Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) MSc

• Overview

  Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc is a multidisciplinary course which aims to develop your understanding of child development and mental health difficulties in children and adolescents. You will critically explore the context through which children and young people experience distress.

  This course is taught by practitioners and academics from various backgrounds, including but not limited to: psychology, counselling, social work and psychiatry, offering a diverse range of perspectives.

  Course

  Highlights

  • Multidisciplinary course.
  • Choose either PG diploma or full MSc.
  • Specialist training for primary mental health workers.

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• Course Details

  This programme is designed for practitioners from health, social or voluntary services working in some capacity with children and young people with mental health problems at first or second tiers of service provision. If you are a psychology graduate or have studied similar disciplines like social and behavioural sciences, education and more, then this course is 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 designated modules or you can complete all of the recommended course modules, including dissertation, and be awarded with an MSc.

  Methods of Learning

  Teaching methods used on the CAMH MSc include:

  • lectures
  • workshops
  • one to one sessions
  • private study
  • group work
  • role play

  Schedule

  Each 30 credit module involves approximately 70 hours of formal teaching with some additional placement attendance where relevant. Formal teaching takes place on approximately one day each fortnight for part-time students and one to two days each week for full-time students.

  The full MSc runs for one year full-time or two to four years part-time.

  Assessments

  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:

  • essays
  • case studies
  • self-reflective log books
  • critical reviews
  • video recorded role plays
  • oral presentations

  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 to 15,000 word dissertation.

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  Additional

  Information

  Further information

  If you would like further information about this course, why not attend one of our Open Days or email our Study team study@northampton.ac.uk.

• Careers and Events
  • Careers

    Career Opportunities

    The course is intended to develop your specific mental health knowledge and skills in a range of backgrounds and perspectives, to enable you to work more effectively with children and young people. The course will provide you with the theoretical underpinning to better understand the nature of children and young people’s distress, as well as some broad core practical skills. MSc CAMH does not provide a direct route into a specific role within CAMHS, rather it specialises your knowledge, opening up opportunities for a variety of roles within CAMHS and other related services.

    
  • Open Days

    See for yourself

    Our Open Days offer you a fantastic opportunity to get a real taste of university life at Northampton and discover how studying here will be a life-changing experience.

    Each Open Day has a postgraduate stall, where you can speak with tutors about the postgraduate courses that interest you, to give you all the information you need about studying at the University of Northampton.

    To find out more about the day, please feel free to have a look at our Open Day Guide.

    
• 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 (or equivalent) 
    with a minimum of 6.0 in each band for study at postgraduate level.

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

  Contacts

  Course enquiries
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  Application status enquiries
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  International student enquiries
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• Course Content
  • Stage 4

  • Understanding Children & Young People's Distress (30 Credits Credits)
    Module code: PSYM105

    Core Module Y
  • Therapeutic Skills for Working with Children, Young People and Families (30 Credits Credits)
    Module code: PSYM106

    Core Module Y
  • Working with Schools and Communities (30 Credits Credits)
    Module code: PSYM064

    Core Module Y
  • Therapeutic Interventions with Children, Young People and Families (30 Credits Credits)
    Module code: PSYM065

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

    Core Module Y
  • Dissertation & Research Methods (50 Credits Credits)
    Module code: PSYM086

    Core Module Y

  Facilities &

  Special Features

  • 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
  • multi-agency and multi-disciplinary staff and student group provides you with an exciting and varied learning environment
  • strong focus on putting theory into practice
  • specialist training for primary mental health workers
  • dedicated laboratories and computer suites
  • sensory deprivation room 
  • biological testing suite
  • observation suite

  Please note, the University is moving to a new campus, Waterside, and so the facilities will be developing.

• Further Studies
  • Alumni 20% Discount

    Our Graduate Discount Scheme

    If you have previously studied an undergraduate degree with the University of Northampton, you may be eligible for a 20% discount on Postgraduate course fees.

    Visit our Graduate Discount Scheme page to find out more information and eligibility requirements.

    
  • Postgraduate Loan

    Get funding to study

    If you are starting a postgraduate Master’s course in 2018/19 either full-time or part-time you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan of up to £10,609 through Student finance England.

    Visit the GOV website for more information on eligibility.

    
• Fees & Funding
  • UK & EU
  • International

  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.

  18/19 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 18/19  only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  Full Time: £6,625
  Part Time £1,100 per 30  Credit Module

  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
  International Part-time Fee: £2,125 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.

  18/19 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 18/19 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  International: £12,200
  International Part-time: Fee: £2,030 per 30 credit module

  Scholarships

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• Part Time Study

  Courses offered on a part time basis are an excellent way of gaining a qualification around a busy home life or job. The University of Northampton recognises that many of our students have family and work commitments and offer various courses on a part time study basis, working flexibly around your requirements.

  A lot of our courses can be completed part-time, so you can fit your studies around your life. The majority of part-time and professional courses start in October. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure we have your details before your course starts.

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