Young People, Mental Health and Wellbeing Awareness: A Whole Life Ahead

[Who would benefit from attending?] [Training aim] [Training context] [What this training session will do] [Programme outline] [Event information] [Application conditions]

Who would benefit from attending?

• Staff working in all types of learning and skills provision for young people
• Staff in specialist organisations working with a wide range of vulnerable young people, including those who have experience of mental health conditions. This might include those who are not in education, employment or training and / or at risk of becoming so.

Previous participants have said:

Excellent - good value & very well presented.

We will use the resource with our learners

Very engaging, gave good case examples

Very competent trainers , one with experience of mental health difficulties to keep it real

Excellent mix of methods ...most important is Service User experience

The best training day I have attended in recent years. Thank you.

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Training Aim

This practical and interactive one day training session aims to equip you with an improved understanding of mental health issues relating to young people, as well as a range of practical teaching and learning strategies to help you provide effective support to young people with mental health conditions in your organisation.

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Training Context

Young people often hear the cliché, 'You’ve got your whole life ahead of you', but the quality of that whole life ahead can largely be determined by the experiences young people have in the transitional years between childhood and adulthood: a time when they may well be engaged with Further Education.

Robust evidence exists to suggest links between mental health difficulties and social exclusion, leading to poor education and employment opportunities, and financial, social and health inequalities. In addition to this, the numbers of young people experiencing mental health difficulties appear to be increasing at alarming rates, which can often see them requiring support to achieve in or sustain their learning:

• Mental health conditions in young people increased by 70 % between 1999 and 2004 (Warwick et al 2006)
• 10 % of 16 – 25 year olds in 2009 thought that life was not worth living (The Prince’s Trust 2009)
• One in three unemployed young people in 2010 feel down or depressed most of the time (The Prince’s Trust 2010).
• 10-13% of 15-16 year olds have self harmed (The Prince’s Trust, 2010).

This training session and core resources have been shaped by knowledge and expertise gained by the NIACE/LSC/Inclusion Institute Partnership Programme, which has come from associates with several years experience in the fields of mental health, learning and skills, and employment support, along with the good practice and expertise owned by networks of practitioners and learners across the English regions. The training session’s activities will draw on extracts from the North West LSC Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Awareness Resource. **

If you are committed and passionate about ensuring that young people with mental health difficulties enjoy and get the most from their learning, then the A Whole Life Ahead training session will allow you to explore and share ideas for good practice in your organisation.

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What this training session will do

By the end of the training session you will have:

• examined the social context of young people’s mental health and wellbeing experiences;
• increased your awareness and understanding of topical issues such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and self-harm;
• identified a range of practical teaching and learning strategies to support young people in their organizations; and,
• explored some of the practical applications of the North West LSC Young People’s Mental Health Awareness Resource in the context of Young People’s wellbeing and Further Education, allowing you to better introduce its use in your  organisation.

On completion of the A Whole Life Ahead session you will receive a copy of the resource** on CD for use back in your own organisation.

**The North West LSC Young People’s Mental Health Awareness resource was developed as a workforce development tool and comprises a series of 12 modules on a variety of sector-responsive topics. Each module contains a session plan and a number of creative and energizing activities to assist practitioners to consider the issue from different perspectives - a young person’s point of view, the surrounding policy context, and in application in their own practice.
Organisations can use the modules as 'off the shelf' resources. Each module can be delivered as a standalone staff training session or as part of a course to support Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

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Programme Outline

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Event Information

Arrival and registration is at 9:30am for a 10:00am start. The event will end at 4:30pm

Event fee per person:

 £170 (NIACE members rate)
£185 (Non NIACE members rate)
(includes sandwich lunch, tea/coffee)
NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference or course fees.

Only online application forms with the payments section completed will be processed.
NB: If you wish us to invoice your employer we require a copy of the Purchase Order before the form is processed.
Places will be allocated in order of receipt of completed applications (one online application per person)
Participants should be prepared to take their own notes as there may not be handouts for all sessions
If you have not received an e-mail confirming your attendance and joining instructions 4 working days before the event please contact: events@niace.org.uk

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Application Conditions

Event: Thursday 11 July 2013
Closing Date: Wednesday 26 June 2013
Cancellations are non-refundable
The full fee is payable prior to the event
Substitutions are to be advised 5 working days prior to the event
A 15 working days notice period is required for provision of electronic note-takers, sign language interpreters and transcription to Braille
Places are to be reserved online – scroll up and click on Apply Now
Reservations by telephone cannot be accepted
Applications forms are individually acknowledged by e-mail. Joining instructions, including map and directions, will be e-mailed out one week before the event.
NIACE reserves the right to reject applicants who are not from the target audience list.

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