Mental Health Practice

This programmes is aimed particularly at healthcare assistants and care workers, and is designed to offer flexible study so that it is suitable if you are already in work.

It has been designed in conjunction with local employers (the Primary Care Trusts and the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust) and is an ideal first level HE qualification for healthcare workers in both the public and private sector.

The emphasis on skills for work means that this is a truly vocational programme and will enable you to both ground your learning in the workplace as well as reflect on work practice in an academic context. Students in employment will be expected to receive practical and enabling support from their employers.
You will complete 460 hrs of placement on this programme. If you are not already in a suitable role (either paid or voluntary), we can support you to find a suitable placement.

Year 1 / Level 4 (20 credits unless otherwise stated)
Academic and Professional Skills
Cognitive and Biological Systems
Law, Ethics and Safeguarding
Mental Health and Society
Person Centred Care
Practice and Policy in Mental Health Care

Year 2 / Level 5
Assessment and Risk
Human Growth and Development
Intervention and Recovery in Mental Health
Service Improvement
Professional Practice (40 credits)

If you have any specific questions about this course, please contact Alex Guy - HE Delivery Manager (Mental Health Practice), email alexander.guy@ccn.ac.uk

The honours degrees and foundation degrees offered at City College Norwich are awarded by the University of East Anglia (UEA) with whom we enjoy Associate College Status. This partnership means that you will graduate with a UEA degree and be able to access facilities at the UEA while you are studying with us.