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  • Job title: Senior Consultant (CAMHS)
  • Dept: Applied Psychology
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  • Campus: Salomons
Alex Hassett

Dr Alex Hassett joined Salomons in 2003 as the project Manager of a multi-agency child and adolescent mental health training and development project. The project's focus is on finding new, innovative ways of training and developing those service providers, across both statutory and non-statutory bodies who work with children and young people, so that they are able to care for the emotional well-being and mental health of these young people. 

 He has a keen interest in community development and empowerment and worked for 10 years prior to this position with disadvantaged communities in South Africa.  His other interests include work on diversity and multiculturalism.  He has two master degrees, one in Research Psychology and the other in Educational psychology.  In 2007 he completed his PhD in Psychology, which focused on community empowerment and its applicability to school development.

Publications and Presentations 2001 – 2007

Publications

  • Moonsamy, G & Hassett, A (1997) Reconstructing Schools Management And Development From Within.  Swaziland: Macmillans Boleswa
  • Hassett, A. R. (2001) Perception of Justice, Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction: An Evaluation of a Whole School Development Project.  Journal Of Educational Evaluation, Volume 10]
  • Gale F, Hassett A and Sebuliba D (2004) A Capability Framework for the Primary Mental Health Worker in CAMHS. www.nationalcamhssupportservice.org.uk

Presentations

  • Multi-disciplinary working with schools and specialist CAMHS services: Maidstone Multi-Agency Interface Project (MMAIP).  South East Regional Conference: Partnership for Inclusion, Brighton,15 October 2004
  • School nurses and health visitors: Their role in providing multi-agency comprehensive child and adolescent mental health. 5th South East Public health Conference: Choosing Health: Working Together, London, 10 February 2005 (Poster).
  • Multi-Agency Provision Of Comprehensive CAMHS: Linking To School Clusters.  First European Conference on Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Educational Settings, Paris, 22-23 September 2005
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health: The role of school nurses and health visitors. CPHVA Annual Professional Conference and Exhibition 2005, 10-12 November, Bournemouth International Centre – with – Pam Dixon, School Nurse Lead, Maidstone Weald PCT
  • Child Primary Mental Health Workers: Supporting Public Health Practitioners. 6th South East Public health Conference: Developing Sustainable Public Health, London, 9 February 2006 (Poster).
  • School Nursing: Issues of Role and Identity.  6th South East Public health Conference: Developing Sustainable Public Health, London, 9 February 2006
  • Young People's Emotional Well-being and Mental Health: The Role of the School Nurse. Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses 32nd Annual International Conference, Alice Springs, 2nd – 6th October 2006.
  • Supporting Public Health Practitioners to Support the Emotional Well-being of Young People. CPHVA Conference, Torquay, November    2007