Course Overview

You’ll prepare for a rewarding career in a new role that forms part of the transformation of mental health services. We’ll teach you all the skills you need as a mental health and wellbeing practitioner (MHWP) to support adults of all ages.

Learn alongside other adult service practitioners and therapists over 12 months. You’ll be part of a local mental health service, playing a core part of an existing team in the community.

During our University Advanced Certificate Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner: Specialist Adult Mental Health course, you’ll discover how to engage and assess adults with severe mental health problems so you can develop effective care plans. Then you’ll collaborate with service users and their carers and families to deliver low-intensity, psychologically-informed interventions and make sure they have appropriate support.

Our combination of online study, in-person clinical skills training, and practice-based learning align with the work-based component of Health Education England’s mental health and wellbeing training programme.

General Eligibility

You will also need to demonstrate the intrapersonal skills and values consistent with providing hopeful, person-centered care and show a commitment to working with people with complex mental health needs.

An interview forms part of the selection process.

If you accept a formal offer from Edge Hill University you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that you meet the mandatory criteria of ‘Clearance to Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults’. This will be requested and checked by your NHS trust employer rather than the University.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• Typical offer 104-112 UCAS Tariff points, for which no specific subjects are required, as well as at least five GCSEs at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent), including GCSE English Language. We will also consider equivalent professional experience, or recognition of prior learning, and assess this on an individual basis.