Scholarly Impact Report 2023

CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

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THEME 5 - MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: PEOPLE, ORGANISATIONS, AND PLACES

Safe4Child: Development of a Micro-credential to enable Professionals working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Units and Childrens Wards in General Hospitals to develop a trauma informed Approach to reduce Coercive Practice, Seclusion and Restraint with Children.

School of Nursing and Midwifery Mental Health Team present at the European Conference on Mental Health, Ljubljana, September 2023 Dr Aine O Donovan, Dr James O Mahony, Dr Maria O Malley, Mx Ryan Goulding and Professor Brenda Happell, of the School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork, travelled to Ljubljana to present at the largest mental health conference in Europe. The ethos of this annual conference is underpinned by the principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The belief that service provision can be improved when knowledge is co-created, diversity in ideology is embraced and a space is created where the voices of all are respected and valued are central tenets of this conference.

interview on completion of the programme. The first roll out is a pilot project, with a targeted participation of 20 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff and 10 staff in children’s ward in CUH. UCC Lead and Team Members: Dr Aine O’Donovan (lead), Sinead Heffernan, Dr. Maria O’Malley, Dr Margaret Curtin, Ryan Goulding, Dr Mohamad Saab, Dr James O’Mahony, Dr Johnny Goodwin, Stephanie Allen, David Power, Kevin McGuire Reference: Kelly, P. et al (2022) Trauma informed interventions to reduce seclusion, restraint and restrictive practices amongst staff caring for children and adolescents with challenging behaviours: A Systematic Review. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma http:// dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40653-023-00524-2

Funded under Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership and based on primary research in 4 countries, we developed a micro-credential entitled: Trauma informed approaches to support staff working with children and adolescents exhibiting behaviours that challenge. The content for the micro-credential has been developed over two years among

international teams from UCC, Finland, Bulgaria and Germany, informed by Trauma Informed principles. This online course is targeted at health care professionals comprising nurses, doctors (including psychiatrists), occupational therapists, social workers, psychologists and health care assistants. Content was based on a Systematic Review (Kelly et al., 2022), and a series of focus groups in the partner countries, as well as expert knowledge on CAMHS and Trauma Informed Care within the SONM in UCC. It includes 4 online educational modules and a virtual reality (VR)- based module which will be delivered in the Assert Centre. The delivery of this micro credential will be evaluated using mixed methods research methodology. Quantitative data will be collected pretest-posttest via agreed and validated questionnaires and participants will be invited to participate in a focus group

L-R: Mx Ryan Goulding, Dr James O Mahony, Professor Brenda Happell, Dr Maria O Malley, Dr Aine O Donovan