PYMICS-Interventions for Emerging Mental Health Difficulties in Community and Primary Health Care Settings

Module Provider: Psychology
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Summer & Autumn Terms
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites: co-requisites must be passed
Co-requisites: PYMFPC Fundamental Principles for Working with Children and Young People PYMEAC Engagement and Assessment of Common Mental Health Problems in Children and Young People PYMLIC Evidence-Based Low Intensity Interventions for Children and Young People presenting with Common Mental Health Problems PYMWCS Working, Assessing and Engaging in Community and Primary Care Settings and PYMPCS Mental Health Prevention in Community and Primary Care Settings
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2022/3

Module Convenor: Dr Katherine Hindley
Email: k.l.hindley@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

CWPs will need to develop an awareness of emerging mental health difficulties in community and health care settings and be able to intervene with parents / carer and staff in these settings. Two key intervention skills will be taught in this module: The first core skill will be psychoeducation. CWPs will be able to provide evidence-based information and psychoeducation to children and young people, parents / carers and health care staff. Psychoeducation and other preventative measures when working with communities in localities should be responsive to local and potentially diverse views of distress and activity limitations and their relation to mental health problems. The second core skill will be group intervention. CWPs will be taught intervention skills in the delivery of training and psychological support to groups both face-to-face and digitally. Key principles of working with groups will be addressed so that the CWP is able to prepare appropriate materials, manage group processes, deliver training and/or support confidently, work in partnership with other professionals, and critically evaluate their own performance.Ìý

Aims:

This module will equip CWPs with a good understanding of the process of psychoeducation and group work in community and primary health care settings in face-to-face and virtual settings. They will acquire a framework of key skills and knowledge through teaching, experiential learning, role play, observation and supervised practice. This will enable the provision of interventions to support CYP and parents/carers to anticipate and manage common problems, with a particular focus on how equality, diversity and inclusion and community considerations / adaptations apply to workshops and group work.

Assessable learning outcomes:

Students must demonstrate

1. Application of knowledge of understanding and co-working with local communities from Modules PYMWCS and PYMPCS to further co-work with local communities, local community organization leaders and local children, families and young people to provide an offer – that is likely to be acceptable and accessible – of assessment and possible treatment for children and young people who may have emerging mental health difficulties.


2. Ability to provide evidence-based information and psychoeducation to large numbers of children and young people, parents / carers and staff.


3. Acquisition of specialist skills required for working with children and young people in groups. Key principles of working with groups will be addressed so that the CWP is able to prepare appropriate materials, manage group processes, deliver training and/or support confidently and critically evaluate their own performance andthe intervention outcomes.


4. Ability to lead parenting groups in community settings and work alongside other staff and parents e.g. transition parenting groups, parenting groups that are universally available for working with behavioural difficulties.

Additional outcomes:

Outline content:

The module will comprise of in-class and online teaching, clinical skills practice/supervised clinical practice, supervision in-service and independent study.

Clinical Supervision

• Each student will have clinical supervision weekly in a group of no more than 6.


• Recorded material from training cases should be included at some point during a significant majority of supe