Mental Health and Social Care QLS Level 4

This Mental Health and Social Care QLS Level 4 course has been designed for those currently working in the health and social care sector who want to learn more about caring for those with mental health conditions. During this course, you'll learn more about how you can promote positive mental health in patients of an older age, the frameworks available to those caring for someone with a mental health disorder, and how you can put together a care plan for those struggling with their mental health.

Course Content

Unit 1 Defining mental health and social care

• Historical development
• Defining 'social' care
• Key models of mental illness
• Legal issues and rights
• Care services in mental health
• Theories and therapies

Unit 2 Diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions

• Assessment
• Personality disorders
• Practical considerations

Unit 3 Social inclusion

• Social exclusion and mental health
• The cycle of exclusion
• Skills for social inclusion
• Service development for inclusion
• Practical application

Unit 4 Mental health in older age

• Ageing
• Policy and legislation
• Promotion of positive mental health in older age
• Issues of capacity and consent
• Mental health conditions commonly seen in older individuals

Unit 5 Care support

• National Service Framework (NSF) for mental health in the UK
• Mental health promotion
• Primary care and access to services
• Effective services for people with severe mental health illness
• Caring about carers
• Preventing suicide
• Service user involvement
• Choices

Unit 6 Community and inpatient mental health care

• Community Mental Healthcare Team (CMHT)
• CMHT professionals
• The care plan
• Crisis resolution teams
• Inpatient care
• Risk and aggression within acute inpatient wards