Autism Training in CAMHS
Dear South West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT),
We have found out that Essex local CAMHS professionals can be dealing with children with autism even though they have no basic autism training.
Is this ethical? Is this helpful? Is this professional?
Essex parents say this finding does not surprise them.
Quotes from parents:
“I always assumed (obviously wrongly) that CAMHS were expert on Autism. That explains why so many people proclaim they are
useless!”
“We found out the hard way with our eldest that our CAMHS knew diddly squat about autism.”
We would like to know, please ...
Is there supposed to be a minimum autism training requirement for all CAMHS staff in the UK, specified by the Department of Health, or other regulatory body?
What sort of training is this? Who provides it?
If so, how do you check that staff have this minimum training requirement?
E.g.: Are jobs advertised with this as part of the JD / criteria?
Does CAMHS offer it's staff in-service training? Who provides this?
Are you in contact with local parent groups? Have you had any consultations with them about the quality / effectiveness of service that you provide for children with autism?
We know of so many children / young people with autism who have been damaged by the education system, and then this damage is further compounded by (untrained in ASCs) CAMHS "professionals".
What are you doing about this?
We would like to see all CAMHS staff properly trained in autism, as it is a complex, multi-layered and so very often misunderstood condition - even by so-called experts / professionals.
Parents often have to adapt their behaviours and lives around thier child(ren), and this fact is often grossly misunderstood / misinterpreted by so-called professionals / experts, (who are often untrained in autism), and the parents are blamed.
One example re course in autism:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergradua...
NAS training:
http://www.autism.org.uk/training
Yours faithfully,
[P. Smith]
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Dear Mrs. Smith,
Thank you for your message.
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Your message contains a number of statements and questions and it would be
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Your request will then be considered in accordance with the FOI Act.
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Tim Huggett
FOI Lead
NHS South West Essex
1st Floor, Phoenix Place
Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
Essex SS14 3HG
01268 245769
Dear Huggett Timothy (5PY) South West Essex,
We have found out that some Essex local CAMHS professionals - despite having no autism training - can be dealing with children with autism.
We would like to know, please ...
Q.: Is this true?
Q.: How many CAMHS professionals, out of the total practising, do NOT have any autism training?
Q.: Is there supposed to be a minimum autism training requirement for all CAMHS staff in the UK, specified by the Department of Health, or other regulatory body, that you are required to comply with?
Q.: What sort of training is this? Who provides it?
Q.: If so, how do you check that staff have this minimum training requirement? E.g.: Are jobs advertised with this as part of the JD / criteria?
Q.: Does CAMHS offer it's staff in-service training? Who provides this? Whay does it consist in?
Q.: Are you in contact with local parent groups? Have you had any consultations with them about the quality / effectiveness of service that you provide for children with autism?
Thank you,
Yours faithfully,
[P. Smith]
Dear Madam
Thank you for your FOI request. Please find attached an acknowledgement
letter in this regard.
Kind regards
Kathy
Kathy Whitbread. Complaints Administrator/PALS Support.
NHS South West Essex
Phoenix Place
Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
Essex SS14 3HG
Tel:01268 245768
Fax:01268 705005
[1]www.swessex.nhs.uk
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Dear Madam
Please find attached the response to your FOI request.
Kindest Regards
NHS South West Essex
Freedom of Information Administrator
Dear Freedom of Information (5PY) South West Essex,
Thank you for your response.
Yours sincerely,
[P. Smith]
Dear South West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT),
http://www.cfps.org.uk/what-we-do/public...
Yours faithfully,
[P. Smith]
Dear Mrs. Smith,
Thank you for your FOI request. Please find attached an acknowledgement
letter in this regard.
Kind regards
Kathy
Kathy Whitbread. Complaints Administrator/PALS Support.
NHS South West Essex
Phoenix Place
Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
Essex SS14 3HG
Tel:01268 245796
Fax:01268 705005
[1]www.swessex.nhs.uk
e.mail: [2][email address]
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Whitbread Kathleen (5PY) South West Essex would like to recall the message, "SWE/11/FOI-466".
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Dear Mrs Smith,
Thank you for your message.
I am not able to accept your message as an FOI request as you have attached a link to a document only and have not asked for any specific information.
Please resubmit your request setting out what specific information you are seeking that NHS South West Essex may hold.
Regards
Tim Huggett
FOI Lead
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