This course is designed to help you recognise the signs of poor mental health, either in yourself or someone you know, such as your partner, friend, family member or work colleague.
It aims to give you an overview of the possible causes of the mental health problem, understand how you can best help that person overcome their current issue, and know what professional support and advice is available and how to access it, should that person need such help.
Intro &
objectives
To understand what Mental Health is
To identify signs of poor mental health
To understand theories of mental health
Prevention of poor mental health in the workplace and on a personal
level
Learn strategies to combat poor mental health
Understand the different tiers of mental health care in the NHS and
who to contact when help is required
Course Contents
Unit 1 - Poor mental
health
Unit 2 - Theories and
models of mental health
Unit 2 - Theories and
models of mental health
Unit 2 - Theories and
models of mental health
Unit 5 – Interventions and strategies to combat
poor mental health
Unit 6 - Primary, secondary and
tertiary mental health care in the NHS
Unit 7 - Who to contact
for help
For a full description of the syllabus please download the full details at the top of the page
Study Method
The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of enrolment.
Course Duration
Students may register at any time and have a full year to complete their studies. The course will take around 120 hours of study to complete.
Assessment
Each element is followed by a written assignment, which is submitted and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required. Students are
encouraged to submit assignments by email for speed and efficiency in marking,
but postal assignments are still accepted.
Course Endorsement
At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme 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.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
