University Advanced Certificate Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner: Specialist Adult Mental Health

Join us to study severe mental health problems and examine ways to build relationships with service users and their families and carers to identify needs and collaborate over care decisions.

You'll prepare for a rewarding career in a new role that forms part of the transformation of mental health services. We'll teach you all the skills you need as a mental health and wellbeing practitioner (MHWP) to support adults of all ages.

Learn alongside other adult service practitioners and therapists over 12 months. You'll be part of a local mental health service, playing a core part of an existing team in the community.

During our University Advanced Certificate Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner: Specialist Adult Mental Health course, you'll discover how to engage and assess adults with severe mental health problems so you can develop effective care plans. Then you'll collaborate with service users and their carers and families to deliver low-intensity, psychologically-informed interventions and make sure they have appropriate support.

Our combination of online study, in-person clinical skills training and practice-based learning align with the work-based component of Health Education England's mental health and wellbeing training programme.

Please note, this course is also available as a Postgraduate Certificate for which different entry criteria apply.

Across three modules, you'll gain deep insights into the specialist field of community-based adult mental health. From this, you'll develop the knowledge and expertise needed to positively impact community mental health as the area grows and evolves.

Developing the skills to locate and deploy resources in the community will be key. You'll support service users and their carers and families to access services from psychological therapies to self-harm and substance abuse support. At the same time, you'll learn how to protect your mental wellbeing, make risk assessments and work in a multi-disciplinary team as a wellbeing practitioner.

You'll learn how to deliver wellbeing-focused, psychologically informed interventions based on the best evidence available. These interventions will address common difficulties experienced by people with severe mental health problems by supporting connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and empowerment.

Saudi Arabia

Specific entry requirements may differ for each programme, but the information detailed below provides general requirements and some guidance. More information on specific courses can be found in the course catalogue. Each application is assessed on its own merit.

English Language requirements for individual courses may vary but the minimum requirements can be found here.

International Foundation Programme

Students whose qualifications do not meet our general entrance or course requirements may need to take an International Foundation Programme to qualify for entry to an undergraduate degree programme.

Applicants should have completed the Thawjihiyah (Saudi High School)

Grade 80%+

Undergraduate Programmes

Applicants should have completed an appropriate pre-university programme required
OR
Successfully completed the first year in recognised Saudi Arabian University

GPA of 3.5 or 5.0 depending on course

International Baccalaureate

We are happy to accept students who have completed the IB qualification. We will use UCAS Tariff scores to assess a student’s suitability. Subject-specific requirements at Higher Level (HL) Grade 5 may apply. For clarity of entry requirements for the course you’re interested in, please contact the International Office.

There are three ways you can apply:

1. Via UCAS:

You can apply for full-time undergraduate degree programmes through UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service)

Edge Hill’s institution code is EHU E42, and you should ensure that this is entered clearly on your application form, together with the code for the course you wish to apply for. The course codes are listed on the course pages of this website.

2. Via one of our agents or partners:

Our agent or partner will support you in making your application to Edge Hill University. Our agents and partners have had lots of experience helping people to apply to us and they will be able to guide you and make sure that you have included al the documents that we will need. Once you have submitted the application form and all the supporting documentation to our agent or partner they will send them to us.

To find your nearest representative, please visit the “Find your country” (add link) page.

3. Apply direct:

If you have difficulty accessing apply online then please contact the admissions office for guidance.

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