Intended audience: Clinicians working in the Infant mental health team

Duration: 2.5 hours

Course outline:

Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Infants (HoNOSI) is a member of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) family of measures. It is a clinician-rated tool developed by the Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network.

In New Zealand, HoNOSI is the outcome measurement tool mandated by the Ministry of Health for measuring the health and social functioning of infants (under the age of 4) accessing specialist infant mental health services.

By completing this workshop the participants will be able to:
1. Understand collection of HoNOSI outcome scores.
2. Understand how outcome measurement is useful.
3. Be able to confidently use HoNOSI as an outcome measure, with the support of the glossary.
4. Be aware of resources and tools available to support you as outcome trainers.