PYMPCS: Mental Health Prevention in Community and Primary Care Settings

Module code: PYMPCS

Module provider: Psychology; School of Psych and Clin Lang Sci

Credits: 20

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Semester 2

Module convenor: Mrs Kerry Cawte, email: kerry.cawte@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 23 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

As per the CWP diploma curriculum (2022), this module will help students “to understand what steps are being taken by local community organisations to help their children and young people reduce the risks of low well-being (however that is construed) and to provide opportunities for them to increase their well-being; to understand the challenges that local communities face in supporting the well-being of their children and young people; to understand how to work with local communities to co-produce aims and strategies for increasing opportunities of well-being for local children, families and young people; and to train others in basic mental health intervention skills.”

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate systematic and advanced understanding of how meaningful activities are related to wellbeing and mental health in children and young people, and support children and young people in accessing meaningful activities to support wellbeing. Where appropriate to scope what communities are already doing to prevent mental health problems in children and young people and how CWPs might be able to support or add value.
2. Train others to identify and have awareness of common mental health difficulties, available resources and how to signpost within community settings. Where appropriate to support and provide structured workshops and training, based on principles of cognitive behaviour therapy, to help children, young people parents / carers and staff in community settings to manage anxiety and stress.
3. Demonstrate systematic and advanced understanding, and support the development of participation of children, young people and their families in community settings, and critically evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of participation as a vehicle to improve access and effectiveness of mental health support.

Module content

As per the CWP diploma curriculum (2022):

“CWPs will be trained in two primary prevention approaches within community settings:

Training others: To identify and have awareness of common mental health difficulties, available resources and how to signpost within community settings. To support and provide structured workshops and training, based on principles of cognitive behaviour therapy, to children, young people parents / carers and health care staff.

Participation Engagement Activity: CWPs will be able to review, understand and support the development of participation of children, young people and their families in community settings to improve access to effective mental health support in these settings using evidence-based approaches to participation work.”

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching sessions to develop critical awareness of theories, research, policies & legislation.

Experiential and skills-based workshops provide students with a strong foundation in the clinical procedures of low-intensity practice, addressing the most up-to-date research developments.

University-directed learning sessions utilise e-learning packages, guided research / reading, and individual or small group reflective exercises to support learning.

Self-directed study to include general reading for each module.

Study hours

At least 28.5 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve all of the following to pass this module:

1. A minimum of 80% live attendace
2. An overall module mark of 50%

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Rehearsal of staff training presentation with observation and oral feedback.

Reassessment

Additional costs