Minutes of the C&A SIG 02/06/2008
Minutes of the Child and Adolescent Special Interest Group meeting on 2nd June, 2008
BABCP Child and Adolescent Specialist Interest Branch Meeting
Finch Road Primary Care Centre, Birmingham, Monday 2nd June 2008
1. Present
Charlie Wilson, Joanna Grave, Nicky Dummett, Andrew Lewis-Smith
2. Apologies
Sue Robinson
Sam Cartwright-Hatton
Janet Teshola
Steve Spence
Anita Munroe
Tim Williams
Maria Barquin
Anita Munroe
Victoria Byram
Hughes Izuchukwu
Maggie Harrison
Caroline Clarke-Wooster
Catherine Gallop
Elaine Deeks
Birgit Seitz
Billy-Anne Hambleton
3. Minutes of the previous meeting
It was agreed that the minutes of the previous meeting should first be approved by the committee and then sent to BABCP HQ for distribution to the wider membership.
Trevor McDougall's (member of the committee) emails keep being bounced back. ALS to chase up as Trevor is a regular contributor to JISCMAIL.
4. Updates
Chair- Charlie highlighted that at the AGM in November we will require a Chair elect for 2009. Various names were mooted.
Treasurer - When competing expense forms please only put one expense per form e.g. one committee meeting.
We have received the cheque from ACAMH for the last conference in Oxford.
The committee need the email of the new secretary Anita Munroe. Andrew to send this around
5. Branch Liaison
Joanna unable to go to the last meeting in London. The problem re images for the banner continues so we may not have a banner for the Edinburgh conference.
6. CAFSIB/ACAMH Conference 2009
ACAMH not too keen on London as a venue due to the fact that many conferences are held there. Alternative venues being considered are Leeds and York.
Orlee Udwin from ACAMH will be on the conference planning committee.
A number of key speakers have been suggested including Frank Datillio and Susan Bogels (Mindfulness and as a possible keynote speaker).
The committee wanted to acknowledge what a little star Maria is for all the hard work that she has done so far towards the conference. Congratulations to Maria!
7. CPD and Workshops
The Branch meeting at the Conference in Edinburgh will not have a CPD component and will be a limited business meeting
The AGM in Leeds in November has Psychosis as its CPD theme.
Rosie and Maria will need to liaise re venue and publicity
Maria is organising a room for the meeting
CPD events are open meetings. Usually for 1 to 1 ½ hours, allowing time for general discussion and there should be a slot to promote the BABCP.
Tea and Coffee should generally be provided by the local organiser but we should always have an honesty box for people to make contributions. It is also possible to claim back some monies from BABCP if beverages are provided.
Expenses for speakers should be between £100-£150 for a 1 to 1 ½ slot. This will be more for a half day.
Workshops have been run in the past but they have not made any money so it was agreed not to offer these in the future.
Future Meetings
November 08 - Psychosis
February 09 - Self-Harm Charlie to follow-up
June 09 - Competencies (London)
Nov 09 - CBT Audit (Andrew Lewis-Smith) - Stepped Care Audit (Nicky Dummett) - Depression Research (Maria Barquin
It was suggested that the AGM in 2009 could be held in Glasgow. Andrew Lewis-Smith to get in touch with Sue Robinson to see if she is able to organise a room.
Charlie and Nicky are stepping down from the CPD sub-committee and therefore it would be helpful if 2 new members could be found.
8. Sub-Committees
Agreed to merge the accreditation and training sub-committees. Nicky Dummett to lead and Andrew Lewis-Smith and Joanna Grave will join.
Training - Nicky Dummet, Joanna Grave, Janet Teshola, Brenda Davies.
BABCP training SIG will meet in Edinburgh. Joanna will attend. It was recognised that a number of child focused courses are up and running.
Charlie was going to liaise with the new UCL course.
Supervision Training - Charlie to get quotes from suitable trainers and identify a venue. Initially a trainer woul be paid for the first day and then day 2 would be a collaborative effort by course participants at adapting the model for children's services. The course would be specifically for accreditable BABCP members who have a mandate for supervision from their service.
Website and Publicity - Agreed to remove current content, including individual photos and replace with a committee photo, a list of committee members, a mission statement, CAFSIB banner and copies of branch minutes.
Competencies and IAPT
Charlie attended a recent DOH meeting. There is no money available for specific child focused IAPTs. Charlie and Nicky to attend the next meeting in September. The CAFSIB role would appear to be in developing a commissioners toolkit.
The next tele-conference will be on Monday 1st September. Nicky will email members of the competencies sub-group.
Research - We need someone to take a lead.
Nicky mentioned that Steve Killick had helpfully put together information about CBT self-help materials. Agreed to co-opt him on the CAFSIB committee. Nicky will email him and invite him to the AGM in Leeds.
9. AOB - None
9. The next meeting will be held in Leeds (venue to be confirmed) on Monday 10th November.
Andrew Lewis-Smith
CAFSIB Branch Secretary
14th July 2008