The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice: Volume 2 Issue 4

Issues for workforce development

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Table of contents

Developing a training and e‐learning package in mental health

Jane Sedgewick, Nicolas Blackwell

Universal workers, or Tier 1 workers, as the CAMHS service structure suggests they are called, are in excellent positions to influence the mental health of children and young…

Is there an optimum model of practice for the newly developed child and adolescent primary mental health worker posts?

Nicole Hickey, Tami Kramer, M Garralda

The role of the primary mental health worker (PMHW) is relatively new within child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Different organisational structures have emerged…

Evaluating training for collaborative practice for graduate primary care mental health workers

Di Bailey

This paper focuses on a shared learning module on collaborative practice for graduate primary care mental health workers as a case study in formative evaluation that combines…

Mapping the CAMHS workforce: 2003‐2006

Richard Wistow

This paper provides an overview of the national child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) mapping exercise, the workforce data reported in the mapping between 2003 and…

Understanding the key workforce issues facing child and adolescent mental health services

Barry Nixon

Workforce pressures are the key constraining factor in effective delivery of the CAMHS agenda (Kurtz et al, 2006). The continuing investment and expansion of Child and Adolescent…

Implementing a model for future workforce design and planning in child and adolescent mental health services

Yvonne Anderson, Barry Nixon

This article will provide an overview of the national child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) workforce planning programme 2006‐7, which used early implementer sites in…

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ISSN:

1755-6228

Online date, start – end:

2006

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Gary Lamph
  • Prof Di Bailey
  • Dr David Crepaz-Keay