AMBIT for CYP Crisis Professionals
This training is designed for anyone working with young people in crisis and their families.
What is AMBIT?
AMBIT (Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment) is an approach developed at the Anna Freud that aims to maintain effective practice despite the inevitable impact that high levels of risk and complexity can have on team and system functioning. This is highly relevant for people working in the often fast-paced, emotive context of crisis.
AMBIT is used in teams and services across health, social care, youth services and the justice system. The content of this training has been adapted to focus on challenges that are often present at the point of crisis, where there is pressure to achieve the balance of managing risk and working to enable children, young people and their families to engage in safety planning; alongside the challenges of collaborating with other services to broker effective ongoing support.
About this training
This 4-day training is part of our Children and Young People’s Crisis Workforce Training Programme.
In this training, participants will gain an understanding of mentalization theory and its application, including: exploring barriers to accessing help and adapting to individual need; recognising the emotional impact of the work and strengthening helping processes in teams; and acknowledging and addressing difficulties in collaborating with the wider professional network, to get better outcomes for children, young people and their families.
This training will be an opportunity to connect and reflect with others doing similar work across the UK and beyond.
Aims of this training
This training will cover:
an introduction to the theory of mentalization
the role of mentalizing in establishing trusting helping relationships with children, young people, and families in crisis
the importance of the “well-connected team” and to supporting worker mentalizing in the context of high-stress, high-risk situations
how to apply mentalizing to working within complex service ecologies around CYP in crisis.
Who is this training for?
Anyone working within health, social care and youth services who work with children and young people in crisis, and their families, within and outside of the UK.
As AMBIT is a team approach, we recommend that you attend with one or more colleague from your team.
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We are interested in working with teams or organisations who would like to commission a bespoke version of this training. Get in touch with our dedicated team at ambit@annafreud.org.
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The online platform Zoom will be used to deliver this training. Prior to booking on, please ensure you meet the system requirements so you're able to join this training.
Before the training, please test your equipment is working by going to Zoom.us/test and follow the instructions.
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