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MA CAMH (Child and Adolescent Mental Health)

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    MA 1 year full time 3 years part time

Course Description

The MA CAMH course (Child and Adolescent Mental Health) is for people who work with, or intend to work with children or young people whose social and emotional development and functioning is affected adversely, or who risk being affected by mental health difficulties.

The course is distinctive in that it provides a non-clinical route for generalist and more specialist practitioners, managers and researchers to develop their knowledge of CAMH in a broad context. It is the only course of its kind in Wales and one of very few similar courses available in England.

This CAMH course develops knowledgeable and reflective professionals who are able to draw on evidence-based practice in ways that will impact on the workplace and on outcomes for the children and young people in those services.

It has been designed to provide opportunities for students to develop their professional knowledge, skills and understanding and most importantly their capacity for critical thinking. This postgraduate qualification in CAMH offers you the opportunity to learn alongside professionals from a range of professional backgrounds and diverse backgrounds in a highly supportive context.

Entry Requirements

A good first degree is preferred but experience is greatly valued.

  • Full-time and part-time students choosing modules which have a placement component as part of the assessment process, will need to provide evidence of a current enhanced DBS check (or its equivalent if you are an EU or international student)
  • Full-time students wishing to take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the Internship Scheme will also need to provide evidence of a current enhanced DBS check (or its equivalent if you are an EU or international student)

The course welcomes international applicants and requires an English level of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent.

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Fees

Information on tuition fees is available on our Home and EU/International fees pages.

Student Destinations

Students on the MA CAMH Course are often professionals working in Children’s Services (education, health and social care) who would like to develop their expertise in relation to CAMH issues as they find themselves working with children and young people with a greater range of more complex difficulties. Practitioners have used their studies to support promotion within a service and/or a move into a more specialist role. Increasingly students have just completed their undergraduate degree and are using the MA qualification to strengthen their applications in a competitive job market.

Module Details

  • CAMH: Contexts and Concepts
  • Managing and Supporting CAMH and SEBD
  • Research Methodology
  • Dissertation (30 credits or 60 credits)

Other optional modules include:

  • Promoting Excellence in Learning and Teaching
  • Leading and Managing SEN / ALN
  • Innovation in Curriculum Design
  • Working with Vulnerable Groups
  • Autism: Contexts and Concepts
  • Managing and Supporting Autism
  • Developing Digital Competence
  • Developing Learning in Organisations
  • Developing People in Organisations
  • International Perspectives on Early Childhood

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