As professionals, we are required to continually develop our knowledge, skills and practices, and ensure that we remain up‑to‑date regarding the evidence that underpins our professional work.
The following areas of the Professional Development Section have been designed to assist you in this process.
CPD in Infant Mental Health
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) refers to the way you continue to learn and develop throughout your career. It is essential because it allows you to stay up to date and practice safely and effectively.
The 5 Principles of CPD are:
- It is each practitioner’s responsibility
- It should benefit service users
- It should improve the quality-of-service delivery
- It should be balanced and relevant to each practitioner’s area of practice
- It should be recorded and show the effect on professional practice.
UK IMH Competency Framework
The UK Infant Mental Health Competency Framework (IMHCF): from pregnancy to age 2 years aims to inspire perinatal and infant mental health (IMH) practitioners by identifying the knowledge and skills needed to be effective in IMH practice.The competencies are fundamental to practice and are in three progressive levels.
At Level 1 you need to understand the knowledge base and Level 2 requires you to apply the knowledge into your work (putting it into practice). Level 3 is applicable to practitioners who manage and supervise.
About the UK IMH Recognition Register
The UK IMH Recognition Register (IMHRR) is for all practitioners working with babies/children and their families.
Being accepted on to the IMHRR will provide you with a Quality Mark for your IMH expertise. Your knowledge and skills being validated against the UK Infant Mental Health Competencies.
Register for the IMH CPD system
If you have an active membership of AiMH UK, you can request access to the Infant Mental Health (IMH) Continuing Professional Development system, and the IMH Recognition Register.
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Domain 1: Relationship-based Practice
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Domain 2: Normal and Atypical Development
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Domain 3: Factors that Influence caregiving capacity
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Domain 4: Assessment of caregiving
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Domain 5: Supporting Care-giving
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Domain 6: Reflective Practice and supervision
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Domain 7: Working with relevant legal and professional frameworks
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