Professional course Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis

Entry year
2022/23
Course code
UZZRX9203
Application
University
Level
Professional/Short Course
Department
School of Health and Social Wellbeing
Campus
Glenside
Course Director
Kris Deering

20 credit, level 3 and Masters level module

Page last updated 4 October 2021

Introduction

In the Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis module, at level 3 (UZZRX9-20-3), you will:

  • 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 Masters level (UZZRX8-20-M) you will critically:

  • analyse organisational systems and propose innovations to develop working alliances with service users, families and carers.
  • examine underlying ethics of principles of recovery and social inclusion within crisis work and demonstrate methods of applying such ethics in practice.
  • reflect on reducing fragmentation between service provisions while assisting a person having a crisis, demonstrating innovations in whole system working.
  • evaluate and propose policies that may assist working within complexity of case load management whilst focus is on assisting the service user.
  • explore documentation use within crisis/intensive teams and propose organisational innovations in mediating such work while assisting a service user.

Entry requirements

For those working, or looking to work, in intensive or crisis teams.

Careers / Further study

Level 3 study can contribute towards:

  • BSc(Hons) Specialist Practice
  • BSc(Hons) Professional Development
  • MSc Specialist Practice
  • MSc Advanced Practice.

Masters level study can contribute towards:

  • MSc Professional Development
  • MSc Specialist Practice
  • MSc Advanced Practice.

Structure

Content

The course syllabus covers:

  • 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.

Study time

48 contact hours.

Assessment

Level 3
A written assignment guided by construction of your own case study.

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

Study facilities

You'll have access to a range of on-campus and online facilities to support your learning, including the University Library which is open 24 hours a day.

The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences has an excellent reputation for the quality of its teaching and the facilities it provides.

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

You are required to apply online for your CPD modules, which you can take as stand-alone courses 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.

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