore autism, neurodiversity and mental illness with a focus on young people. The session will develop delegates’ awareness of the conditions, assessment and treatment from CAMHS and explain when safeguarding is needed.
Delegates will:
- Explore the term ‘neurodiversity’ and which conditions come under this category
- Understand autism and the autistic spectrum
- Gain an overview of young people’s mental health and mental illness
- Look at the effects on the child and potentially the parents
- Explore how neurodiversity or mental illness in a young person could impact on ability to manage a tenancy
- Be aware of support for young people affected by these conditions from health or social care
- Be aware of the McGowan enquiry, and key learning points.
Who should attend?
All customer facing staff and managers would benefit from this training.
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Our training
Danny McGowan BSC, MSC has been involved in supporting people with substance misuse, mental health and other complex needs for over 20 years. He has developed experience in many specialist areas, such as working with hoarders and those with a dual diagnosis and has delivered training in techniques such as motivational interviewing and CBT. He has been delivering training for the housing sector for over a decade and has many years’ experience of developing client/customer involvement and peer mentoring schemes.
Danny uses a combination of his years of experience, current good practice guidelines and research evidence to deliver the topics he trains. He uses a holistic interactive training style that provides delegates with real skills and information, which they are then able to apply back in the workplace and beyond. He has delivered training and provided consultancy to numerous organisations during his career. Notable clients include the Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions and the Home Office as well as housing organisations across the UK.
We can bring this course to you.
If you have five or more staff interested our
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