Mental Health Psychosocial Interventions (P.Grad.Cert.)

Overview

Course Overview

The aim of the Psychosocial Interventions strand of this programme is to strengthen and develop participants’ knowledge and skills of working with psychosocial interventions, by providing them with in-depth and advanced psychological and social skills and interventions for people who experience psychosis or related experiences and their families/supporters.

Is This Course For Me?

This course is suitable for clinically based professions such as: nursing, medicine, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, social work, psychology, or psychotherapy.

Career Opportunities

This course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to work with people who experience psychosis or related experiences. It provides a foundation for graduates to advance their career prospects for specialist practice, both in terms of promotion eligibility and future post-graduate training.

Course Structure

Year One starts with a full week of studying in September and continues thereafter one to two days per week for the remainder of the academic year (depending on whether the course is being undertaken full-time or part-time).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Year Two consists of workshops throughout the academic year. A blended learning approach is utilised in the delivery of theoretical content which includes lectures, group discussions and self-directed learning. The assessment process is a combination of written and practical assignments.

Course Content

P.Grad.Cert. students take three specialist modules online: Deconstructing Theoretical Perspectives on Human Distress; Working with People Who Experience Psychosis or Related Experiences; Inter-Professional Family Work.

Upon successful completion of the two P.Grad.Cert. modules, students may opt to progress to the P.Grad.Dip. programme and take a further three modules: Advancing Therapeutic Engagement Skills; Theory and Practice of Enquiry Methods for Health Care; Clinical Practicum.

M.Sc. candidates take all P.Grad.Dip. modules in one year. In Year Two, M.Sc. students must complete a dissertation. Students who are eligible for the award of Postgraduate Diploma may progress to undertake a M.Sc. within five years of first entering the programme.

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