Professional/Short course Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis
20 credit level 6 and level 7 module
Page last updated 28 September 2023
Introduction
You may be able to study these modules at Level 6 (BSc level) or Level 7 (Masters level) depending on your academic circumstances. Please contact the CPD Team or the Module Leader for advice if you are unsure which level would be best for you.
Upon successful completion of the 20 credit Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis module, you will be able to:
At level 6 (UZZRX9-20-3)
- Critique the importance of developing a working alliance with service users, families and carers examining factors that inhibit engagement.
- Examine principles of recovery and social inclusion.
- Critically reflect on inter-professional working and reducing assumptions on collaboratively reducing a crisis.
- Critically evaluate the complexity of managing a service user caseload.
- Discuss challenges and possibilities in using documentation to assist a service user.
At level 7 (UZZRX8-20-M)
- critically analyse organisational systems and propose innovations to develop working alliances with service users, families and carers.
- critically examine underlying ethics of principles of recovery and social inclusion within crisis work and demonstrate methods of applying such ethics in practice.
- critically reflect on reducing fragmentation between service provisions while assisting a person having a crisis, demonstrating innovations in whole system working.
- critically evaluate and propose policies that may assist working within complexity of case load management whilst focus is on assisting the service user.
- critically explore documentation use within crisis/intensive teams and propose organisational innovations in mediating such work while assisting a service user.
Entry requirements
This course is suitable for those working or looking to work in intensive or crisis teams.
Careers / Further study
Level 6 study can contribute towards:
- BSc(Hons) Specialist Practice
- BSc(Hons) Professional Development
- MSc Specialist Practice
- MSc Advanced Practice.
Level 7 study can contribute towards:
- MSc Professional Development
- MSc Specialist Practice
- MSc Advanced Practice.
Structure
Content
The course syllabus typically 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.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching will include seminars, action learning sets, critical review of research and policy and critical reflection.
Additionally, there will be emphasis on social media for distant learning and emphasise on you collaborating online to develop study.
Assessment
At level 6 (undergraduate level):
A written assignment guided by construction of your own case study.
At level 7 (Masters level):
A written assignment guided by construction of your own case study, with emphasis on organisation innovation in assisting a person experiencing a crisis.
Features
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Prices and dates
Supplementary fee information
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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.
Dates
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How to apply
How to apply
Please click on the Apply Now button to apply for your CPD module, which you can take as a stand-alone course or as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate (Masters level) programme.
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.
Extra information
If the course you are applying for is fully online or blended learning, please note that you are expected to provide your own headsets/microphones.
For further information
- Email: pd@uwe.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 81158
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