Contract Two: 2004 - 2007
Projects undertaken during Contract Two: 2004 - 2007
Annual Infant, Child and Adolescent Training Days
Goal: The objectives of the annual infant, child and adoelescent days are to:
- Provide up to date quality trianing and continuing education to the child and adolescent mental health workforce
- Provide a forum for local experts to present/deliver training
- Disseminate information throughout the sector
- Provide a forum for the child and adolescent mental health workforce to gather and discuss deliveru of care to their particular client groups within a New Zealand context.
Project Team: Debbi Tohill (Project Leader)
Stocktake of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Goal: The stocktake will include a broad outline of all services (including DHB and NGO funded, mainstream and kaupapa Maori) who contribute to the recovery of children and adolescent with a mental health problem. This project will provide a foundation for strategic planning for the Child and Adolecsnt Mental Health Sector.
Project Team: Carol Ramage (Project Leader), Julliet Bir (Assistant Research Fellow), Dr Alison Towns (Contracted Research Fellow - Literature Review), Raewyn Vague (Contracted Analyst - MHINC Data) & Mathijs Lucassen (Research Assistant)
Sector Training and Development
Goal: It is expected that these workshops will contribute to the ongoing professional development of providers of child and adolescent mental health and alcohol and drug services funded by the Ministry of Health.
Project Team: Debbi Tohill, Sue Treanor, Sally Merry
Provision of Distance Outreach Training for PECT
Goal: To enable post graduate training in child and adolescent mental health that is accessible to people working, or proposing to work in CAMHS throughout New Zealand. This project will encourage uptake by the other tertiary providers of post-graduate courses in child and adolescent mental health.
Project Team: Vas Ajello (Project Leader)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Goal: To increase the capability of the child and adolescent mental health workforce to provide effective, evidence based treatment for common mental health problems. This will be provided through Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) training specific to the needs of child and adolescent consumers.
Project Team: Debbi Tohill (Programme Manager), Nikki Coleman (CBT Advisor), Tania Cargo (Maori Advisor), Louise Dentice (Project Support) and Sally Tai-Rakena (Project Support)
Clinical Placement Coordination in DHB's
Goal: To increase the number and quality of child and adolescent placements for students undertaking academic mental health programmes. In the first stage of the project, priority will be given to DHBs in the Northern and Midland Regions to reflect the greater workforce needs in these areas.
Project Team: Anna Mc Naughton (project Leader), Nina Talau-Brown, Ellen Nicholson, Cate Madison (Placement Advisors)
Strategic Framework
Goal: To develop a 10 year strategic framework for child and adolescent mental health workforce development. The key objective of this project is to provide a framework to inform future government funded initiatives to increase the capacity and capability of the child and adolescent mental health workforce.
Project Team: Annemarie Wille (Project Leader), Denise Whitfield (Assistant Research Fellow), Bronwyn Dunnachie (Nursing Advisor), Shane Pleasance (Senior Advisor), Matt Shepherd (Maori Advisor) and Louise Dentice (Project Support)
Develop a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Competency Framework
Goal: The principle service deliverable is a competency framework document which details the mental health and addictions sector competencies (knowledge, attitudes and skills) related to working in specialist mental health (secondary and tertiary) infant, child and adolescent services.
Project Team: Project Leader: Bronwyn Dunnachie (Senior Advisor), Annemarie Wille (Manager Special Projects), Monique Faleafa (Pacific Clinical Advisor), Margaret Vick (NGO Advisor), Tania Cargo (Maori Clinical Advisor), Trish Lumb (Family/Whanau Advisor), Shona Clarke (Youth Consumer Advisor) Debbi Tohill (Programme Manager), Sue Treanor (Director) and Susan Potter (MoH, is supporting team in an advisory capacity).
Consumer Participation - Family Whanau
Goal: To develop service guidelines for a peer support programme for families/whanau of child and adolescent consumers of mental health and substance abuse/ addictions services. Such guidelines will help to promote the recognition and implementation of needs for non-clinical support and mentoring for families/whanau.
Project Team: Trish Lumb (Project Leader), Debbi Tohill (Programme Manager) and Louise Dentice (Project Support)
Consumer Participation - Youth
Goal: To identify and support good models of practice for youth consumer participation by youth in Child and Adolescent Mental Health substance abuse/ addictions services.
Project Team: Shona Clark (Project Leader), Debbi Tohill (Programme Manager) and Louise Dentice (Project Support)
Parent Management Training - Incredible Years
Goal: To facilitate intersectorial collaboration to provide training in evidence based Parent Management Training (PMT) across a wide range of community and specialist settings.
Project Team: Ingrid Altena (Project Leader), Debbi Tohill (Programme Manager) and Justine Leef (Project Support)
Comprehensive Web Based Clearing House
Goal: To provide a central point for dissemination of information relating to child and adolescent mental health through a web based clearing house to organisations which contribute to the recovery of children and adolescents experiencing mental health problems.
Project Team: Debbi Tohill (Project Leader), Louise Dentice (Website Coordinator)
Local CAMHS Workforce Development Planning Model
Project Team: Annemarie Wille (Project Leader), Rawiri Wharemate (Kaumatua), Marg
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