Certificate in Understanding Mental Health

What Will You Learn?

• Unit 1: Understand the role of the mental health care worker
• Section 1: Understand the role of reflective practice and how to evaluate and develop own skills and knowledge as part of continual professional development
• Section 2: Understand the different roles and responsibilities relevant to those involved in providing mental health care
• Unit 2: Understand mental health conditions in context
• Section 1: Understand mental health principles
• Section 2: Understand legislation in the context of mental health conditions
• Section 3: Understand how campaigns and strategies can be used to promote mental well-being
• Section 4: Understand attitudes towards mental health in society
• Unit 3: Living with a mental health condition
• Section 1: Understand how living with a mental health condition impacts on individuals
• Section 2: Understand how families of individuals with mental health conditions are affected
• Unit 4: Mental health conditions and destructive behaviour
• Section 1: Why a person with a mental health condition might be vulnerable to suicidal thoughts and self-harm, the warning signs and how to support an individual who is contemplating suicide
• Section 2: Understand the potential consequences for individuals who engage in self-destructive behaviour
• Section 3: Understand why an individual with a mental health condition might engage in criminal activity and how the criminal justice system may impact on and protect those with mental health conditions
• Section 4: Know how to support someone with a mental health condition who displays self-destructive behaviour
• Unit 5: Understanding treatment of mental health conditions
• Section 1: Understand the role of diagnosis and planning in the recovery process for individuals with a mental health condition
• Section 2: Know a range of treatments available for individuals with mental health conditions