Study Details: 12 weeks part-time
This course is suitable for healthcare professionals who come into contact with patients who have a mental illness or a learning disability. It provides the opportunity for those who are not trained mental health or learning disability specialists, but who provide care for this vulnerable group, to further develop knowledge and skills that can be applied within a clinical environment.
Through developing your knowledge and understanding of core conditions, this course will assist you in gaining the skills and competencies required to act as an advocate for people with mental illness and or learning disabilities within a clinical setting.
You will consider the aetiology of major mental illness and learning disabilities and explore the potential impact on health outcomes.
Advanced communication skills are essential when working with vulnerable groups, you will explore what this means and how to work therapeutically using collaborative working and therapeutic interventions.
Please note, this course is not suitable for Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability professionals or those with specialist mental health or learning disability expertise.
Teaching and assessment
In order to ensure flexibility, you will be taught through a blended learning approach. Teaching will consist of synchronous and asynchronous seminars, lectures and tutorials (individual and group), provided by leading authorities in the field. All sessions and tutorials will be provided predominantly online using Microsoft Teams. There will also be a campus based workshop (subject to Covid restrictions).
You will be assessed through an oral presentation. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Feedback (usually written) is normally provided on all coursework submissions within three term time weeks – unless the submission was made towards the end of the session in which case feedback would be available on request after the formal publication of results. Feedback on exam performance/final coursework is available on request after the publication of results.
The University of Huddersfield operates an attendance monitoring system. Further details can be found in the Attendance Monitoring Policy.
The admission requirments for taught postgraduate courses shall normally be a good honours degree (or equivalent study at FHEQ level 6) of a recognised university or comparable institution.
You must:
Be working in a Health or Socia Care enviorment.
Have access to a computer with a reliable internet connection.
Have the ability to access and use online study guidance and support.
If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum of IELTS 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent will be considered acceptable. Read more about the University’s for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.
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