Certificate in Mental Health and Deafness
BSMHD supported the development of the Certificate in Mental Health and Deafness course by the University of Birmingham.
The programme has been developed through a unique collaboration between the University of Birmingham, professionals within NHS specialist services and the Third sector. It has benefited from being generated by BSL users and hearing colleagues to ensure it is both accessible and acceptable to deaf and hearing participants. It is delivered in BSL & English with interpreters. The programme is aimed at workers within specialist deaf services and generic mental health services available at two levels – the Certificate for those without professional qualifications and the Advanced Certificate for those with existing professional qualifications. A new cohort starts in October 2013 and will run over a period of 18 months involving 14 days attendance spread across that period at the University of Birmingham plus work to be completed within your own locality.

Further details can be obtained from Tamsin Waterhouse, Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT Email: [email protected] Tel: 0121 414 5711.

The content of the Certificate in Mental Health & Deafness will be made up of 15 days of training:

1. Introductory Day
2. Study skills
3. Deaf Awareness
4.  Mental Health Awareness
5. Values and Ethics
6. Mental Health Policy and Legislation
7. Effective Communication
8. Assessment
9. Developmental Perspectives
10. Psychological Interventions
11. Social Perspectives
12. Social Interventions
13. Safeguarding Adults
14. Working Together and Negotiating Care Pathways
15. Evaluation Day

 

Tamsin Waterhouse
PQ Teaching Fellow
Institute of Applied Social Studies
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Tel: 0121 4146227
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @PQBham