Holding infants in mind: Building workforce capacity through a champions approach

About this episode

Vicky Gilroy discusses the importance of supporting infant mental health and the impact of the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Champions Programme.

Early relationships underpin infant mental health and lifelong wellbeing – but not all practitioners in the Australian mental health workforce feel confident in supporting infant mental health. In this episode, we’re joined by Vicky Gilroy, Director of Innovation and Research at the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV). She speaks about how iHV’s Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Champions Programme has helped support workforce development and system transformation to support children’s mental health.

People in this episode

Guest: Vicky Gilroy

Topics covered

• infant mental health
• workforce development
• system transformation
• early relationships
• children's mental health

Keywords

• infant mental health
• workforce capacity
• mental health practitioners
• early relationships
• system transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute of Health Visiting

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