Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis

This course is offered at Level 3 (Degree) and Masters level and is delivered at our Glenside Campus.

Course content includes:

• The vulnerable adult: Includes service users presenting with complexities of life events and inequalities alongside various substance misuses.
• Carers, friends and family: Burden of care and assessment
• Reflective Practice: Increasing capabilities in novel situations; professional self-care
• Whole team working: Collaboration over various sectors
• Working with complexity: Challenging resources and utilisation
• New technologies: Adapting communication as guided by Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat.

Delivery:

Includes 48 hours of contact time. Teaching will include seminars, action learning sets, critical review of research and policy and critical reflection. There will be an additional emphasis on social media for distant learning and on you collaborating online to develop study.

Please note: Priority will be given to applications received through our funded educational contracts. Places on this module will be limited for applications received outside of this funding. Please check with your employer as a funded contract place may still be available to support your learning.