Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) MSc

Course Content

• Course Details

  The course is innovative in its content and teaching methods, designed to provide you with a critical route to better understand the experiences of children, young people and their families. This programme is for practitioners from education, health, social or voluntary services working in some capacity with children and young people with mental health challenges at first or second tiers of service provision.  Alternatively, if you are a psychology graduate or have studied similar disciplines like social and behavioural sciences (e.g. Psychology), education and more, then this course is also suitable for you. Relevant experience with young people is desirable, but not essential.

  You can choose to graduate with either a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Postgraduate Diploma by completing 120 credits or you can complete all of the recommended course modules, including the dissertation, and be awarded with an MSc. The course is not accredited by the BPS or a related body. This is due to the diversity of its content, further reflecting the multiplicity of roles within CAMHs and related services (i.e. there is not a singular ‘CAMH’ role, rather there are lots of opportunities within a very diverse sector).

  • Stage 1

  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods (10 Credits)
    Module code: PSYM085

    Status: Compulsory
    The purpose of this module is to provide students with the opportunity and resources to develop a critical understanding of research methods so that they can evaluate research they read and/or propose research of an acceptable standard.
  • Understanding Children and Young People's Distress (30 Credits)
    Module code: PSYM105

    Status: Compulsory
    This module will critically explore the construction of `childhood? with relation to both traditional and diverse understandings of child and adolescent development. Specifically the module will focus on the complexities surrounding `typical? and `atypical? development unpacking the social political and cultural nature through which children and adolescent?s development is understood.
  • Working with Schools and Communities (30 Credits)
    Module code: PSYM064

    Status: Compulsory
    The purpose of this module is to explore the school and community as a context for intervention with children young people and their families. The module will provide an opportunity to design a project as a group or individually working within a school or community setting.
  • Dissertation and Research Methods (50 Credits)
    Module code: PSYM086

    Status: Compulsory
    The purpose of this module is ?To build on basic research methods skills from modules PSYM085 or PSYM102. The module is designed to develop advanced research skills enabling students to autonomously formulate and conduct an empirical research project in a field relevant to individual masters programs under supervision.
  • Therapeutic Skills for Working with Children, Young People and Families (30 Credits)
    Module code: PSYM106

    Status: Compulsory
    The purpose of this module is to provide students with an experiential learning environment where they can explore and practice the skills needed to work with children young people and their families. This module will build on critical reflection from PSYM105 and theory from PSYM065.
  • Therapeutic Interventions with Children, Young People and Families (30 Credits)
    Module code: PSYM065

    Status: Compulsory
    The purpose of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to critically engage with core therapeutic interventions which are used within CAMHs. Students will also develop a working and critical understanding of the cultural legal political and interdisciplinary contexts relative to working within CAMH and related services. .

  • Promotes advanced understanding of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH)
  • Encourages a more critical consideration of the context through which children and young people experience distress
  • Considers mental health from the perspective of the young person
  • Strong reflexive focus
  • Diverse module content and delivery of content
  • Interdisciplinary staff and student group provides you with an exciting and varied learning environment
  • Strong focus on putting theory into practice
  • Dedicated laboratories and computer suites
  • Sensory deprivation room
  • Biological testing suite
  • Observation suite

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• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  How will I learn?

  Teaching methods used on the CAMH MSc include:

  • Workshops
  • Work-based learning (ie placement)
  • Reflective journals
  • One-to-one support
  • Private Study
  • Group Work
  • Role play / presentations

  How is the course structured?

  Each 30 credit module involves approximately 70 hours of formal teaching (split between face to face and online delivery).

  Formal teaching takes place on approximately one day a week for part-time students and two days each week for full-time students. You are however advised to have at least one other day ‘free’  for the purpose of meeting your personal tutor and/or your dissertation supervisor, and for independent study.

  The course also features opportunities for Work-based learning. The new placement module, beginning in 2020/21 has been developed to provide you with experiential learning opportunities. In addition, as a Changemaker Campus and with connections with the local community, there is support with paid and/or voluntary placements.

  How will I be assessed?

  Our assessment strategy is designed to include a broad range of assessment methods, in order to ensure that you have the maximum opportunity to demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for the course.

  Assessment strategies used on this course include:

  • project portfolio
  • case study/formulation
  • self-reflective work
  • critical reviews
  • role play
  • oral presentations
  • dissertatin

  There are no examinations on this course. The Research Methods and Dissertation module supports you in completing a supervised, but original and independently undertaken, piece of research that is assessed through a 12,000 word dissertation.

  Are there any extra curricular events?

  • Mental Health First Aid qualification
  • Opportunities for engagement with staff research
  • Support with MSc CAMH social media channels

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• Entry Requirements

  You will normally need to hold a first class or upper second class (2:1) honours degree in a relevant discipline from a UK institution or the CNAA or equivalent.

  If you have a lower second class (2:2) degree or practitioner qualification at diploma level and can demonstrate your ability to work at Master’s level you will also be considered. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is mandatory for entry onto this course.

  English Language Requirements

  All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:

  • Minimum standard – IELTS 6.5 overall (or equivalent) 
    with a score no lower than 6.0 for writing and no remaining band/component below 5.5 for study at postgraduate level.

  For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.

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• Fees and Funding

  UK & EU

  20/21 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 20/21 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £7,425
  Part Time: £1,235 per 30  Credit Module

  Additional costs

  There are no additional costs for this course for students beginning their studies in September 2020. Should this change, applicants and students will be contacted by the university with details of the costs.

  19/20 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 19/20 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £7,300
  Part Time: £1,215 per 30  Credit Module

  Additional costs

  There are no additional costs for this course for students beginning their studies in September 2019. Should this change, applicants and students will be contacted by the university with details of the costs.

  International

  20/21 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 20/21 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  International: £13,750

  There are no additional costs for this course for students beginning their studies in September 2020. Should this change, applicants and students will be contacted by the university with details of the costs.

  19/20 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 19/20 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  International: £12,750

  There are no additional costs for this course for students beginning their studies in September 2019. Should this change, applicants and students will be contacted by the university with details of the costs.

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