Mental Health Practice

Entry requirements

You will need to have access to a suitable practice placement with a practice assessor who is a qualified AMHP. You will also need to demonstrate your relevant experience and readiness to undertake AMHP training as part of professional body requirements.

Minimum qualifications:

• Employer funded course.- Send manual Funded Offer Letter. Applicants are put forward by their Trusts for this programme. There is a supplementary form which Jill will send applicants to complete with employer details. Once she receives this she'll return a decision to Admissions. Any offer will be conditional on qual evidence. Personal statement is not required.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Our Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health incorporates Approved Mental Health Professional training and uses an in-depth approach to developing skilled AMHP practitioners.

To study this AMHP course you will likely need to be nominated and funded by your employer to do so.

We deliver standard and bespoke AMHP core training and CPD, blending core professional AMHP training with values-based and evidence-based practice.

This programme is for qualified and professionally registered mental health practitioners, including social workers, mental health and learning disability nurses, occupational therapists and clinical psychologists.

Usually you will be nominated and funded by your local authority, but this course is open to applicants who meet the entry requirements, including practitioners working outside of a local authority too.

Our trainees have said they’ve been ‘keen and motivated to learn’ and the teaching methods, content and style of delivery have led to a ‘shift in thinking’ for them. Our course has been developed in collaboration with regional local authorities.

Why study with us

• Our course draws on the expertise of practicing AMHPs, academics, researchers, lawyers, service users and carers.
• The course reflects the needs of our local employers and stakeholders and is continually shaped in response to feedback.
• Build on and refine the skills and values needed to work as an autonomous, competent practitioner.