NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Mental Health Awareness

£375.00

On this Level 2 Mental Health Awareness course, you will:
– raise awareness of mental health and the wide range of mental health conditions.
– develop an awareness of the signs and symptoms of these conditions and how they may affect people’s day to day lives.
– gain an insight into how these conditions can be successfully managed.

SKU: X213 Category:

130 Study Hours

Level 2 Difficulty

13 Credits

NCFE CACHE

Course Overview

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Once enrolled; you will have 12 months to complete your course.

Study Guidelines:

We recommend 130 Learning hours of study is usually more than adequate time for learners to sufficiently study the course. This level of study should be comfortably manageable alongside full time jobs and other commitments.

Assessment

To achieve this course you will need to complete a portfolio of evidence; you may also need to complete assignments, essays, research projects, presentations, video/audio recordings and practical learning sessions to meet the requirements of your course.

Course Content

  • Know what is meant by mental health and mental ill-health
  • Understand the impact of mental health care becoming more community-based
  • Understand the social context of mental illness
  • Understand the legal context of mental illness
  • Understand the term ‘stress’
  • Possible causes of stress
  • Understand what stress feels like and how it can affect an individual
  • Understand that demands of daily life can contribute to feelings of stress
  • How stress may be managed and resources available to support the individual experiencing stress
  • Understand the terms ‘anxiety’ and ‘panic attack’
  • Understand possible causes of anxiety
  • Understand what anxiety feels like and how it affects the individual, their friends and family
  • Understand that different ways of thinking and behaving can affect anxiety
  • Understand how anxiety may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing anxiety
  • Understand the term ‘phobias’
  • Understand the possible causes of phobia
  • Understand what a phobia feels like
  • How a phobia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family
  • How phobias may be managed and resources available to support the individual experiencing a phobia
  • Understand the term ‘depression’
  • Understand the possible causes of depression
  • Understand what depression feels like
  • Understand how a person with psychotic depression may be affected
  • How depression affects the individual, their life and their friends and family
  • Understand that demands of daily life can maintain depression
  • How depression can be managed and resources available to support the individual experiencing depression
  • Understand the term ‘post-natal depression’
  • Understand the causes of post-natal depression
  • Understand what post-natal depression feels like
  • Understand puerperal psychosis
  • How post-natal depression affects the mother, the friends and family and impacts on bonding with the baby
  • Understand that preparation for birth can help to reduce the risk of post-natal depression
  • How post-natal depression may be managed and resources available to support the mother experiencing it
  • How puerperal psychosis may be managed
  • Understand the term ‘bipolar disorder’
  • Understand the causes of bipolar disorder
  • Understand what bipolar disorder feels like
  • How bipolar disorder affects the individual, their life and their friends and family
  • Understand that demands of daily life can influence the presentation of symptoms of bipolar disorder
  • How to recognise the symptoms of bipolar disorder to enable stability
  • How bipolar disorder may be managed and resources available to support the individual experiencing it
  • Understand the term ‘schizophrenia’
  • Understand how media representation of schizophrenia can create confusion about the illness
  • Understand the causes of schizophrenia
  • Understand what schizophrenia feels like
  • How schizophrenia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family
  • How schizophrenia may be managed and resources available to support the individual experiencing it
  • Understand the term ‘dementia’
  • Understand the causes of dementia
  • Understand what dementia feels like
  • How dementia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family
  • How dementia may be managed and resources available to support the individual experiencing it
  • Understanding factors – including own actions – which may adversely affect a person with dementia
  • Understand the term ‘eating disorders’
  • Understand the causes of one specific eating disorder
  • Understand what one specific eating disorder feels like
  • How one specific eating disorder may affect the individual, their life and their friends and family
  • How a specific eating disorder may be managed and resources available to support the individual experiencing it
  • Awarding body: NCFE CACHE
  • Our course code: X213
    Qualification code: 600/6134/0

The NCFE CACHE awarding body, came through the 2017 merging of the Northern Council for Further Education (NCFE) and the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (CACHE). NCFE CACHE are now the leading specialist Awarding Organisation for the Teaching and Education Sector.

Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements for this course.

Why Distance Learning?

If you are currently in full time or part time employment then you may find that traditional colleges or institutes of study are not practical for you to attend while maintaining your employment and livelihood. You may also be struggling to justify the costs of relocating or traffic long distances to study at a traditional academic institution.

For these eventualities, distance learning is the only feasible option. Often, distance learning is significantly cheaper than traditional classroom learning too.

Frequently Asked Questions

You will have access to your personal tutor, via email and telephone, who will mark your assignments and guide you through the course. In addition, you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process. Your personal tutor will be highly experienced in their subject area and qualified to teach.
You don’t need any prior skills in the subject area to start. However, as with all of our courses, we recommend a reasonable level of English reading and writing ability.
We provide all the specially written learning materials you require to study this course at home. The course fee also includes tutor support for 12 months.
You will receive everything you need to complete this course within the study pack we send to you.
No, this course is assessed by coursework alone.
No, all of the study materials are supplied within your learning pack.
Most students finish comfortably within the course duration period given. However, if you do need more time, your personal tutor support can be extended for an additional fee.
That’s fine, this course can be studied anywhere and is completed by submitting Tutor marked assignments (TMAs).

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