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Youth Mental Health First Aid Champion Course

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Target Group:

Any person working with young people.

Course Aims:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

- Recognise symptoms of mental health conditions
- Provide initial help
- Guide the young person towards appropriate professional help
- Be mindful of your own wellbeing
- Develop an understanding of how you can create and maintain a healthier and more productive learning environment

Intended Impact:

As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to:

- Raises awareness and mental health literacy
- Reduces stigma around mental ill health
- Boosts knowledge and confidence in dealing with mental health issues
- Promotes early intervention which enables recovery

Isle of Wight Council employees should book via the Learning Hub. External delegates can book by completing the online application form

Course Trainer:
Kate Golding

Trainer Biography:

Kate has a special interest in children and adults who have experienced emotional trauma and continues to work with child patients and their families in private practice. Making a difference individually and at an organisational level is what drives Kate and inspires her to influence change wherever she can. In 2019 Kate was one of the authors for the MHFA England Youth half day aware course, manual and workbook and she is currently one of the co-authors for the youth 2 day course. Kate also delivered mental health training in Spain and Latvia raising her international profile. 2020 brought Covid 19 and Kate was asked to do a piece of work for NHS England, Homeless Link and MHFA England delivering lots of training to a range of professionals and volunteers supporting rough sleepers and the homeless. In 2021, Kate was a keynote speaker at the MIND Jersey annual conference talking about reconnecting with hope during the COVID 19 pandemic. Kate trained the newly formed NHS England and NHS Improvement team responsible for the COVID 19 inquiry. In 2023, Kate was asked to speak at the network meeting for international trauma informed practitioners.

Kate is a trainer for nurture training and youth, adult mental health and suicide first aid among other bespoke packages around mental health and emotional wellbeing. Kate has trained regularly for LA's, NHS, The Prince’s Trust, Oxford Brookes, MIND, schools, foster care teams early years, social care, Great Ormond Street hospital and many more including at the Houses of Parliament.

Kate has provided clinical supervision for psychologists, nurses and social workers and currently, Kate provides supervision for a large setting with patients who have profound and complex needs and social and emotional difficulties.

Kate worked as a Consultant Nurse for the Autism Diagnostic Research Centre where she was commissioned to undertake autism diagnoses. Following this, Kate set up and led a service for children with life shortening conditions at Mountbatten hospice. Working alongside the team of educational and clinical psychologists at Bridges for Learning as a Consultant Nurse, Kate continues to work in the core MDT providing autism assessment. Kate works as a senior case manager and has a specialism in autism, complex psychiatric trauma and brain injury paediatric and adult patients.

Kate qualified as a general nurse in 1998 and spent the next six years working in Accident and Emergency and prison nursing. In 2000, Kate completed a BSc Psychology and has a MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice from The University of Southampton. Kate has taught health and social care and psychology and continues to work privately as a training consultant in the area of infant, child, adolescent and adult mental health. Kate was seconded from CAMHS for eight years to various settings including early years, schools and forensics. In addition to this, Kate was one of the leads for the targeted mental health in schools project on the Isle of Wight. 

Date: 08 October 2024    Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm


Date: 25 February 2025    Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm


Venue:
The Learning Centre, Westridge, Brading Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 1QS

Cost:

Full Cost:

Schools, Non-Subscribing Early Years Providers, Partner Agencies, Personal Assistants, Personal Assistants, Additional Places for Short Breaks Providers, and Social Care Agencies - £95

30% Reduction of Full Cost:

Registered Charities and Contracted ASC Providers - £73

Fully Funded:

Isle of Wight Council Staff