Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP)

Course summary

Successfully completing this course enables you to take on the role and responsibilities of an approved mental health professional, once warranted by a local authority.

Typically you need

• a qualification in social work, occupational therapy, nursing or chartered psychology

• registration with relevant professional body

• two years post qualification experience

• sponsored by local authority or health trust

If you are wanting to self-fund this course, you will need to secure an appropriate placement from an AMHP team that will provide full student support and a Practice Assessor providing 90 minutes support a week. This must be secured before you apply for the course. Self-funders must contact the course leader before applying to make sure your placement meets our requirements.

You need to have completed shadowing of approved mental health professional assessment and submit a write up of this assessment with your application. You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more

If English is not your first language you must have an IELTS score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in all skills or equivalent.

Future careers

This course is essential if you want to practise as an AMHP for a local authority.

It can also enhance your knowledge and understanding of the law and mental health as a

• practice educator of others in AMHP
• social worker
• nurse
• psychologist
• occupational therapist
• researcher or academic

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for a range of NHS and local authority employers across the region including

• Derbyshire County Council
• Sheffield City Council
• Leeds City Council
• East Riding County Council