Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice PG Dip

UCL (University College London)

About this degreeThe Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice PG Dip programme, a Department of Health initiative, aims to train a new workforce for CAMHS: Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners. You will complement the work of existing practitioners by building better links with communities and offering rapid access to brief treatment interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. This programme aims to train a new workforce for CAMHS: Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners. The programme is only available to those who have been offered CWP trainee roles in one of our partnering CYP-IAPT MH sites. The content of the curriculum is specified at a national level and covers a range of evidence-based interventions currently available for work with children, young people and their families experiencing mental health and behavioural difficulties. Teaching is provided by highly experienced practitioners and supported by supervisors within your work setting and supervisors oversee your day to day work with children and young people.Graduates will complement the work of existing practitioners by building better links with communities and offering rapid access to low intensity evidence-based treatment interventions, for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.Who this course is forThis programme involves a dual application process. This includes a university application and a seperate application for a role as a Children's Wellbeing Practioner (CWP) with one of our partnering mental health services.

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