PgDip Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion (Online)

If, you're already working in mental health services:

Progress up the career ladder: a Master's degree is becoming more of a requirement for career progression in health and social care services.
A different approach: Develop innovative practice in your workplace towards a more recovery and inclusive focus.
Innovate: Develop innovative projects relating to mental health recovery and social inclusion and skills to evaluate them.
Academia: Go into research or teaching.
For those who are service users or carers, a successful completion of the course could open the possibility of considering a career in mental health, or in mental health research.

Additionally, through learning about recovery and social inclusion you will hopefully be able to adapt approaches and understanding of your own recovery journey and the journey of loved ones. The underpinning philosophy of this course is to bring innovation and change to practice and we hope that the course will help you be able to work collaboratively with services towards this goal.

The normal entry requirements for the programme are:

Normally a good first degree or equivalent, therefore demonstrating the ability to study at level 7.
English language requirements: All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency. The following qualifications and grades will be considered:
GCSE English language grade A-C, or equivalent
IELTS 6.5 (with no less than 6.5 in any band). Other English language tests and means to assess appropriate skill are accepted.

Why choose this course?
Recovery is an innovative and empowering approach to working with and alongside people experiencing mental distress. It is an approach that has gained great credence with service users, agencies and staff in recent years.

This fully online part-time course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to make a difference to mental health recovery and social inclusion. You will develop the skills to work directly with, develop policies and manage mental health work to aid the recovery and social inclusion of people experiencing mental distress. You will also develop an international understanding of processes and developments in the recovery and social inclusion.

This course is ideal for professionals from all mental health disciplines, service users, carers, service managers, policy makers and those who aspire to be leaders in their areas of expertise in their country.