Mental Health Practice (for Approved Mental Health Professionals) PGCert
University of Wolverhampton
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The course will enable you to develop their knowledge, skills and values in mental health practices in order to enhance your capabilities within your own areas of expertise. The course is designed to enable mental health professionals to develop and demonstrate practice in accordance with the published requirements of external professional, statutory and regulatory bodies in order to act as Approved Mental Health Professionals.The course covers the legislation and policy underpinning the AMHP ...Read more

The course will enable you to develop their knowledge, skills and values in mental health practices in order to enhance your capabilities within your own areas of expertise. The course is designed to enable mental health professionals to develop and demonstrate practice in accordance with the published requirements of external professional, statutory and regulatory bodies in order to act as Approved Mental Health Professionals.

The course covers the legislation and policy underpinning the AMHP role, including a module on the Mental Health Act (1983). Candidates will also critically appraise other aspects of essential knowledge, such as models of mental distress, interventions and cultural competence.

Potential Career Paths

Approved Mental Health Professionals undertake a range of duties under the Mental Health Act 1983. The Code of Practice to Mental Health Act (1983) states that local authorities should ensure that sufficient AMHPs are available to carry out their functions under the Act and that a 24-hour service is available.

A local authority will approve an AMHP to act on behalf of the authority and will only do so if satisfied that the applicant has appropriate competence in dealing with mentally disordered people (MHA 1983 s114(3)). This can be demonstrated by successful completion of the course.

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111th
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The teaching staff respect students' opinions and are very supportive and inclusive and are also great teachers. The university is a state of art all areas are very clean and..Read more

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Entry requirements

All candidates will need to have at least 2 years post-qualifying experience of mental health or related health and social care services; and an honours degree or successful study of at least one module at level 6. To be eligible for entry to AMHP training modules, candidates must: be a social worker registered with the Health and Care Professions Council; or be a first level nurse, registered in Sub-Part 1 of the Nurses’ Part of the Register maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, with the inclusion of an entry indicating their field of practice is mental health or learning disabilities nursing; or be an occupational therapist registered in Part 6 of the Register maintained under article 5 of the Health professions Order 2001; or a chartered psychologist who is listed in the British Psychological Society’s register of Chartered Psychologists and who holds a relevant practising certificate issued by that Society.

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£2,937 per year

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These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation. The fee mentioned is for 2024-25 academic year and there may be a slight increase in the fee for 2025-26 entry.

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