Course summary
Taught by Psychological wellbeing practitioners, psychotherapists and psychologists who are specialists in specific areas of CAMHS, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Education. The programme is designed to equip students with the skills to work with children, young people and parents to assess and support for common mental health difficulties, including depression and anxiety through cognitive behavioural therapy approaches. The Diploma consists of 4 compulsory 30 credit modules, assessed at Level 7. Should you require more information you can contact the IAPT team. The programme uses lectures, skills workshops and seminars, work-based learning, and supervision (led by the HEI and by workplace supervisors) to support students in developing knowledge and critical understanding of low intensity working in child and adolescent mental health in schools and colleges. It is therefore assumed that the employer will provide students with sufficient support and time to complete their assessed work and to participate fully in all elements of their learning. Successful applicants are recruited into a full-time Role within a Mental Health Support Team linked with schools. The attendance to the course is part-time within this training scheme, days not at university are spent in school placement.
Entry requirements
Please note applications for this course can only be made following successful appointment in the CAMHS workforce as a trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner . For further information and to register your interest please contact the IAPT Team. You will need to have a first or second class honours degree from a UK university or international equivalent. The programme welcomes applications from undergraduate students and from professionals in the workplace who can demonstrate evidence of experiential learning in keeping with the admissions criteria. DBS Clearance Students will be required, as part of their admissions process, to apply for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Unless you are signed up to the DBS update service, we cannot accept previous DBSs as evidence of clearance – each student will need to go through this process before being allowed to undertake any work that requires contact with potentially vulnerable members of the public, including children. If either is not completed or withheld for any reason (e.g. current or spent convictions) the student will not be able to progress to any element of the programme that requires contact with children and young people or vulnerable people.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Please refer to the University of Northampton website for fee information
Provider information
University of Northampton
The University of Northampton
Waterside Campus
University Drive
Northampton
NN1 5PH