This module meets the care certificate standards:

3. Duty of care; 4. Equality and diversity; 5. Work in a person - centred way; 9. Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability.

This module aims to provide learners with:

awareness and understanding of a range of mental health issues affecting people across the lifespan including children and young people, adults of working age and older adults and to recognise the impact of gender, ethnicity, culture, social class, religion and sexuality have on mental health;

an understanding different mental health models and theories and the support available from a range of professionals and services (integrated working) including experiences of service users.

awareness of the relevant mental health related policy & legislative frameworks;

learning on how to carry out a basic mental health assessment, planning and intervention in work with people who have mental health needs, including situations involving risk;

awareness how to best promote wellbeing and recovery; how to promote the rights of service users and to challenge oppression and discrimination

The assessment meets all the learning outcomes.

Essay: select a current mental health issue of your choice for either a child, adolescent, adult or older adult and critically evaluate the role and effectiveness of services in supporting recovery

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (30¿hours)¿¿

You will attend lectures workshops and sessions on key¿topics, including guest lectures from mental health services and service users.¿There will also be opportunities to participate¿in small groups to explore some of the key issues raised in lectures and undertake practical activities (scenario based). You will also be asked to take part in peer review which will further support the giving and receiving of constructive feedback.

Guided Independent Study: (170¿hours)¿¿

100¿hours: Independent reading - You will be expected to read the recommended reading and utilise the learning materials which you will have full access to via Blackboard.¿¿

70¿hours: Assessment¿preparation -¿you will need to undertake the necessary research and analysis to respond to the assessment brief. You will be expected to have made use of the relevant library resources/web-based sites to identify relevant academic texts/ journal articles.

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of key theoretical approaches and models of mental health, relevant legislation and policy that underpin effective mental health care provision

Knowledge and Understanding, Learning, Analysis

2. Critically evaluate the contribution of economic, political, cultural and issues to mental health and the impact of stigma and discrimination on people experiencing mental health difficulties

Analysis

3. Identify and critically discuss how professionals and organisations can support the mental health well-being of children, young people, adults in working age and older adults in health and social care practice

Enquiry, Problem Solving, Application

You will have access to a range of materials on Blackboard VLE including articles, session slides, and interactive activities. You will also be able to access a variety of digital material through our Library and specialist databases.

Augustus, J., Bold, J. and Williams, B. (2019) An Introduction to Mental Health. Sage.

Barber, P., Brown, R. and Martin D. (2019) Mental Health Law in England and Wales: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals 4th Edition (Mental Health in Practice Series). Sage

Yung, A.R., Cotter, J. and McGorry, P.D. (2020) Youth Mental Health: Approaches to Emerging Mental Ill-Health in Young People. Routledge, London.

Davidson, G., Campbell, J., Shannon, C. and Mulholland, C. (2015). Models of Mental Health (Foundations of Mental Health Practice). Macmillan Education, Palgrave.

Chew-Graham, C. (2016) Mental Health and Older People - A Guide for Primary Care Practitioners. Springer.

You will learn a range of mental health issues and how these might affect people across the lifespan including children and young people, adults of working age and older adults and to recognise the impact of gender, ethnicity, culture, social class, religion and sexuality have on mental health;

You will gain an understanding of different mental health models and theories and the support available from a range of professionals and services (integrated working) including the experiences of service users.