Do you want to help people out in their times of need? Then this Community Mental Health and Psychiatry QLS Level 4 course could be perfect for you!
Community Mental Health and Psychiatry QLS Level 4
ABC002£389.00
or £11.56 /month*
Course code: ABC002
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Course overview
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the history of mental healthcare in the community and the political, social, cultural, and environmental influences.
- Learn how mental health conditions are diagnosed and treated, and the barriers within community mental healthcare that can influence diagnosis and treatment.
- Study from home at your own pace.
This Community Mental Health and Psychiatry QLS Level 4 course is perfect for anyone looking to gain an advanced understanding of mental health conditions and how they can be treated within the community.
During your course, you will explore the different community mental health provisions and systems, and the risk factors for developing a mental health condition at different life stages. You will also learn more about the challenges of providing mental healthcare within the community setting, as well as how health promotion campaigns can be designed, delivered, and evaluated.
This course is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists, and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists, and hypnotherapists.
Course content
- Historical development of mental healthcare
- Community mental healthcare
- Key political and social influences on community mental healthcare
- Cultural and environmental influences on community mental healthcare
- How psychopathological conditions are diagnosed and classified
- Additional assessment processes
- Therapeutic options within community mental healthcare contexts
- Barriers within community mental healthcare that influence diagnosis and treatment
- Different community mental healthcare provisions and systems
- Key roles and responsibilities of within mental healthcare teams
- Risk management in mental healthcare within community settings
- How a range of supporting service provisions assist those with mental healthcare problems in community settings
- Normal development through life stages
- Risk factors for development of mental illness through different life stages
- Common mental health conditions through different life stages
- Community interventions and mental health service provisions for individual life stages
- Key environmental and social factors linked to mental health problems within a community context
- Example mental health problems
- Challenges of providing mental healthcare within community settings for specific conditions
- Legal problems associated with mental capacity and court orders associated with severe mental health problems
- Range of health promotion theories, models and approaches
- How health promotion campaigns and interventions are designed
- How positive mental health can be promoted within community programmes
- How health promotion programmes and campaigns are evaluated
Awarding body
This course has been endorsed by the Quality License Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provisions and training programmes.
This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example, progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
The Quality License Scheme’s endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
Extra information
This course is assessed by a series of assignments which are submitted to your tutor for marking. No external examination or practical work is required, so you can complete all assessed work from home.
You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. We suggest that the course will take approximately 140 hours to complete. This is more than enough time to give you flexibility and work at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines.
This course will be studied entirely via distance learning, meaning you will complete your learning either from home or a place that suits you. Full tutor support will be available via email, so if you have any questions or need some guidance, your tutor will be here to help. Your course materials will include a series of self-assessment exercises and tutor-marked questions to allow both yourself and your tutor to monitor your progress.
The study method you choose depends on your personal learning style. Your options are:
- Study pack: if you choose the study pack option, you will be sent a set of printed course materials.
- Study online: if you choose this option, you will be sent your login details to our online portal through which you will access your course materials digitally. You can access your course via a desktop/laptop computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Approximately 140 hours.
Once you have successfully completed this course, you will receive a certificate of achievement in Community Mental Health and Psychiatry Level 4 from the Quality License Scheme. You will also receive a learner unit summary which will list the components you have completed as part of your course.
This course is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists, and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists, and hypnotherapists.
What next?
There are several avenues you can go down once you have successfully completed this course. You could take a look at our other psychology courses, or you could further your education by studying a psychology degree at university. If you want to work in psychology using your Community Mental Health and Psychiatry Level 4 qualification, then becoming a community psychologist is certainly an option.
FAQs
You do not need any previous knowledge or skills to enrol on this course. However, you may prefer to have completed a level 3 course in counselling or mental health before enrolling on this course.
- Dedicated personal tutor support with unlimited email access.
- Dedicated learner services from our learner services team.
- Course materials with learning activities.
- Assignment marking and feedback from your personal tutor.
- A free CV critique service and employability guide if you’re focusing on career advancement.
- A free XO Student Discounts membership to save you money on your favourite brands.
- A study pack including a pen, study planner, and notebook*.
* Not included with the online study option
No, this course is assessed based on your tutor-marked assignments only.
No, everything you need is included in the price!
It's not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Learner Services Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.
That's not a problem. We want to make sure you're 100% confident about enrolling on the course and starting your study. So, just give our team of education specialists a call on 03300 563 100 and they'll do their best to help.
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