Children & Young People's Mental Health (Top-up), BSc (Hons)

Program Overview

This BSc (Hons) in Children & Young People's Mental Health is a part-time, online program designed for healthcare professionals to specialize in aiding children, young people, and families with mental health concerns. It involves compulsory and optional modules covering eating disorders, solution-focused interventions, and enhancing practice. Graduates aim to advance their careers in child and adolescent mental health services, delivering improved care for young people and their families.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Overview: This BSc (Hons) in Children & Young People's Mental Health (Top-up) is a part-time, online distance learning program designed for professionals already working in the health sector who want to specialize in helping children, young people, and their families with mental ill health.
• Objectives: The program aims to:
• Build upon and utilize existing experience to enhance the quality of care for young people with mental health needs.
• Provide high-quality learning and teaching in a flexible study environment.
• Develop lifelong learning opportunities through a range of subject material, innovative teaching and learning strategies, and a personal development plan.
• Description: This post-registration course is designed for professionals who want to work in children and young people's mental health.
It was developed in response to local and national policy in child and young people's mental health practice and in partnership with clinical practice experts from the University.

Outline:

• Content: The program focuses on meeting the developmental needs of healthcare practitioners to improve the quality of care delivered to children, young people, and families.
It addresses the variety of service demands driven by policy changes.
• Structure: The program consists of compulsory and optional modules.
• Compulsory Modules:
• Eating Disorders: Enhancing Knowledge and Practice:
Develops skills, values, and expertise for caring for adults or children with eating disorders. Critiques existing care provision in light of contemporary practice, guidelines, and professional groups.
• Solution Focused Interventions: Examines focused brief therapy.
Students learn to use a range of solution-focused interventions.
• Professional Practice Project: Students reflect on their learning experience, apply concepts and techniques learned in a practice environment, work independently, and produce a piece of work that has impact in the clinical setting.
They nominate and negotiate a topic in consultation and strengthen collegial relationships.
• Enhancing Practice: Children and Young People's Mental Health: Examines health and social care issues with a focus on children's and young people's mental health.
• Course Schedule: The program is delivered online and is part-time.
It starts in September 2024 and has a duration of 3 years.

Teaching:

• Methods: The program utilizes a range of innovative teaching and learning strategies, but specific methods are not detailed in the context.
• Faculty: The program was developed in partnership with clinical practice experts from the University.
• Unique Approaches: The program emphasizes a personal development plan and lifelong learning opportunities.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths: The BSc in Children and Young People's Mental Health aims to help professionals in child and adolescent mental health services to improve their practice and develop specialist knowledge and skills.
• Opportunities: The program prepares graduates for roles within child and adolescent mental health services.
Most of these will be optional, but some courses have essential additional costs.
• Learning and Assessment: The course is made up of compulsory and optional modules, including a compulsory module on the key aspects of child and adolescent mental health.
Students will be asked to examine assessment, therapeutic approaches, and service availability. Through an optional module, they can develop specialist skills around cognitive behavioral interventions.
• Practice-Based Supervision: Students will need a practice-based clinical supervisor to complete a learning contract and provide ongoing supervision.

Fees and funding

2024/25 UK Distance Part-time £975 per 20 credits International Distance Part-time Most of these will be optional, but some courses have essential additional costs. Find out more about additional costs.