Professional Development

Applications

University

Assessment

At level 6 (undergraduate level): A written assignment guided by construction of your own case study.

At level 7 (Masters level): A written assignment guided by construction of your own case study, with emphasis on organisation innovation in assisting a person experiencing a crisis.

Campus

Glenside

Careers/further study

This module can contribute towards the PGCert Health and Social Care, MSc Clinical Practice, and the Professional Development Awards. If you have any queries, please contact the Professional Development team (pd@uwe.ac.uk).

Level 6 study can contribute towards:

• BSc(Hons) Specialist Practice
• BSc(Hons) Professional Development
• MSc Specialist Practice
• MSc Advanced Practice.

Level 7 study can contribute towards:

• MSc Professional Development
• MSc Specialist Practice
• MSc Advanced Practice.

Content

The course syllabus typically includes:

• The vulnerable adult - includes service users presenting with complexities of life events and inequalities alongside various substance misuses.
• Carers, friends and family - Burden of care and assessment.
• Reflective practice - increasing capabilities in novel situations; professional self-care.
• Whole team working - collaboration over various sectors.
• Working with complexity - challenging resources and utilisation.
• New technologies - adapting communication as guided by Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat.

Course Director

Gemma Jennison

E-mail

pd@uwe.ac.uk

Entry Requirements

This module is suitable for those working or looking to work in intensive or crisis teams.

Introduction

Upon successful completion of the 20 credit module, Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis, you will be able to:

At level 6 (UZZRX9-20-3)

• Critique the importance of developing a working alliance with service users, families and carers examining factors that inhibit engagement.
• Examine principles of recovery and social inclusion.
• Critically reflect on inter-professional working and reducing assumptions on collaboratively reducing a crisis.
• Critically evaluate the complexity of managing a service user caseload.
• Discuss challenges and possibilities in using  documentation to assist a service user.

At level 7 (UZZRX8-20-M)

• critically analyse organisational systems and propose innovations to develop working alliances with service users, families and carers.
• critically examine underlying ethics of principles of recovery and social inclusion within crisis work and demonstrate methods of applying such ethics in practice.
• critically reflect on reducing fragmentation between service provisions while assisting a person having a crisis, demonstrating innovations in whole system working.
• critically evaluate and propose policies that may assist working within complexity of case load management whilst focus is on assisting the service user.
• critically explore documentation use within crisis/intensive teams and propose organisational innovations in mediating such work while assisting a service user.

Key Facts

You may be able to study these modules at Level 6 (BSc level) or Level 7 (Masters level) depending on your academic circumstances. Please contact the CPD Team or the Module Leader for advice if you are unsure which level would be best for you.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching will include seminars, action learning sets, critical review of research and policy and critical reflection. Additionally, there will be emphasis on social media for distant learning and emphasise on you collaborating online to develop study.

Study facilities

The College of Health, Science and Society has an excellent reputation for the quality of its teaching and the facilities it provides.

Take a personalised virtual tour of the Health Professions facilities and experience what a typical day could look like here for you.

If the course you are applying for is fully online or blended learning, please note that you are expected to provide your own headsets/microphones.

Telephone

+44 (0)117 32 81158

Title

20 credit level 6 and level 7 module

Applications

University

Assessment

At level 6 (undergraduate level): A written assignment guided by construction of your own case study.

At level 7 (Masters level): A written assignment guided by construction of your own case study, with emphasis on organisation innovation in assisting a person experiencing a crisis.

Campus

Glenside

Careers/further study

This module can contribute towards the PGCert Health and Social Care, MSc Clinical Practice, and the Professional Development Awards. If you have any queries, please contact the Professional Development team (pd@uwe.ac.uk).

Level 6 study can contribute towards:

• BSc(Hons) Specialist Practice
• BSc(Hons) Professional Development
• MSc Specialist Practice
• MSc Advanced Practice.

Level 7 study can contribute towards:

• MSc Professional Development
• MSc Specialist Practice
• MSc Advanced Practice.

Content

The course syllabus typically includes:

• The vulnerable adult - includes service users presenting with complexities of life events and inequalities alongside various substance misuses.
• Carers, friends and family - Burden of care and assessment.
• Reflective practice - increasing capabilities in novel situations; professional self-care.
• Whole team working - collaboration over various sectors.
• Working with complexity - challenging resources and utilisation.
• New technologies - adapting communication as guided by Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat.

Course Director

Gemma Jennison

E-mail

pd@uwe.ac.uk

Entry Requirements

This module is suitable for those working or looking to work in intensive or crisis teams.

Introduction

Upon successful completion of the 20 credit module, Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis, you will be able to:

At level 6 (UZZRX9-20-3)

• Critique the importance of developing a working alliance with service users, families and carers examining factors that inhibit engagement.
• Examine principles of recovery and social inclusion.
• Critically reflect on inter-professional working and reducing assumptions on collaboratively reducing a crisis.
• Critically evaluate the complexity of managing a service user caseload.
• Discuss challenges and possibilities in using  documentation to assist a service user.

At level 7 (UZZRX8-20-M)

• critically analyse organisational systems and propose innovations to develop working alliances with service users, families and carers.
• critically examine underlying ethics of principles of recovery and social inclusion within crisis work and demonstrate methods of applying such ethics in practice.
• critically reflect on reducing fragmentation between service provisions while assisting a person having a crisis, demonstrating innovations in whole system working.
• critically evaluate and propose policies that may assist working within complexity of case load management whilst focus is on assisting the service user.
• critically explore documentation use within crisis/intensive teams and propose organisational innovations in mediating such work while assisting a service user.

Key Facts

You may be able to study these modules at Level 6 (BSc level) or Level 7 (Masters level) depending on your academic circumstances. Please contact the CPD Team or the Module Leader for advice if you are unsure which level would be best for you.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching will include seminars, action learning sets, critical review of research and policy and critical reflection. Additionally, there will be emphasis on social media for distant learning and emphasise on you collaborating online to develop study.

Study facilities

The College of Health, Science and Society has an excellent reputation for the quality of its teaching and the facilities it provides.

Take a personalised virtual tour of the Health Professions facilities and experience what a typical day could look like here for you.

If the course you are applying for is fully online or blended learning, please note that you are expected to provide your own headsets/microphones.

Telephone

+44 (0)117 32 81158

Title

20 credit level 6 and level 7 module