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Operating as a Mental Health Support Worker

Course ID: 187480
Alison
Course Location
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn how to work in a support capacity in the treatment of people with mental health issues in this free online course. Maintaining mental health is crucial to people’s wellbeing and affects their ability to function socially, emotionally and psychologically. Professionals trained to provide mental health assistance to patients are required to handle mental health difficulties. This psychology course provides the training required to provide day-to-day care to patients and examines various mental diseases, their symptoms and available treatment options.

Course Details

Course CategoryHealthcare, Health Care
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Recall the duties and responsibilities of mental health support worker
• Describe how to spot some of the early signs of mental health problems
• Outline the role of a mental health first aider
• List the four major mental disorders that affect children and adolescents
• Identify the causes and symptoms of stress and anxiety disorders
• Explain schizophrenia disorder and list its types
• Recognise different kinds of personality disorders and describe their causes, symptoms and treatments
• Explain the use of psychiatric medication in the treatment of mental illness
• State the aims of the UK’s Mental Health Act
• Outline the composition of Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs)
• List the benefits of service user involvement in the creation of mental health policy
Course Code5169

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