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Mental Health Social Work
The course trains social workers for the role of Mental Health Officer (MHO) in which they will be able to contribute positively to the care and treatment of those experiencing mental disorder by ensuring an approach that recognises the impact of social as wel…
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The course trains social workers for the role of Mental Health Officer (MHO) in which they will be able to contribute positively to the care and treatment of those experiencing mental disorder by ensuring an approach that recognises the impact of social as well as medical circumstances on their lives. The role of MHO is as defined in Section 32 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, and as qualified by the direction of the Scottish Ministers (Requirements for appointment as Mental Health Officers) Direction (January 2009. Only available to qualified social workers currently employed by local authorities. In 2007, the Scottish Social Services Council published standards and practice competencies for MHO training. This stated that the certificate must be: provided by a university, within a programme provider partnership, delivered at SCQF Level 11, which equates with Masters level, be approved by the SSSC as a specialist course. The course has been externally evaluated and assessed as producing MHOs who are competent to practice from the perspective of the local authorities who employ the candidates on completion of the award. Between 85 and 90% of all candidates complete the course within a 12 month period. On completion of the programme, 100% of candidates are appointed as MHO by their local authority.
Getting in
As the university states it
1. Be nominated by their employing local authority, be supported by their employing local authority and be provided with appropriate learning opportunities. 2. Hold a professional social work qualification recognised by SSSC. These include: BA (Hons) Social Work Diploma in Social Work (DipSW) Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW) together with its predecessor qualifications Certificate in Social Service (CSS) If you trained abroad, a letter of comparability with the CQSW or a letter of verification issued by SSSC (or another registering Council in the UK) will be required. 3. Normally have a minimum of two years post-qualifying experience. You should be able to demonstrate that you've improved and extended the level of competence acquired when you qualified. 4. Satisfy the programme provider that you have the capacity to achieve the Mental Health Officer standards, that you can be competently demonstrated as eligible to be appointed as a Mental Health Officer, and can achieve the award at SCQF Level 11 by: - critically reviewing your professional development since qualifying as a social worker; this should include issues of effective communication with adults who have individual communication support needs, and working with professional tensions, challenges and conflicts; also included should be evidence from workload of challenging discrimination and demonstrating an understanding of what's meant by this - analysing interest in, and motivation for, undertaking mental health work including the extensive networking and collaborative practice involved - showing developed skills in empowering clients; this should be particularly in relation to developing their understanding of their rights to legal support and advocacy, and their views about how their needs may be more effectively met through complex decision making processes - exploring current awareness of the Mental Health Officer role, the complexity of the power/control issues involved and how you would use Mental Health Officer training in your current work setting
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