Developing Cornwall’s Healthcare Workforce for the Future
Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health
All our programmes are accredited for NCFE Awarding Body and meet the National Standards for the Social Care Sector as defined by Skills for Care Sector Skills Council.
DHCT is the provider of choice for many social care employers in Cornwall supporting recruitment and training for care workers who may work in residential or nursing homes, domiciliary care, day centres or some clinical healthcare settings.
Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health
This qualification is designed to increase learners’ knowledge and
understanding of mental health and mental well-being. Successful
completion of the required units will allow the learner to develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of mental health. It will also support progression into relevant employment within the health and social care sector.
This qualification will:
• focus on the study of mental health and mental well-being to support different occupational areas
• offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge and understanding.
There are no specific prior skills/knowledge a learner must have for this qualification; however, learners might find it helpful if they have already achieved a level 2 qualification in a health or health and social care-related area
You will complete the below 5 modules.
Understanding the context of mental health and wellbeing
Promotion of mental health and wellbeing
Mental health problems: associated issues and consequences
Understanding mental ill health
Working in mental health
Blended delivery including; one to one support with a competent tutor, along with a remote or face to face learning environment. We have a recently developed ESkills platform that all learners can use as a resource when completing their units to develop their competencies
The duration for this course is 5 months, but you can complete earlier