Education Mental Health Practice
(Dip (PG)) Education Mental Health Practice
Entry for 2023
FHEQ level
This course is set at Level 7 (Masters) in the national Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
Course learning outcomes
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of engaging, forming a therapeutic relationship, assessing, formulating and goal setting with young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties within schools
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding, critical awareness of and an ability to apply in practice the concepts of cultural competency, intersectionality and professional practice in Mental Health Support Teams
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of working within the wider family, education and multi-agency systems
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding, critical awareness of and an ability to apply in practice the CBT informed interventions for the treatment of mild to moderate anxiety and low mood on a one-to-one basis and in group settings within a school setting
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of the Whole School Approach
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding, critical awareness of and competence in participation and co production
Full-time course composition
| Year | Term | Status | Module | Credits | FHEQ level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autumn Semester | Core | Co-ordinating Care and Managing a Caseload (986C8) | 15 | 7 |
| Core | Developmental Models, Psychopathology and Healthcare Legislation for Children and Young People (995C8) | 15 | 7 | ||
| Core | Fundamentals of Therapeutic Interaction with Children and Young People (996C8) | 15 | 7 | ||
| Core | Mental Health in an Educational Context (985C8) | 15 | 7 | ||
| Spring Semester | Core | Therapeutic Engagement, Assessment and Intervention with Children and Young People (997C8) | 15 | 7 | |
| Core | Working with Wider Family, Educational & Multi-Agency Systems (987C8) | 15 | 7 | ||
| Spring & Summer Teaching | Core | CBT Informed Interventions for Children and Young people (998C8) | 15 | 7 | |
| Core | EMHP Supervised Skills and Practice (988C8) | 15 | 7 |
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