Personality disorder: understanding and responding

Personality disorder: understanding and responding

Date(s): 13 May 2027

Times: 9.15 registration for 9.30 - 12.30

Delivery: Online over Zoom

Course overview:

Understand what personality disorders are, the possible causes, 'symptoms' and associated life difficulties in order to provide services and support that can make a positive difference to people's lives.

Drawing upon personal experiences of receiving a personality disorder diagnosis, the course offers up to date evidence and relevant practical interventions to promote recovery and wellbeing.

Aim(s):

To feel confident and competent in assessing and understanding the potential impact of parental substance use on parenting capacity and to feel able to share these worries with parents and other professionals.

Objectives:

By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:    

• To understand the law and our legal responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children
• To understand the importance of assessment and reassessment
• To be able to communicate confidently and effectively with other agencies to safeguard children from harm and abuse; thinking about our use of language
• To understand the limitations of drug screening and testing
• To think about what specific groups of children are more at risk than others of abuse and harm e.g. babies
• To have an opportunity to think about sharing information and managing risk within a multi-agency framework – to analyse various pieces of information to form a conclusion as to if a child needs a child protection plan

Maximum group size: 12

Online course - delivered over Zoom.