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Study Details: Msc: 2 years part-time
This unique course is designed for you if you work in mental health, health or social care services. It will build on you current knowledge and experience and help you develop mental health-related skills and knowledge. This course will help you to contribute to the enhancement of professional mental health practice, research and service development.
You'll have the opportunity to study with others from a wide range of mental health, health and social care settings and backgrounds. We hope that the diversity of this environment stimulates your learning and leads to improved practice and service development.
This MSc will allow you to plan your own individual study pathway to meet your personal, professional, academic and service needs. Furthermore, the optional modules can be taken at your own pace, taking into account issues such as your location and work-life balance. As such, most modules are taught online or via distance learning, with some on-campus session for specialised skills.
A good honours degree (2:2 or above) A minimum of two years experience in the mental health field, providing they have a professional qualification in a field of mental health practice, eg. medicine, mental health nursing, social work or an allied discipline Exceptionally, students who do not have a degree but who can provide evidence of their ability to study at Masters level, and have three years experience of working in the mental health field (voluntary or paid) may be considered. We also consider candidates with a minimum of three years experience working in non-mental health roles who hold a good honours degree.
This course is aimed at practitioners who have experience of working in a mental health setting. It provides an excellent opportunity for you to use your existing expertise, professional qualifications or work experience to gain a recognised qualification.
The course has been specifically designed to further your career within the industry by enhancing existing professional practice through personal development and self-managed learning, as well as consolidating and expanding your professional network.
You'll have the opportunity to gain a qualification that is directly relevant to your field of work and the projects you complete will also make a significant contribution to achieving your work objectives. Combined, these benefits can provide a significant boost to career development and enhancement in your professional area.
Some of the roles our graduates have gone on to work in include senior nurses, clinical psychologists or advanced clinical practitioners, and previous students have worked for the NHS or private health and social care services.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (15 credits)
Mental Health Awareness: From Prevention to Recovery (30 credits)
Physical Assessment Skills for Mental Health Professionals (15 credits)
Planning and Delivering Care in Practice (30 credits)
Risk Assessment and Safety Planning (15 credits)
Social Inclusion and Recovery in Mental Health (15 credits)
Developing Research Capability* (60 credits)
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