OverviewThe Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law provides the required training for social workers to undertake the role of Approved Social Worker under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. This is a statutory role and applications must have the support of a Health and Social Care Trust. The PG Diploma provides the qualification for practising as an Approved Social Worker (ASW).Contributors to the taught element of the ASW Programme are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and professions including service users and carers ASWs and other social work staff, psychiatrists, psychologists and nursing staff representatives from the courts, Review Tribunal Regulation Quality Improvement Authority legal advisers and researchers.Please note that this course is not eligible for a Tier 4 visa.Career DevelopmentProfessional Development For multi-disciplinary applicants the programme offers relevant CPD opportunities as well as recognised qualifications accredited by the University which will augment their professional development and enhance the development of further opportunities in their chosen field of practice. The Programme Director has developed and nurtured their subject proficiency via their own practice, teaching and research in relation to their specialist area and they impart this trilateral expertise to the students via teaching on this programme.