Pre Birth Assessment

Overview

The aim of this training is to introduce learners to using Calder’s pre-birth risk assessment tool and understand what is involved in undertaking robust assessments and planning

Who is Pre Birth Assessment aimed at?

Children’s Social Care Staff

Course Length

2 days

Learning Outcomes

This course is modelled on Martin Calder’s CATAC Model of Pre-birth Assessments. We have permission to deliver this training however a license fee has to be paid directly to Martin Calder when booking this course. Participants will understand:

Day 1

• Aims and purpose of pre-birth risk assessments
• Personal and ethical considerations
• Working in partnership when undertaking a pre-birth risk assessment
• Examining multi-agency tasks and roles
• Looking at the complex risk assessment and analysis issues
• Look at parenting styles
• Parenting capacity engaging parents in planning and assessing capacity
• Motivation
• Fears and anxieties of parents
• Parents understanding of expected baby’s needs and ability to meet them
• Good practice in working with parents
• Concealed pregnancy
• Worker client relationship
• What to consider/cover in assessment
• Professional challenges
• Multi- disciplinary framework to guide assessment (Calders work)
• Skills required, what is there to assist etc
• Decision-making
• Legal context
• Planning and future plans

Day 2

• Understanding additional complexities in relation to parenting when young
• Focus on young parents and pre-birth risk assessments
• Adolescent development in context of own needs and impact on expected baby’s needs
• Adolescents are not yet adults – brain functioning, risk taking, issues with empathy etc.
• Principle risks for babies
• Balancing needs of a young person and those of the expected baby
• Areas to assess
• Understanding change processes and potential responses to change efforts
• Assessing engagement, motivation for problem solving
• Mental health concerns and young people
• Hidden harm issues
• Drugs and alcohol , young people and impact on expected baby
• Key assessment principles