Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 12 weeks
This course is suitable for healthcare professionals who encounter patients with 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.
The admission requirements 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 Social Care environment.
Have access to a computer with a reliable internet connection.
Have the ability to access and use online study guidance and support.
Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Advice worker, Care manager, Community development worker, Community education officer, Family support worker, Health improvement practitioner, Health service manager, Youth worker, Equality, diversity and inclusion officer.
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